Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lauren Hill (basketball)

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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) –Davey2010^Talk 23:08, 7 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Lauren Hill (basketball)[edit]

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This article runs afoul of WP:NOTMEMORIAL in my view, but also WP:BIO1E. It is clearly stated that every award she received was as a result of her terminal cancer or death. The material here isn't a biography by any means, and is already more than adequately covered in a subsection of 2014 Hiram vs. Mount St. Joseph women's basketball game featuring Lauren Hill. MSJapan (talk) 18:17, 31 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Merge with 2014 Hiram vs. Mount St. Joseph women's basketball game as per nom. The information about Hill is well covered in the article about the game, and the two could be merged. That brings a better point, should there be an article about the game, with the info on Hill, or an article on Hill, with info about the game? RickinBaltimore (talk) 21:04, 31 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Well, put that way, this is how I see it - WP:BIO1E vs. WP:EVENT, and with 34 sources in the event article (only four of which are specifically about Hill), it looks like the game is really the more solid, more notable, and pertinent article. IIRC, it was the game rescheduling that occasioned all the other coverage. MSJapan (talk) 02:07, 1 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. I hope that Wikipedia will not be seen as reducing this notable young woman to a cog in the machinery of a game. That is certainly not how the extensive coverage of her reads. After that game, she continued to receive significant attention for her continuing fight and her advocacy efforts, including raising more than a million dollars . CBS News Sunday Morning, for example, returned for further reports and in particular noted her continuing activities as a fundraiser.[1][2] The New York Times Women in the World section similarly described her as a "brain cancer patient and activist" and noted, "She became the public face of her disease, appearing on a Wheaties box and helping to raise over $1.5 million for the non-profit cancer research group 'The Cure Starts Now Foundation.'" [3] Similar reportage spanning almost 2 years can be seen in numerous major media outlets; look at the 150+ HighBeam search results for examples. [4] --Arxiloxos (talk) 04:04, 1 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - Has sustaining coverage per above, and thus satisfies WP:GNG. Smartyllama (talk) 13:04, 1 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Keep continuing significant coverage beyond how I would define a "one event wonder." Really, I think Lauren Hill the person is more notable than the game (event) at this point. She was made famous by one event, but the country latched on to her story and it has carried well beyond the event as she has become a symbol of perseverance and inspiration, which is why she has received continued press beyond a typical human interest story that shows up on the news for a week. Rikster2 (talk) 11:41, 2 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 17:45, 4 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Basketball-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 17:45, 4 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. The point of WP:1E is that if someone's only notable for one event, it's better to just write about the event, assuming it's notable. However, the existence of continuing coverage of her makes that point rather moot. -- Tavix ^(talk) 22:20, 4 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Not a one event wonder, has significant coverage to pass GNG. ~EDDY ^{(talk/contribs)}~ 15:04, 6 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Unnotable merge or delete. BlackAmerican (talk) 20:55, 6 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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