Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Shirley Bottolfsen

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. The nomination and delete !vote herein have been sufficiently countered by the provision of sources in this discussion which indicate that the subject qualifies for a Wikipedia article. (Non-administrator closure) NorthAmerica¹⁰⁰⁰ 01:42, 29 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Shirley Bottolfsen[edit]

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Biography of a well meaning and charitable eccentric, with no indication of notability. Article was created by a SPA, with the bulk of its text resulting from that initial edit. Though proposed, PROD was shortly declined after as it was felt that a primary source was a sufficient reference! A Google search brings up a few articles in local newspapers, but none sufficient to be considered wide coverage in multiple sources, or of events that confer notability. An article exists on the Norwegian Wikipedia, but the text of that too is uncited and results from an SPA, with one of the citations a dead link. Gareth E Kegg (talk) 01:12, 6 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Ireland-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 01:50, 6 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Norway-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 01:50, 6 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 01:50, 6 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - there are several English-language sources that show some possible notability: see, e.g. her election as Grand marshal of a regional parade. She also won the King's Medal of Merit, which may not make her notable (she won a "medal in silver [which] may be awarded for lesser achievements." ) So I'm not sure if she passes WP:GNG, but I think this one is worth getting the attention of an ~~expect~~ expert in Norwegian civil affairs. Bearian (talk) 19:02, 10 June 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, Mz7 (talk) 04:49, 13 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - Considering she has a royal medal led me to think of some notability. Then I read the medal article and saw that it was in 21st place of importance among similar decorations in Norway. What is the population of Norway? Seems like many people have medals there... --Why should I have a User Name? (talk) 18:16, 13 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom. No notability. Sorry, Shirley. I'm going with Gareth on this one. SW3 5DL (talk) 22:58, 15 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - I'm not seeing anybody come to the rescue of this nice person's page. Bearian (talk) 22:28, 16 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. She's all over the Norwegian search engine, Kvasir: national coverage here and here for when locals helped her out for a change (2013), and here for winning a Lion's Club international prize (2014); also I see national coverage of an episode when she helped some Roma and it went wrong, for example here (2012). Those are all articles in major national media all about her; she meets GNG. I'll expand the article using these and anything else I find looking past the first page of search results. Yngvadottir (talk) 16:43, 20 June 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,

Salvio

^{Let's talk about it!} 09:49, 21 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Change to keep per WP:HEY; sources are much improved. Bearian (talk) 15:33, 23 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per Bearian and numerous RS.--Tomwsulcer (talk) 22:54, 23 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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