Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Wendy Northcutt (2nd nomination)


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The result was   merge to Darwin Awards. — Mr. Stradivarius  (have a chat) 07:27, 8 September 2012 (UTC)

Wendy Northcutt
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Article primarily edited by not very notable subject Egg   Centri  c  14:41, 17 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions. 21:02, 17 August 2012 (UTC)  • Gene93k (talk) 21:02, 17 August 2012 (UTC)

The page is pretty bad, but an article about the subject does appear to pass Notability (people); specifically, under Creative professionals – "The person has created, or played a major role in co-creating, a significant or well-known work, or collective body of work, that has been the subject of an independent book or feature-length film, or of multiple independent periodical articles or reviews." As the author of at least nine Darwin Awards books, some of which have received bestseller awards, as well as the website, I think that qualifies. WTF? (talk) 18:36, 21 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete Individual does not seem to be notable and her website not so much either, it seem to have been covered by some media but the CNN dont link to an actual CNN page. Fishy if you ask me. -- Camilo S&aacute;nchez Talk to me 03:53, 31 August 2012 (UTC)
 * I've fixed most of the references. If you want to know if a reference is genuine, there's a neat tool called Google you could try. --Colapeninsula (talk) 09:53, 31 August 2012 (UTC)


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 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  TheSpecialUser TSU 00:25, 24 August 2012 (UTC)

 
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 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, The Bushranger One ping only 02:33, 31 August 2012 (UTC)


 * Merge to Darwin Awards (the website she created which covers the same material as her books). There is a claim to notability: CNN article, Salon article, Spokane Spokesman-review article, SF Examiner interview, Publishers Weekly, interview with 123-reg (possibly not a reliable source).  The first Darwin Awards book was #3 hardback bestseller in NYTimes #8 paperback best seller in NY Times.  But she and the awards and her books are all so closely connected, and the sources are so closely focused on the awards, it makes sense to cover them together. --Colapeninsula (talk) 09:26, 31 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Darwin Awards, seems to be the best solution. The few news articles cited in the article are about the Darwin Awards, which Northcutt created. There's little at all that says much about her, certainly not enough to sustain a separate article. Sionk (talk) 22:29, 31 August 2012 (UTC)
 * merge per Colapeninsula SatuSuro 11:53, 3 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Merge to Darwin Awards - Her book series The Darwin Awards -- seem to meet WP:GNG but a biography topic on her doesn't. -- Uzma Gamal (talk) 06:01, 8 September 2012 (UTC)
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