Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lorna Bourg

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The result was keep. Daniel (talk) 23:21, 27 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Lorna Bourg[edit]

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Found after closing Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Center for Popular Economics; notability seems razor-thin. Geschichte (talk) 20:16, 20 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Louisiana-related deletion discussions. AllyD (talk) 05:47, 21 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions. AllyD (talk) 05:47, 21 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Women-related deletion discussions. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 08:12, 21 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: As well as the couple of sources that I added to the article, there is this introduction to a personal narrative by the subject in "Women Pioneers of the Louisiana Environmental Movement". I'd prefer to find more, but without wanting to fall back on inherited notability, a MacArthur Fellowship (almost all of whom are blue-linked) could be regarded as indicative of meeting WP:ANYBIO criterion 1? AllyD (talk) 08:18, 21 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. In my opinion, a MacArthur Fellowship is sufficient for WP:ANYBIO. pburka (talk) 15:41, 21 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - I do think she does qualify under a mix of WP:GNG and WP:BASIC. Examples:

An oral history of Bourg is held in the collection of Tulane University
She was interviewed by Duke University about southern poverty[1]
Her work with the Southern Mutual Help Association is recognized regionally by various reliable secondary sources. She's featured in profiles and also often used as a SMI about poverty. This includes coverage in The Advocate[2], the Daily Iberian[3], Houma Today[4], the Chronicle of Philanthropy[5], Time[6] and she was the cover story from The Independent[7].
She also has this DNA story about her brother who died in WW2. It has been covered in the Washington Post[8] The Town Talk[9], The Daily Advertiser[10], The Boston Globe[11] and D Magazine[12]. Also featured in a book[13].
She is profiled in the book Women pioneers of the Louisiana environmental movement by Peggy Frankland. The book was published in 2003 by the University of Mississippi.[14] She is also interviewed in the online exhibition about the book[15].
She was featured in this television program about poverty in Louisiana by Louisiana Public Broadcasting.
She has testified on Capitol Hill multiple times[16][17]
Her work inspired this article that was published in Social Science Quarterly

I'm convinced she merits inclusion. Missvain (talk) 00:23, 25 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Keep while the article could do with improvement, I think the MacArthur Fellowship shows enough notability. Suonii180 (talk) 14:36, 27 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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