Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rachel Zoll

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The result was delete. Ritchie333 ^(talk) ^(cont) 10:57, 3 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Rachel Zoll[edit]

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Fails WP:GNG. In my opinion, the award she received does not confer notability. Etzedek24 ^{(I'll talk at ya) (Check my track record)} 23:00, 26 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per nom - award used to establish notability is not in itself notable, so the article fails WP:GNG and WP:NBIO. Kirbanzo (talk) 23:44, 26 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete. The award might have contributed to notability had she won 1st place, but she came 2nd. DGG ( talk ) 02:50, 27 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Wikipedia:Notability (people): The person is regarded as an important figure or is widely cited by peers or successors. Has a large fan base or a significant "cult" following.Rachel Zoll is regarded as an important figure by news anchors and editors who depend on her interpretations to inform themselves and their readers. As an opinion maker she has stirred up controversy and has wide circulation among opponents. She has 13.5 thousand Twitter followers.Heron10 (talk) 19:57, 27 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Additional contributions to notability per WP:NBIO: Rachel Zoll has written a chapter in a best-selling book. Her work is cited in multiple books and on Wikipedia.Heron10 (talk) 21:47, 30 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. No evidence of satisfying notability criteria of WP:JOURNALIST or WP:ANYBIO. A perfectly respectable professional who has so far not been the subject of significant coverage in reliable , independent sources, per WP:42. @Heron10:, do you have any verifiable evidence of Zoll being regarded as an important figure? She is a journalist, so writing articles is not in and of itself noteworthy. She works for the AP, so authoring a chapter in an AP publication (trumpeted in an AP press release, no less) does not contribute to notability. Receiving second place in a niche award from the American Academy of Religion is laudable, but doesn't rise to "well-known and significant award or honor" per WP:ANYBIO, and probably wouldn't even if she had won first place. Is there any indication that her citation rate is any higher or more impressive than the average journalist for AP, Reuters, or other syndicated news services? Notability is not inherited by working for notable companies, and using primary sources written by the subject cannot establish the notability of the subject: doing so invites improper synthesis in the form of a novel inference: "this person has been widely cited, therefore they must be notable." --Animalparty! (talk) 23:31, 31 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - per other delete votes. Dreamy Jazz 🎷 ^{talk to me | my contributions} 16:13, 1 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Delete article reads like a CV not an encyclopedia article.John Pack Lambert (talk) 04:18, 3 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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