Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Misty Lown

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 no consensus. From what I'm seeing, the keeps seem to be focusing on coverage of the company, while the deletes seem to be focusing on coverage of the person. This is understandable and makes coming to consensus difficult, given the subject's name is in the company's title and therefore part of any source coverage on either. Perhaps one or more seperate discussions should be had over whether the article should be converted to the company and/or whether the individual is notable independent of the company slakr^\ talk / 06:58, 21 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Misty Lown[edit]

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No indication of Wikipedia notability of this business person. Robert McClenon (talk) 05:36, 22 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Delete She is the owner and operator of a dance studio and has received routine local small business news coverage in that role. The only possible claim to notability is in receiving an international business award. However that award is not notable and is mentioned in Wikipedia only in this article. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 05:54, 22 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Wisconsin-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 16:36, 22 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Arts-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 16:36, 22 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 16:37, 22 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Comment. This article came up at WP:ANI as a frequently recreated article that was originally written by Wiki-PR. If it's deleted again, it may be worth considering whether it should be salted. NinjaRobotPirate (talk)
Delete. Regardless of Wiki-PR, everything seems to be newsy: no secondary sources. Nyttend (talk) 17:50, 22 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - Obviously meets WP:GNG due to coverage in multiple, reliable, third-party sources, and by following the guidelines as they're written this shouldn't be deleted. Additionally, the fact that the article was created by PR people in the past isn't a legitimate deletion rationale. The Master ---)Vote Saxon(--- 04:59, 23 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Keep GNG met because of multiple reliable sources. The sources are spread around the United States and not just routine local coverage. Buffalo and Colorado are far from Wisconsin. One of them describes the studio as having 700 students while shows why it is used as a model studio on the national level. Royal broil 02:03, 27 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, NorthAmerica¹⁰⁰⁰ 10:23, 29 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Lown is also the owner of More Than Just Great Dancing, an international affiliation program that establishes standards for dance programs and management. Really? Enough of this pioneer puffery. --The Vintage Feminist (talk) 11:35, 1 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Keep As the subject meets GNG. Issues with content can be addressed by editing, not by wholesale deletion. Kindzmarauli (talk) 20:55, 1 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Deadbeef 00:09, 7 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Delete This is basically PR. Good quality PR is PR that is picked up by miscellaneous news sources. If "ore Than Just Great Dancing" is notable, how can we tell without an article on it? DGG ( talk ) 04:29, 8 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Keep: The article meets GNG whether we like it or not. There's significant coverage in reliable secondary sources. Safehaven86 (talk) 05:41, 11 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Local paper coverage a fairly small company doesn't make the company's owner of encyclopedic interest. I don't see more than that here. --Michig (talk) 08:18, 14 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Delete per above. There is some coverage, but that is from local media and a few press releases that where picked up elsewhere. Moreover, the article suffers from WP:O. She is not even listed in the “notable people”-section in the Onalaska, Wisconsin-article (unlike, for example, Mark Proksch). I do not think this article fits in Wikipedia.Jeff5102 (talk) 11:29, 19 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - Does not assert notability of the subject. Possibly a promotional article as well. Aerospeed (Talk) 00:28, 20 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Keep per the significant coverage in multiple independent reliable sources.

