Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Patricia Lake

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 Keep per WP:SNOW - the article that was nominated no longer exists, and the current one has over 25 sources. I see no point prolonging this any further. ThaddeusB (talk) 18:25, 4 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Patricia Lake[edit]

Non-notable "actress" whose sole claim to fame is her alleged parents: Marion Davies and William Randolph Hearst. (Are you really an actress if you've only played yourself?) Clarityfiend (talk) 02:28, 30 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Actors and filmmakers-related deletion discussions. -- –Juliancolton | ^Talk 03:00, 30 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per nom. I tried to do some research on her and came up with about the same as the nom. Mlh56880 (talk) 04:31, 30 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete very much per nom too. WP:BIO states that being related to notable people doesn't warrant notability. Kotiwalo (talk) 17:19, 30 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Keep and expand and further source. Let's forget about the inapplicable WP:ENT and look toward WP:BIO and WP:GNG. Nice article really, with terrific potential. Though the relationship between Herst and Davies received more than passing notice in the 20s,Los Angeles Times 1928, Patricia Van Cleve Lake has herself received more than trivial mention in reliable sources for decades as she was actively involved in society, theater and film.News sources 1930-39, News sources 1940-1949, Google Books. Her death simply brought more coverage. Los Angeles Times 10/31/93, San Jose Mercury News 10/16/93. This one needs work through normal editing, not deletion. MichaelQSchmidt (talk) 02:43, 31 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Well... Lake's definitely not a one-trick pony. She has multiple claims toward notability. On a treasure hunt and feeling my Google-foo, I struck gold. When Penny Singleton left the radio show Blondie in the mid-1940s, Patricia Van Cleve Lake gave voice to the character of Blondie Bumstead for the remaining 5 years the show was broadcast, opposite her real-life husband Arthur Lake who voiced Dagwood Bumstead.[1][2]. More to follow. MichaelQSchmidt (talk) 06:12, 31 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I'll change my "vote" to Keep based on the points brought up by MichaelQSchmidt. The article has more content now, and is sourced well. At least give it some time to be improved further. Kotiwalo (talk) 07:21, 31 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Still continuing research, expansion, and sourcing. Aside from 5 years as "Blondie" on radio, Lake also co-starred with her husband Arthur Lake in a 1954 television sit-com he created called Meet The Family. More to follow. MichaelQSchmidt (talk) 23:51, 31 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  - Aside from the anonymous IP author, only 2 user accounts (besides myself) have made any significant edits to the article... User:Tjmayerinsf in July of 2007 and User:Oanabay04 in May of 2008. In appreciation of the nominator leaving a courtesy notice on the talk page of the author, I just placed a courtesy notice on the talk pages of these 2 editors. I am not seeking a pro or a con coment from either of them, simply notifying of this discussion. MichaelQSchmidt (talk) 01:22, 1 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Article looks good now....Vartanza (talk) 05:10, 2 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep: as currently constituted, I think the article meets our notability standard. Scog (talk) 15:12, 2 August 2009 (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.