Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Laverne Harris

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The result was delete. King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 04:30, 26 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Laverne Harris[edit]

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Is being a world chili champion notable? The chili cookoff mentioned in the article doesn't seem to be notable in itself. There's a ref that this person won it (so what) and died in 2008 (again, so what). I don't see any real notability for this individual. Lugnuts ^{Dick Laurent is dead} 13:58, 17 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Weak Delete - Coverage of her win at the World Championship Chili cook-off seems to be widespread across the USA ([1], [2], [3], [4], [5]), but the coverage is just a spike of coverage at that time. My review of google news search results did not show results show sustained interest in Laverne Harris. However, her winning recipe has lived on. It's covered in this 1978 book which is contemporaneous with her win. This paywalled ST L. Dispatch article also includes her recipe. If there were some coverage of her outside of 1978, I would lean more towards a keep. -- Whpq (talk) 17:59, 18 April 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, Lankiveil ^{(speak to me)} 04:38, 25 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delete, I've had a look, and other than the spike of coverage when she won the chili competition, there doesn't seem to be any further coverage of this person. I have to conclude this is a case of WP:ONEEVENT, where she had her fifteen minutes of fame but didn't go on to receive any further media attention afterwards. Lankiveil ^{(speak to me)} 05:01, 25 April 2013 (UTC).[reply]

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