Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Timmie Jean Lindsey


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The result was   keep. Notability evidenced via WP:BASIC. While WP:BLP1E was discussed, participants noting the longevity of coverage, and how that relates to BLP1E's reminder that "The significance of an event or individual is indicated by how persistent the coverage is in reliable sources." joe deckertalk to me 19:09, 31 May 2012 (UTC)

Timmie Jean Lindsey

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Subject isn't notable. She's mentioned in very few reliable sources. yutsi Talk/  Contributions  14:13, 24 May 2012 (UTC)


 * Comment. Actually she is discussed in lots of reliable sources. such as Wall Street Journal, BBC, The Guardian, Sydney Morning Herald, Florence Williams's new book Breasts: an unnatural history, etc., etc.  We might consider her to be covered by WP:BLP1E, although we do have articles about some other famous first patients such as Louis Washkansky.  If BLP1E does apply, however, that would suggest that some information should be incorporated in a relevant article such as Breast implant, rather than simply deleted. --Arxiloxos (talk) 15:07, 24 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep Satisfies WP:BASIC with substantial international coverage: a half-dozen solid Google Books hits and dozens of Google News hits with a significant percentage of those being in reliable sources as Arxiloxos observes. (And actually, in the narrow category of tabloidy topics of prurient interest like breast augmentation I think the Daily Mail sort of qualifies as a reliable source in this case. Caution preceding link contains NSFW material. )  WP:BLP1E doesn't override because this isn't a newsy burst of coverage, this is sustained broad-spectrum interest half a century after the event. -- ▸∮ truthious ᛔ andersnatch ◂ 17:00, 24 May 2012 (UTC)
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 * Keep To my surprise, her story still has legs (no joke intended) 50 years later. --MelanieN (talk) 15:52, 25 May 2012 (UTC)
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