Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Imogen Mary Smallwood

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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. --Luigi30 (Taλk) 12:55, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Imogen Mary Smallwood

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Much as I love Enid Blyton's books, there does not appear to be sufficient reason to keep this article on her daughter. Connection to a famous person does not implicate notability. Icemuon 00:13, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

  • Delete No assertion of notability. the_undertow talk 01:46, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete. Is there any reason this wasn't done as a prod? Jehochman (talk/contrib) 01:58, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
    • I wanted to give it the same treatment as Gillian Baverstock, for whom I thought there might be some discussion. Icemuon 09:41, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
  • Speedy delete. Asserts no notability at all. Being the daughter of someone notable doesn't mean you get an article on Wikipedia. Sr13 (T|C) 03:16, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep. Author of an autobiography and two readers. --Eastmain 03:54, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
    • I added citations for all three books to the article. --Eastmain 04:33, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete. Her status as Blyton's daughter alone doesn't ensure notability. In her own right, it doesn't seem she passes WP:PROF, as authorship itself isn't inherently notable. Recurring dreams 08:51, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep per Eastmain, people who are calling for deletion aren't taking into account her publications. At the very least it can be merged into Enid Blyton. - Mgm|(talk) 10:09, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
  • Merge to the Enid Blyton article. Nothing to satisfy WP:BIO. Smallwood is only mentioned in newspaper stories about mother, so anything which needs saying about her can be included in that article. The Blyton article is a bit sparse in the personal life section, so it would benefit from a merge. She seems a very ordinary person other than being the offspring of a popular author, Smallwood's own books ther are extremely non-notable. Having written a book which has an ISBN number does not prove notability Her only book which shows up on Amazon has a sales rank of 3.5 millionth in sales, hardly earthshaking, and clearly a million other authors are more deserving of Wikipedia articles. Edison 15:24, 7 May 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.