Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Helen Lawrence McGuire, Ed.D.

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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. Luna Santin 23:51, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Helen Lawrence McGuire, Ed.D.

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This person appears to not be notable enough for an article. The only thread that her notability rides is that she was (1) the first African-American female to be hired by the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) as a Special Agent and (2) the first female to complete a U.S. Coast Guard Patrol on the high seas and to board a foreign vessel, and a couple of other even more minor female firsts. However, there is a first female for everything. Some may deserve articles, the great majority do not. The first female FBI agent might be notable. The first African-American female (not even the first female) NMFS agent is not, in my opinion, the NMFS being far less notable and important than the FBI. "First female to complete a U.S. Coast Guard Patrol on the high seas and to board a foreign vessel" also does not, in my mind, confer sufficient notability for the person to have an encyclopedia article. Herostratus 21:25, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

  • Delete. I'm undecided about notability, but there are no sources, and it strongly smells of copyvio. It's also boarderline spam or CV-writing. --Fang Aili talk 23:32, 12 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete unless properly sourced and cited by end of this AfD Alf photoman 15:44, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete due to questionable notability, reads like resumé, and no sources cited. If kept, rename to remove the qualification. Stifle (talk) 20:48, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete per WP:BIO. Clearly not notable enough. Lincolnite 22:45, 13 January 2007 (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.