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The result was Speedy keep The subject of the article has an entry in the Australian Dictionary of Biography [1] (which was being used as a reference in the article), so notability is firmly established: there is a long-standing convention that all people who have been the subject of ADB entries also meet WP:BIO. MOS violations are not grounds for deletion. Nick-D ( talk) 04:41, 27 January 2014 (UTC)
Bea Miles
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What's this? A how-to on how to violate WP:MOS? Doesn't indicate notability either. Laun chba ller 22:21, 26 January 2014 (UTC)
- Keep. Her notability as Sydney's "iconic eccentric" (in a similar vein as Joe Gould in New York City or the Emperor Norton in San Francisco) is well-established. [2] [3] Multiple sources are already given and ample more are easily found in basic searches like GBooks. She is the inspiration for at least one novel (by Kate Grenville) and a musical. I don't understand the nominator's comment about MOS, but in any event MOS violations aren't grounds to delete an article on a notable subject. -- Arxiloxos ( talk) 22:56, 26 January 2014 (UTC)
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The result was Speedy keep The subject of the article has an entry in the Australian Dictionary of Biography [1] (which was being used as a reference in the article), so notability is firmly established: there is a long-standing convention that all people who have been the subject of ADB entries also meet WP:BIO. MOS violations are not grounds for deletion. Nick-D ( talk) 04:41, 27 January 2014 (UTC)
Bea Miles
- Bea Miles ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – ( View log · Stats)
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What's this? A how-to on how to violate WP:MOS? Doesn't indicate notability either. Laun chba ller 22:21, 26 January 2014 (UTC)
- Keep. Her notability as Sydney's "iconic eccentric" (in a similar vein as Joe Gould in New York City or the Emperor Norton in San Francisco) is well-established. [2] [3] Multiple sources are already given and ample more are easily found in basic searches like GBooks. She is the inspiration for at least one novel (by Kate Grenville) and a musical. I don't understand the nominator's comment about MOS, but in any event MOS violations aren't grounds to delete an article on a notable subject. -- Arxiloxos ( talk) 22:56, 26 January 2014 (UTC)
- Note: This debate has been included in the list of Australia-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k ( talk) 04:35, 27 January 2014 (UTC)
- Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k ( talk) 04:35, 27 January 2014 (UTC)
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