Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mireille Saba Redford

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The result was delete. ✗plicit 14:16, 6 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Mireille Saba Redford[edit]

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The article was in a bad state when I came across it, and after nuking all of the unsourced or poorly sourced prose there, I ran a Google search to look for sources, I found nothing contributing to notability, indeed few sources usable in a BLP. GNews had exactly one mention of Redford, GBooks only turned up the books she has written and nothing else of use, and GScholar turned up nothing of any use. There did seem to be one Arabic source I found, but that seemed to be a CV and very unreliable. With the complete lack of coverage she has received, I strongly believe she fails WP:BIO. Java Hurricane 12:55, 22 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete She does have a literary career, but not appear notable. I have not found reliable sources. The references I find show she has published and edited works, but there are no independent reviews. WomenArtistUpdates (talk) 00:28, 23 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Delete I also searched Wikipedia Library databases that I have access to, including ProQuest, and have not been able to find reviews or other sources to support WP:BASIC, WP:AUTHOR, or WP:NPROF notability. Beccaynr (talk) 15:05, 23 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Comment This article was made by a student editor in the course https://dashboard.wikiedu.org/courses/American_University_of_Beirut/English_203_(Fall_2021)/; the course description states "This course seeks to develop students’ intellectual viewpoints and a writing voice through writing Wikipedia articles about Arab and Lebanese authors who have little to no digital presence (neither in Arabic nor in English). In order to preserve this literary heritage, this class will work on producing Wikipedia articles about Arab and Lebanese literary figures who might otherwise become long forgotten since they are rarely taught in the Lebanese curriculum's literature courses."; personally, I think that forcing students to write articles on likely non-notable people isn't the best thing to do, but whatever. wizzito | say hello! 18:18, 23 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Comment It looks like Wizzito has pinged relevant editors, so perhaps they will get this sorted out. I am adding this comment so we know that the Wiki Ed knows. WomenArtistUpdates (talk) 16:26, 24 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Missvain (talk) 17:34, 30 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Delete I ran a French-only Google search, not much more turns up, lists of her books, the university catalogue from Lebanon where she teaches.... nothing notable. Oaktree b (talk) 00:57, 1 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Not notable and doesn't deserve a Wikipedia article. Catfurball (talk) 00:47, 3 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Delete fails WP:PROF and WP:AUTHOR. LibStar (talk) 12:15, 3 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Comment The person was recommended based on a thorough research of notable women to write articles about as part of a project to digitize Lebanese and Arab literary heritage and create articles about forgotten or underrepresented figures. The team deciding on these articles consists of professors and librarians. We take our work of representation very seriously. This representation is very context and culture specific, and we are an underprivileged and underrepresented group, and in deleting or considering our underrepresentation as lack of notability, you are further marginalizing us. Please reconsider. AbirWard 10:39, 6 December, 2021 (CST)

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