Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Susan Ridgway Willing

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 keep. Ritchie333 ^{(talk) (cont)} 09:11, 22 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Like too many "Gilded age socialite" articles, this is almost entirely about more notable family members, and notability is not inherited. All coverage is trivial/routine announcements, or entirely about other rich people and so unrelated. I do believe in increasing representation of truly notable women on Wikipedia, but articles like this present women as merely links in a chain; as people who have accomplished nothing more remarkable than marrying, birthing, or being being birthed by actually notable people. --Animalparty! (talk) 21:49, 7 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Women-related deletion discussions. --Animalparty! (talk) 21:50, 7 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of New York-related deletion discussions. --Animalparty! (talk) 21:50, 7 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Rhode Island-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 22:00, 7 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of France-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 22:00, 7 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep. I note that we have pages for nearly every member of "The Four Hundred", the list of the most influential New York socialites of the Gilded Age, which included Willing. I also note that her brother, John Rhea Barton Willing, has not been nominated for deletion, despite a comparable level of accomplishment. They were famous for being famous, but that's still notable. pburka (talk) 00:20, 9 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

• Weak keep As per pburka. MrsSnoozyTurtle 23:26, 14 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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