Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rebecca Atkinson-Lord

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The result was delete. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 00:41, 11 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Rebecca Atkinson-Lord

Art director at a minor theatre in London, does not seem to be particularly notable Passportguy (talk) 18:00, 28 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Living people-related deletion discussions. -- TexasAndroid (talk) 18:04, 28 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Theatre 503, Southwark Playhouse, Baron's Court Theatre (amongst others) are all theatres of a similar level in London and all have wikipedia pages. Atkinson-Lord is the founding director of the theatre which is totally groundbreaking in it's support of emerging artists in London. Notable enough I think. Within Wikipedia, notability is an inclusion criterion based on the encyclopedic suitability of an article topic. The topic of an article should be notable, or "worthy of notice"; that is, "significant, interesting, or unusual enough to deserve attention or to be recorded."[1] Notable in the sense of being "famous", or "popular"—although not irrelevant—is secondary. - Admittedly, Atkinson-Lord is probably not famous outside the UK, but her work at Arch 468 is significant and unique in London Theatre culture. It's also worth noting that Phil Willmott has a wikipedia entry and was the Artistic Director of a Theatre company operating and a similar level to Arch 468. Goodgreif (talk) 18:52, 28 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: Baron's Court Theatre is a redlink, so that argument doesn't wash. And the importance of the theaters has no bearing on the importance of the art directors. Are the art directors of the other theaters you cited in Wikipedia? In fact, there is nothing in the theater's article which indictaes its notability, and it probably should be deleted, as well. Who then was a gentleman? (talk) 19:50, 28 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, –Juliancolton | ^Talk 00:21, 4 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete notability isnt transitive. Even if her place of employment is notable, it does not mean that she is. Corpx (talk) 02:33, 4 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. OK, she had a short profile in The Stage, but that if you read it it just seems to be a human interest story about someone having difficulties starting her career. I know that Google hits don't equate to notability, but I can't see how any truly notable person in 21st century theatre in a Western country could possibly get only 54 web hits and these two from Google News. Phil Bridger (talk) 18:57, 6 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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