Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Elaine Caruana

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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 delete. - Philippe 23:56, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Elaine Caruana

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The article on Elaine Caruana was created after the death, in a car accident, of the person in question. It was only created as Elaine Caruana made the news, for the sole reason that she died in a traffic accident. Every traffic accident death makes the news in Malta. Previous to her death, she was not a well known personality in Malta, and, to this day, a Google search on her name results only in webpages which are related to her death in the accident - such as a memorial page, and the web archives of local newspapers. Just because she was a model, and possibly well known amongst her colleagues, doesn't mean she was notable. Moreover, just because she appeared on a (relatively unpopular) television program, as a model for clothes presented on the program, doesn't mean she was notable. With all due respect to the deceased woman, I do not think that a Wikipedia article about her is appropriate. The content of the article, which lists absolutely no particularly notable achievements, and demonstrates, as the only evidence of her "fame", the mere fact that she appeared as a clothes model on a television show, should be seen as further evidence for deletion. Yes, she was well known amongst her friends as being a friendly and nice person - however I'm sure almost all of us have known nice people who died, but we cannot validly create a Wikipedia article for each one of them. MaxCosta (talk) 22:51, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

  • Delete agreed that the news coverage is primarily related to her death in an accident, and not particularly over the person who died. Its like "the person killed in this accident happened to be..." Vishnava (talk) 23:28, 20 April 2008 (UTC)
  • Delete, biggest claims to fame seem to be as "one of the major models" on a Maltese TV program (not host or star), and as a contestant on a reality TV show, which is pretty universally regarded as short of notability by Wikipedia standards. --Dhartung | Talk 03:20, 21 April 2008 (UTC)
  • Delete no offense to family etc. but she wasn't notable before crash.  Atyndall93 | talk  10:21, 21 April 2008 (UTC)


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.