Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ellen McCarthy

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The result was no consensus. Black Kite 19:55, 5 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Ellen McCarthy

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This (former) urban planner doesn't seem to pass WP:ANYBIO; Google only turns up trivial mentions of her. Erpert (let's talk about it) 22:12, 21 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Comment I'm not entirely sure. She has does have one award that may qualify as passing WP:ANYBIO here. [1] I'm not sure if that is a note worthy award. ZacBowling ^(user|talk) 01:21, 22 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Good point; however, when I Googled for that award, her name was the only thing that came up. Maybe it was a one-time thing? Erpert (let's talk about it) 10:02, 22 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Washington, D.C.-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 16:00, 22 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 16:01, 22 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - The award linked above is to a press release. I tried to find coverage about her receiving the award but drew a blank. Looking around at just her in respect to her development activity, I can find her being quoted or mentioned in news articles, but I'm not finding coverage specifically about her. -- Whpq (talk) 16:22, 23 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, JForget 00:27, 28 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This article has been nominated for rescue. Silver seren^C 08:00, 29 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Comment I have tagged this article for rescue. Silver seren^C 08:00, 29 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep I have added new sources. I believe being Director of Planning is enough to establish her notability. There are numerous mentions of her in the 293 hits] I found on Google News, enough to give notability, I think. Silver seren^C 08:00, 29 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Disambiguating two women of the same name who both become well-known in a major city at the same time is a reasonable and useful public service. Keeping this article may be a modest step in the war against misinformation, but why not take it? Both historic preservation and the doings of the Washington Post are certain to remain topics of discussion. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Trilliumz (talk • contribs)
- Weak delete - The new sources are good but, you have to add more information to the body of article for the reader to think its notable enough. "Former" urban planner, she may of been important before but not now. I understand there are sources and she won award but that's not enough. There are many people out there that win swimming medals, sports stuff, business awards, etc. Their not in Wikipedia - neither should she. Whenaxis (talk) 11:21, 5 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The size of an article is not one of the criteria for notability. Either the sources establish notability on their own or they don't, that is all. Furthermore, notability is not temporary, if she was important once, then she is important still. That does not change over time. Silver seren^C 17:10, 5 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Weak keep - once notable, always notable. She was director of planning of DC - in effect a city-state, and ED of the downtown BID. Bearian (talk) 19:00, 5 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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