Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Janneke Parrish

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. No sources appeared in the article or here. GRBerry 03:05, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Janneke Parrish

Janneke_Parrish (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs) -- (View AfD)

The subject of this article is a sophomore, and while she has been named "poet laureate" of a county, I don't think that's nearly notable enough to be worth an article in Wikipedia. If she publishes some books or received some national award, she'd be as prominent as many of the 1,500 or so American poets who have articles here, and I wouldn't object.

As a resident of Wayne County, I assure you that this is a very prominent award in a very bland area of our country. Parrish is a local hero, adored by nearly all who call Eastern North Carolina home. I'd also like to point out that while you may feel that there are 1500 or so American poets with articles, many of these poets were not honored, revered, or even popular during their lives, becoming "prominent" after their deaths. To not recognize the up and coming poets of today goes against what makes Wikipedia great. Not making the poets of today known in their own lives, especially one that has won numerous awards during her short lifetime, is to turn us back to the times before such technologies such as the internet. During his lifetime, would you have allowed Edgar Allen Poe to have his own Wikipedia article? The page should stay.—Preceding unsigned comment added by Chocklitsnoman (talk • contribs)

• This AfD nomination was incomplete. It is listed now. DumbBOT 16:14, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

• Delete unless independent and verifiable sources are added by end of this AfD Alf photoman 17:32, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
• Delete per nom. Fails WP:BIO Even if this person did win these unnamed awards and is a county poet laureate, they are certainly non-notable awards in and of themselves and would not merit an article here. There is no place for the crystal ballery advocated above. Agent 86 18:53, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
• Delete Significance is too local. (Age is of course not relevant)DGG 03:08, 9 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.