Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mickey Deans

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The result was Keep --Anthony.bradbury^"talk" 21:20, 22 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Mickey Deans[edit]

Non-notable biography. Only claim to notability was being the final (and surviving) husband of Judy Garland. Ozgod 21:59, 17 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - his coverage in umpteen Garland biographies attest to his notability. He wrote a notable (and apparently best-selling) biography of Garland that went into multiple printings and has been cited (albeit unfavorably) in other scholarship on Garland and so appears to pass WP:BIO as a creative professional. Seems kinda silly to have articles on the rest of her husbands and not Deans (yeah I know, but still). Otto4711 23:01, 17 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Vincente Minnelli and arguably Sid Luft certainly pass the WP:Notability, but merely being the last husband of Judy Garland and his written his (and only one) book Weep No More Lady does not necessary (to my understand of WP:Notability) make him eligible of his own encyclopedia article. His marriage to Garland and subsequent book could be suitable subsections of her main article. I also feel Mark Herron is a potential AFD, but I will re-examine his article and google his name to see if he achieved anything other than being another husband of Garland. --Ozgod 01:11, 18 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Generally if an article becomes too long and cumbersome it is appropriate to break off to sub-pages. To incude a discussion on each husband's life would be problematic; to include a bio on one would overstate his importance relative to the others. A double edged sword. --Kevin Murray 02:20, 18 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Concur with Otto, and provided some references to support verifiability. --Kevin Murray 23:06, 17 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletions. -- John Vandenberg 00:17, 18 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Weak delete - this is a tough one, but given that his notability stems entirely from having been married to a famous person and written about it, I'll say delete. Korny O'Near 15:52, 20 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Still within the bounds of Wikipedia:Notability... Ranma9617 02:18, 21 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.