Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Cassie McFarland

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The result was delete. The policy based arguments fall mostly on the side of deletion Guerillero | My Talk 05:29, 16 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Cassie McFarland[edit]

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WP:BLP1E: McFarland is "notable" solely as the designer of the obverse of the 2014 Baseball Hall of Fame commemorative coin, which received some amount of press among coin enthusiasts, but no wider coverage. If there was an article about the coin, I would redirect to that, but there isn't. WikiDan61^ChatMe!_ReadMe!! 18:17, 7 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Delete as not biographically notable under the general guidelines or as a "creative professional". She had good PR, but that is all it is. --Bejnar (talk) 20:35, 7 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. Martin451 23:10, 7 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of California-related deletion discussions. Martin451 23:10, 7 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - I cannot find any coverage beyond items to the effect of "the coin was designed by Cassie McFarland, of San Luis Obipso, California, who won the ..."; no features, nothing biographical. Go Phightins! 23:49, 7 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Original author here - Numismatic researchers do seek out biographical information of the sort presented here. As for "no wider coverage", it's true she's beginning her career, but surely a work of public art, mass produced by the United States Government, is relatively wide coverage for an artist? Hypnopompus (talk) 18:03, 9 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Visual arts-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 02:18, 9 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Comment I have added the {{WikiProject Numismatics}} banner to Talk:Cassie McFarland, which should pop the article up onto the article alerts section of that project. Perhaps someone in that community can give a hand to this discussion. WikiDan61^ChatMe!_ReadMe!! 18:44, 9 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

It breaks my heart, because the article is in such better shape than the vast majority that get sent to AfD. But she's not notable independent of this one creation, which may not be notable itself. Usefulness to numismatic researchers or anyone else isn't enough. If she goes on to do lots of other great things then this article can be re-created, but until then, delete. Lagrange 613 01:37, 11 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

You do bring up a good point. Incubation is possible. Go Phightins! 16:01, 12 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Delete without prejudice to recreation if she does further work attracting coverage that would establish notability. -- Whpq (talk) 17:37, 13 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - This talk of deleting is non-sense. There are literally tens of thousands of wikipedia pages with less importance. As a numismatic scholar and expert in the field, this individual artist, though young, is responsible for the design on three U.S. coins- the first which feature a lenticular shape in the country's history. Furthermore, the author appears to have done more than an adequate job beginning her entry and citing sources. The coin will come out in a few months and likely win awards- which I'm sure will be fodder for additional input on this page. Please be respectful of someone who is trying to add a definitive entry for an individual that will soon receive heavy attention from people who are interested in the field of numismatics and medallic art." — comment added by Numismatics (talk • contribs) 00:30, 14 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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