Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Halldóra Eldjárn

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The result was keep. postdlf (talk) 01:32, 26 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Halldóra Eldjárn[edit]

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Without any reference Spartacks Compatriot 07:11, 7 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Although marriage to a politician implies a potential notability, did a Google and Google Books search and found no English sources and no promising foreign language sources either. II | (t - c) 08:41, 7 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Iceland-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 02:27, 8 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 02:27, 8 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Weak keep. I believe spouses of heads of state should be presumed notable, but I have only been able to find 2 essentially identical obituaries, information from which I've added to the article. The fact her obit was published in both places (a major Icelandic newspaper and an online Icelandic news service) speaks to notability, but I had hoped to find more coverage. Yngvadottir (talk) 16:21, 8 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, —Tom Morris (talk) 05:12, 14 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, czar · · 18:56, 21 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Keep First ladies of countries are notable, period. DavidLeighEllis (talk) 19:19, 21 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Whilst I would not go so far as to say that the spouse of a head of state is automatically notable, it would be unusual for them not to be. The wife of a three term president in a small country is bound to become well known there and there is sufficient even in the references currently provided to confirm that. Obituaries and tributes will indicate if the person took little part in public life, whilst she is described as being widely liked and respected, a clear indication of notability for this purpose. There are other hints of notability from a Google search, but the Icelandic newspapers during her husband's period in office look as though they are probably not available online, and if so Google is going to give a poor indication of notability. Her lack of coverage in English language sources is irrelevant. --AJHingston (talk) 22:38, 21 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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