Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Maryline Blackburn (2nd nomination)

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The result was redirect to Miss Alaska. MBisanz ^talk 23:39, 30 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Maryline Blackburn

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Blackburn has lots of non-notable roles that never add up to being notable. I have not found any evidence that she is even remotely notable for being a singer, nothing even approaching crossing the guidelines for musicians. Winning the Miss Alaska contest is not at all a sign of notability. The coverage that I could find on that is even worse, since it only exists because the runner up was Sarah Palin. She was defeated in her run for public office so she is also not notable as a politician. The previous discussion is plagued by flawed keep arguments. A few asserted that every Miss Alaska is notable, which we have pretty much settled is not the case. Others insisted that the Sarah Palin story was going somewhere. However I fail to see anything about her interactions with Sarah Heath, now Sarah Palin, that rise to the level of notability. John Pack Lambert (talk) 04:29, 22 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Concur with nom. Winning of a state level pageant is not sufficient to establish notability. Nothing else post-pageant is sufficient. MB 20:30, 22 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Beauty pageants-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 23:35, 23 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Alaska-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 23:35, 23 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: Not notable. Being a rival to Sarah Palin does not count, as notability is not inherited, nor does losing a state election. This leaves Miss Alaska and a non-referenced bit-part on TV. Otr500 (talk) 03:44, 24 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect -- I found a passing mention in Black America: A State-by-State Historical Encyclopedia, Volume 1 highlighting Blackburn as the first African-American Miss Alaska. But this info can be included in the Miss Alaska article. Since there is some coverage of the subject in RS, perhaps a redirect to Miss Alaska would be appropriate. (I generally advocate deletion in similar cases, but here we are dealing with a case of someone mentioned in an encyclopedia, so it's possible the name is a valid search term). K.e.coffman (talk) 01:40, 28 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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