Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Marina Wheeler

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The result was keep. –Juliancolton ^{Tropical Cyclone} 06:39, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

Marina Wheeler

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Only notable for being wife of Mayor of London, Boris Johnson. TwentiethApril1986 (want to talk?) 19:46, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Living people-related deletion discussions. -- TwentiethApril1986 (want to talk?) 19:48, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
• Comment - Well, she's also a member of the B panel of the Junior Counsel to the Crown, but I don't know how notable that is, being as the list of everyone on there spans 13 pages and I don't think we have articles on any of them.[1] Grandmartin11 (talk) 21:10, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

Just because we don't have the articles doesn't mean they're not notable. If that was true, we wouldn't be able to make new articles because material we don't have articles on would never be allowed to be created by this reasoning. - Mgm|^(talk) 10:54, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

• Keep, she's the wife of Boris Johnson, the daughter of Sir Charles Wheeler and a member of the Junior Counsel to the Crown. --Philip Stevens (talk) 22:44, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
• Keep Junior Counsel to the Crown etc. --Mr Accountable (talk) 05:00, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
• Keep The nominator's statement ignores the fact she's a barrister, author and columnist by focussing on her relationship with Johnson. She's notable for more than her relation to him. - Mgm|^(talk) 10:52, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
• Comment - I was going to vote delete until I read the arguments here... I just don't feel that her notability is expressed in any way, shape, or form in the article. Look at the first line: "Marina Wheeler is a British barrister, author and columnist who is best known for being the wife of Mayor of London, Boris Johnson." (emphasis added) The article is basically calling itself not notable. No one is notable simply for being married to someone. So while the subject itself may be notable, the article doesn't show that. It needs a fundamental rewrite (preferably by someone who knows something about British politics... any of you "keep" voters want to do that?), after which I believe it may become notable. --Alinnisawest,^{Dalek Empress} (extermination requests here) 04:02, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

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