Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Margaret Mercer

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The result was delete. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 06:26, 3 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Margaret Mercer[edit]

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This article has had a notability tag on it since 2011, and my Google search seemed to show why: there's very little coverage of her out there. Most articles related to Margaret Mercer pertain to a philanthropist from the 19th century, a more specific search (such as her name alongside the phrase "radio", or the radio state where she worked) finds little coverage of her outside of her appointment to said radio station. Fails WP:NBIO as a WP:1E. —Compassionate727 ^(T·C) 19:55, 25 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Women-related deletion discussions. MT Train^Talk 03:05, 26 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of New York-related deletion discussions. MT Train^Talk 03:05, 26 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Radio-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 12:51, 28 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete A non-notable program director for a radio station.John Pack Lambert (talk) 15:18, 28 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Program directors of individual local radio stations are not handed an automatic notability freebie just for existing — to qualify for Wikipedia articles, they need to be the subject of enough reliable source coverage, in media other than their own employer's self-published content about itself and its own staff, to clear WP:GNG. But this shows no evidence of that: the "references" here are entirely primary sources, with the exception of two glancing namechecks of her existence in newspaper articles that aren't about her. This does not demonstrate notability. Bearcat (talk) 17:48, 28 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. External search not turning up much in terms of sources. Husounde (talk) 00:56, 3 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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