Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Barbara Blackburn

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The result of the debate was MERGE AND REDIRECT TO Typewriter. Stormie 09:01, Feb 9, 2005 (UTC)

Barbara Blackburn[edit]

Guiness book entry. Fastest typist. --LeeHunter 12:12, 25 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Does a person's presence in the GB disqualify them from WP? If so, I won't oppose this. Robert Earl Hughes and Randy Gardner appear to be similarly non-notable outside of their world record. — PhilHibbs | talk 13:04, 25 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Merge into Typewriter article, do necessary protocol for GFDL, then delete. Not notable enough for individual biographical entry. Typewriter speed contents were big deals in the 20s, 30s, 40s, I didn't even know they still conducted them... could even be a little section about this in the Typewriter article if there isn't already. I don't think Guinness entries are necessarily verboten, but if we were to have many stubs like this that consisted of nothing but Guinness citations at some point we might be infringing the Guinness compilation copyright. Dpbsmith (talk) 14:19, 25 Jan 2005 (UTC) Comment Merged. Dpbsmith (talk) 15:23, 25 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Delete I sincerely don't believe that each GB entrant should have a WP entry. For one thing, that would duplcate too much of the info in the GB itself, thus causing copyright concerns. Also, they tend to change quite a lot, which is why there's a new GB each year. In addition, the vast majority of them arent really notable outside their GB entries. A few have become somewhat iconic, like the fat twins on the little bikes, and a few are more than notable enough outside their GB accomplishments (like Thomas Edison's GB mention for most patents). Those are the exceptions, though, and there are tens of thousands more for whom nothing else can be said than they helped roast the world's biggest weenie in 1962. Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 15:28, Jan 25, 2005 (UTC)

Merge with Typewriter. If every GB record holder had a place in wikipedia, we'd have a flood of articles that would only have a few lines to them. I would consider them vanity, either way. How many record holders are household names to anyone? As a side note, perhaps an article should be posted on this subject for discussion/further rulings. --InShaneee 16:27, 25 Jan 2005 (UTC)
Merge with Typewriter and add redirect. Megan1967 01:11, 26 Jan 2005 (UTC)
Merge & redirect to typewriter. Wile E. Heresiarch 06:25, 26 Jan 2005 (UTC)

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