Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Meg Swansen

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The result was keep.--Fuhghettaboutit 13:40, 18 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Meg Swansen

I think there's an assertion of notability, but I don't see her as notable myself. Does not seem to be verifiable either, from info in the article, aside from the fact she wrote a book (big whoop). SamBC(talk) 00:21, 13 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. I just created the article a few hours ago, in part because several Wikipedians at the AfD for Sweater design wanted to see more about modern designers of knitted garments. Meg Swansen is universally known among knitters, partly thanks to her famous mom, Elizabeth Zimmermann, and partly thanks to her own indefatigable efforts to promote knitting. She's also the owner of Schoolhouse Press, a publishing firm. To be sure, there are many one-book knitting authors who do not merit their own encyclopedia article, but that's not the case here. Please be patient and let me fill out the article before you consider it for deletion. I sincerely hope that you think that knitting is a worthy encyclopedia topic, and that you are just objecting to the undeveloped state of this article. Willow 00:52, 13 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. Then feel free to add reliable sources. Dbromage [Talk] 01:00, 13 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I've added references to well-known journals in the knitting community, and to a 1996 book that surveyed famous knitters in America. Willow 01:42, 13 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Very weak keep. Looks better but it's still a very small stub and contains some peacock terms. Dbromage [Talk] 01:50, 13 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
You've got several days - AfDs stay open a good while. SamBC(talk) 01:29, 13 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Willow seems to know what she's talking about; these articles describe Swansen as "a household name among serious knitters." I'm sure there are sufficient sources to satisfy WP:BIO. Zagalejo 03:31, 13 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - She is one of 38 women profiled in the book Knitting in America. In addition to her biography in that book, there are other WP:RS materials from which to develop this article. -- Jreferee ^(Talk) 04:40, 13 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - She appears to be a knitting superstar (if there ever was one). - Caribbean~H.Q. 06:10, 13 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per above. -- Anonymous Dissident^Talk 12:17, 13 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Strong Keep. Although the results of Google searches are of course not definitive, they do give some indication of how noteworthy someone is, and how many sources there are to flesh out an article. This name is not super common, yet has almost 28,000 google hits by my count. Not only has she written at least 4 books, and writes a regular knitting column in a popular knitting magazine she oversees, but she seems to have produced a large number of DVDs on various knitting projects. The surprise here is NOT that this woman is notable, but that there has not been an article about her yet on Wikipedia! It seems like a definite oversight that hopefully this article will correct.--Filll 14:04, 13 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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.