Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Debbie Almontaser

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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. However, article needs expanding on her other social activities rather than merely focuses on the resignation incident. @pple 04:31, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Debbie Almontaser

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There is a news article about this person, but I do not think that she is notable. Bringing to AfD rather than db-bio because of the third party publication. --דניאל - Danielrocks123 14:54, 17 August 2007 (UTC)

  • Delete per WP:BLP1E. One event does not make a person noteworthy. Eliz81(talk)(contribs) 15:49, 17 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete, A school principal is not notable enough to be in Wikipedia, even if she did do something that made the news. Nenyedi • (Deeds•Talk) 16:21, 17 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep, just search google.com for Debbie Almontaser to see how noteworthy she is.--TheEgyptian 00:15, 19 August 2007 (UTC)
    • Comment. It is true that there are many google hits for this person, but as Eliz81 mentioned, Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons states, "Wikipedia is not a newspaper. The bare fact that someone has been in the news does not in itself imply that they should be the subject of an encyclopedia entry." Every hit on google is about the incidents surrounding Debbie Almontaser resigning from her job. --דניאל - Danielrocks123 02:25, 19 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep, actually she is noteworthy. She has been involved in many leadership programs and community projects, very notable for a Female Yemeni Muslim. Even assuming that she was not involved in prior community work, there are scores of articles on Wikipedia that sprouted after a single event. To the user above, while "every" hit in the google may pull up details about the school principle incident, a more thorough search will yield other findings, notably her community work.Scythian1 04:39, 21 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep, while I wouldn't call coverage of her significant it does seem to satisfy the guidelines for Wikipedia:Notability. MezzoMezzo 14:32, 21 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletions. —David Eppstein 02:03, 22 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep This particular person is notable, and was notable before the main event. There are additional sources to be found, for every NYC newspaper has been carrying stories,02:59, 22 August 2007 (UTC) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by DGG (talk • contribs).
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