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fails WP:BIO, i literally don't see a single secondary source about this person -- in the club bumping that 13:57, 19 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: People and Dance. -- in the club bumping that 13:57, 19 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Businesspeople, Women, and Wisconsin. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 21:56, 19 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: Some mentions of the dance program [1], but nothing about this person. I'm not sure the dance program would even be notable... This reads like a small bio on a website, for PROMO. Oaktree b (talk) 22:49, 19 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Keep per the significant coverage in multiple independent reliable sources. The subject passes Wikipedia:Notability (people)#Basic criteria, which says:
People are presumed notable if they have received significant coverage in multiple published secondary sources that are reliable, intellectually independent of each other, and independent of the subject.
- If the depth of coverage in any given source is not substantial, then multiple independent sources may be combined to demonstrate notability; trivial coverage of a subject by secondary sources is not usually sufficient to establish notability.
Sources
1. Byers-Dent, Katie (2003-03-31). "Dance, dance, dance. For Misty Lown, teaching dance is more than just a business; it's a passion". La Crosse Tribune. Archived from the original on 2025-11-24. Retrieved 2025-11-24 – via Newspapers.com.
  The article notes: "For Lown, dancing as a child gave her a network of friends, grace and confidence. However, it also gave her something else, too. Starting at the age of 3 in ballet, Lown was put in dance to help correct a club foot she had as a child. She has been teaching for 12 years and made dance her occupation and her life. Lown has a degree in Spanish and a master's degree in education - not the tools often needed to run a business. To her, the biggest challenge was navigating the ins and outs of the business world. ... At the same time, Lown also is busy raising a family, She and her husband, Mitch, have two children, Isabella, 2 years old, and Mason, 4 weeks old. In her spare time, Lown likes to read, travel and complete home-improvement projects, including the house her family recently moved into."
2. Erickson, Randy (2016-08-01). "Dance guru Misty Lown's new book a big splash in a life full of accomplishment". La Crosse Tribune. Archived from the original on 2025-11-24. Retrieved 2025-11-24.
  The article notes: "Teaching dance always attracted Misty Lown — she was leading her own classes when she was 16, having started dancing at 3. But she thought dancing professionally was her true calling, and a dream that was within her grasp. As a college student at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, Lown was accepted into a prestigious year-long training program with the acclaimed Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in New York City. “I thought, ‘This is going to be my life,’” Lown said. Before going to New York City, though, Lown went to Madison to see a performance by the Alvin Ailey troupe. ... Over time, Lown’s classroom grew. In 1998, barely into her 20s, she opened a dance studio, Misty’s Dance Unlimited, in a brand new building in Onalaska. Nine years later, she built a bigger home that now has 800 students. ... She recalled when she was about 11 and her father, Paul Averill, lost his job as a truck driver. ... Her mother, Sandy Averill, had the same kind of can-do attitude"
3. Livingston, Jennifer (2013-11-01). "In Search Of...the inspiring Misty Lown". WKBT-DT. Archived from the original on 2014-03-14. Retrieved 2025-11-24.
  The article notes: "When you watch Misty Lown teach, you can't help but see her passion. ... And as owner of one of the biggest dance studios in the state, ... Misty married her high school sweetheart and today she is the mother of five. ... And her other job, the job of teaching and mentoring 750 kids, that is the place where she can now embrace her past, to help guide their future."
4. Foss, Jessie (August–September 2011). "The Classroom is her stage: In dance and in life, Misty Lown reaches out to others" (PDF). CRW Magazine. Coulee Region Communications. pp. 13–14. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-02-02. Retrieved 2025-11-24.
  The article notes: "Lown’s drive stems in part from a hand up she was given when first starting out. Lown reigned as Miss La Crosse/Oktoberfest when she was 21 years old, the same time Deak Swanson was Festmaster. The two spent time riding a float together, and it was then Lown told Swanson of her dream to open her own dance studio. Swanson went on to give Lown a job while she was still in college, then bought land for and built Lown’s first studio. She began Misty’s Dance Unlimited in 1998. ... Lown began dancing as a 3-year-old who suffered from asthma and a club foot. She praises ballet as a therapeutic way to help straighten her turned-in foot. She continued dancing and began teaching at 16, a passion that continued when she went on to college at UW-La Crosse."
5. Erickson, Randy (2018-03-06). "Misty's Dance Unlimited project in Onalaska gets $240,000 state grant". La Crosse Tribune. Archived from the original on 2025-11-24. Retrieved 2025-11-24.
  The article notes: "With the new Misty’s Dance Unlimited building taking shape across the street, dance studio owner Misty Lown was joined by several dozen others in celebrating one of the things that made the new $3 million facility possible: a $240,000 state grant. The 21,190-square-foot building, scheduled to open on June 15, will be the third home for Misty’s Dance Unlimited, all three of them in Onalaska. For her third building, Lown wrote a grant application that the city of Onalaska agreed to be part of, seeking funding help from the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp.’s Community Development Investment Grant program."
6. Erickson, Randy (2017-10-04). "Misty Lown unveils new performance arts building project in Onalaska". La Crosse Tribune. Archived from the original on 2025-11-24. Retrieved 2025-11-24.
  The article notes: "The building will provide space where Lown and others can offer training for the 199 dance studios in the United States, Canada, Aruba and the United Arab Emirates that are affiliates through Lown’s More Than Just Great Dance organization. Lown started the organization five years ago and has traveled extensively to help dance studio owners be more effective both at running their businesses and at focusing their efforts on using dance to help mold great kids."
7. Marks, Andrea (March 2018). "A Refuse for dancer wellness: In a small Wisconsin town, Misty Lown has built a program that prioritizes mental health among dancers". Dance Teacher. Vol. 40, no. 3. pp. 42–46. EBSCOhost 1‌2‌7‌8‌8‌9‌2‌1‌9‌. Archived from the original on 2025-03-28. Retrieved 2025-11-24.
  The article notes: "Misty Lown remembers what it's like to struggle mentally and emotionally during adolescence. Her parents divorced and faced financial difficulties when she was in high school, at which point she started making destructive decisions like skipping school, and she deveoped an eating disorder. ... She credits a librarian at her school for taking interest in her as a person and making her feel like she mattered. ... Because of her personal experience, Lown, who now owns Misty's Dance Unlimited in Onalaska, Wisconsin, puts dancers' mental well-being first. ... When considering restructuring, she polled parents on ways to improve the program. She decided to upend and remake her studio's schedule of 200 weekly classes to make everyone less stressed-out. This means she gave up some revenue. Monday nights used to be a popular night for young children's classes, with 150 to 200 students attending classes. But it was the night the parents of older dancers preferred for rehearsals, so Lown took the financial hit and moved rehearsals to a single three-hour block on Mondays."
8. "Misty's Dance Unlimited Owner Brings Experiences with Success to Other Dance Studios". WXOW. 2014-10-08. Archived from the original on 2014-12-20. Retrieved 2025-11-24.
  The article notes: "Misty Lown, Owner and Founder of Misty's Dance Unlimited, is back in the dance studio in Onalaska after delivering the keynote speech at the Come Together Dance Convention in Queensland, Australia. ... Lown founded Misty's Dance Unlimited seventeen years ago. ... Lown has also worked with dance studios in New York City and Los Angeles."
There is sufficient coverage in reliable sources to allow Misty Lown to pass Wikipedia:Notability#General notability guideline, which requires "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject".
Cunard (talk) 04:46, 24 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, GothicGolem29 (Talk) 14:57, 26 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]