Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Valerie Eliot


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The result was   Keep. @pple complain 22:36, 11 August 2011 (UTC)

Valerie Eliot

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No individual notability. Notable for being married to someone. -- Mufka (u) (t) (c) 21:37, 4 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep Hardly a nonentity, she passes GNG - for example this in The Independent, this in the Guardian, to take a couple of items from the top of the Google list. The only argument for deletion, therefore, can be that she is disqualified by virtue of having been married to TS Eliot and her notability stems from that relationship, in which case she can be dealt with merely in passing under her husband's article. But I think the evidence is that as his literary executor she has far more importance and she has been a widow for a long time. If TS Eliot had appointed somebody who was not a relative as literary executor, and they had exerted the same influence over his legacy, and attacted the same attention, they would surely qualify for an entry. The mere fact of a relationhip cannot in itself disqualify, nor does it under WP:NOTINHERITED. --AJHingston (talk) 23:34, 4 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep She still makes the news, she still works on notable projects, she is, I believe, the largest shareholder of Faber and Faber. The article is small but not all have to be long and there is still the possibility of expansion (which won't happen if the article is gone of course.) Plus, but besides the point, she is more notable than thousands of articles like East Cupcake Elementary School. WikiParker (talk) 22:04, 5 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions.  — • Gene93k (talk) 00:57, 6 August 2011 (UTC)
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