Foss, Jessie (2011-08-01). "The classroom is her stage: In dance and in life, Misty Lown reaches out to others". CRW Magazine. pp. 13–14. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-12-20. Retrieved 2014-12-20.
The article notes:
More than just great dancing. The words grace the walls and are synonymous with Misty’s Dance Unlimited, LLC. But for Misty Lown, owner of the dance studio, they're much more than words. It's how she teaches. It's her motto. It's the way she lives her life.
Lown's drive stems in part from a hand up she was given when first starting out. Lown reigned as Miss La Crosse/Oktoberfest when she was 21 years old, the same time Deak Swanson was Festmaster. The two spent time riding a float together, and it was then Lown told Swanson of her dream to open her own dance studio.
Swanson went on to give Lown a job while she was still in college, then bought land for and built Lown's first studio. She began Misty's Dance Unlimited in 1998.
The article provides 27 paragraphs of coverage about Misty Lown.
Livingston, Jennifer (2013-12-24). "In Search Of...the inspiring Misty Lown". WKBT-DT. Archived from the original on 2014-12-20. Retrieved 2014-12-20.
The article notes:
When you watch Misty Lown teach, you can't help but see her passion. But it's what she's most passionate about that might surprise you. "Dance is just the vehicle that I am using to get at the heart of kids."
And as owner of one of the biggest dance studios in the state, Misty has learned, the best way to get at their hearts is to open up hers.
"Misty's Dance Unlimited Owner Brings Experiences with Success to Other Dance Studios". WXOW. 2014-10-08. Archived from the original on 2014-12-20. Retrieved 2014-12-20.
Geyer, Allison (2012-11-04). "Misty's Dance Unlimited: More than just great business". La Crosse Tribune. Archived from the original on 2014-12-20. Retrieved 2014-12-20.
Cahalan, Steve (2007-09-23). "Misty's Dance Unlimited Moves to New Building". La Crosse Tribune. Archived from the original on 2014-12-20. Retrieved 2014-12-20.
Geyer, Allison (2013-10-11). "Misty's Dance Unlimited earns international recognition". La Crosse Tribune. Archived from the original on 2014-12-20. Retrieved 2014-12-20.
Parlin, Geri (2007-12-19). "The Last Word: Misty Lown". La Crosse Tribune. Archived from the original on 2014-12-20. Retrieved 2014-12-20.
The article notes:
Misty Lown looked to dance as a cure for a medical ailment and discovered a passion that could last her a lifetime. The owner and director of Misty's Dance Unlimited is a mother of four who finds dealing with 650 dance students a respite after wrangling four kids ages 5 months to 6 years. “I like getting out to the studio for a couple of hours every afternoon,” she said with a laugh. “They don't fling noodles and toys everywhere.”
Simmons, Dan (2006-05-05). "Franklin Elementary celebrates 50 years, as generations of North Siders gather to remember". La Crosse Tribune. Archived from the original on 2014-12-20. Retrieved 2014-12-20.
The article notes:
That sense of tradition mixed with new blood was on display Thursday, as almost 300 Franklin students and staff gathered for school tours, music by the school's string ensemble and a dance performance by Misty's Dance Unlimited, an Onalaska troupe run by Misty Lown.
Lown's grandfather and mother attended Franklin. So did she. So does her daughter, Isabella, a pre-kindergarten student who wore a pink fur shrug and shiny black skirt to the event.
"Come on, Momma. Let's go have cake and party around," she said after the dance performance, hustling to the playground for pizza.
Her mother remembered Franklin as where she discovered dance.
"Elementary school allows you to try everything until you find what fits," she said. "Dancing just stuck for me."
She now teaches dance to students at Franklin and helps support the school's food pantry, a free service to needy students. Franklin has among the highest rates of poverty in the La Crosse school district.
"On the Record / March 11, 2014". The Buffalo News. 2014-03-10. Archived from the original on 2014-12-20. Retrieved 2014-12-20.
The article notes:
Tonawanda Dance Arts was accepted into the More Than Just Great Dancing international affiliation program, aligning the studio with a high standard of dance instruction and management principles. More Than Just Great Dancing was founded in 1997 by Misty Lown, owner of Misty's Dance Unlimited.

There is sufficient coverage in reliable sources to allow Misty Lown to pass Wikipedia:Notability#General notability guideline, which requires "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject".

Cunard (talk) 20:20, 20 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Although the article had a problematic history before being recreated in November 2014 (see Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2013 August 5 and Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive863#A repost by a banned editor?), it should be kept because it passes Wikipedia:Notability#General notability guideline. Cunard (talk) 20:20, 20 December 2014 (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.