Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mary Ann Rhodes

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was delete. SarahStierch (talk) 23:20, 23 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Mary Ann Rhodes[edit]

(Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL)

No evidence of meeting WP:N's requirement of nontrivial coverage in multiple, reliable, third-party sources. The only coverage I could find was a couple of brief local interest stories reprinted at http://z3. invisionfree.com/The_110_Club/index.php?showtopic=3095 (the site is blacklisted, so you have to delete the space between the "3. and invisionfree" for the link to work). Long-standing precedent is that simply being the oldest person in a country is not sufficient to meet the general notability guidelines and sustain an article (and she wasn't even the oldest!), thus the extent of coverage (or lack thereof) is the issue here. A mention on the list of the verified oldest people (as already exists) will be sufficient and present all of the information of encyclopedic value. Canadian Paul 21:17, 15 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Canada-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 22:13, 15 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 22:13, 15 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delete I Google searched on News, Scholar, Books, and Web and got no hits. The "source" is only a list of supercentenarians making no meaningful mention of her. She is not mentioned on the List of the verified oldest people and does not need to have an article. Citrusbowler (talk) (contribs) (email me) 22:19, 15 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Comment She is in the List of the verified oldest people at #15. However Rhodes was never the oldest in her country, and this, along with her validation coming long after her death, means that it is unlikely that there will ever be non-trivial coverage. DerbyCountyinNZ ^{(Talk Contribs)} 22:22, 15 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - Not notable. In fact, everything in the article (her name, age and country of residence) is available in both Oldest People and Canadian supercentenarians. CommanderLinx (talk) 03:40, 16 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.