Deletion of Lois de Menil

Comment: The article subject's life and work including philanthropic efforts in the United States as well as internationally in Romania and Cambodia are well sourced and referenced to numerous  including "Review of "Who Speaks for Europe" by Fritz Stern, Foreign Affairs (April 1978) http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/31573/fritz-stern/who-speaks-for-europe-the-vision-of-charles-de-gaulle, Lois de Menil, "L'Art américain depuis la guerre: à la recherche de l'oeuvre d'art" p35 - 39 in the Exhibition Catalogue L'Amérique aux Indépendants, 91e exposition annuelle Société des Artistes Indépendants, Grand Palais, Paris (13 March-13 April 1980)., Bob Colacello, “Remains of the Dia” Vanity Fair September 1996. http://www.vanityfair.com/magazine/1996/09/colacello19960, New York Times Letter to the Editor, March 8, 2008 “The Dia Art Foundation”, “The Medicis for a Moment: The Collapse of the DIA Dream” Phoebe Hoban New York Magazine - Nov 25, 1985, pp52 and following on google books https://books.google.com/books?id=0MMBAAAAMBAJ, The de Menil Gallery at the Groton School http://www.groton.org/arts/galleries/demenil, Boston.com review (Feb 17 2005) of a Sebastiao Salgado show at the de Menil Gallery in Groton http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2005/02/17/vanishing_images/, Harvard News by Nashoba Publishing review (April 7 2014) of a show of Russian photographs from the Forbes Collection at the de Menil Gallery in Groton http://www.nashobapublishing.com/harvard_news/ci_25513523/russian-photography-exhibit-opens-at-groton-school, Alexandra Parigoris, “The Endless Column Restored” (February 2012). See footnote 5. http://coloanafarasfarsit.ro/en/2012/02/endless-column-restored/, World Monuments Fund Fact Sheet and Board Members http://www.wmf.org/downloads/WMF-Fact-Sheet.pdf, UNESCO International Coordinating Committee for the Safeguarding and Development of Angkor, Plenary Session (June 26 & 27 2003), pp 40-43 presentation by Lois de Menil on the Center for Khmer Studies. http://portal.unesco.org/es/files/39422/1189765125110th_Plenary_Session_ICC_6Jun04-English.pdf/10th+Plenary+Session+ICC+6Jun04-English.pdf, Council of American Overseas Research Centers http://www.caorc.org/#!who-we-are/c1wzq, and Lois de Menil giving inaugural address for CKS research library on Khmer TV, January 2010 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Fw-7cxEW6M, Article in the Phnom Penh Post by Peter Olszewski about The Center for Khmer Studies (Dec 14 2012) http://www.phnompenhpost.com/siem-reap-insider/center-khmer-studies-names-new-director, Collection Inventory of the Cambodia National Museum by the Center for Khmer Studies http://www.cambodiamuseum.info/en_projects_activities/cip.html, Lois de Menil in royal audience with King Norodam Shihamoni in Cambodia (2013), in recognition of the opening of the CKS library and National Museum cataloguing http://norodomsihamoni.org/en/news/2013-06-12_1, Peter Olszewski. "The Center for Khmer Studies names new director". Phnom Penh Post., and Fritz Stern. "Who Speaks for Europe? The Vision of Charles De Gaulle". Foreign Affairs. With a;; od these references across numerous sources this article subject much more than meets  and has far surpassed the threshold of .    Cheers
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Comment: despite the continuing inappropriate comments above.  I've checked her book in WorldCat http://www.worldcat.org/search?qt=worldcat_org_all&q=Who%20Speaks%20for%20Europe%3F%20The%20Vision%20of%20Charles%20de%20Gaulle , and it is in over 400 libraries and ahas been taken seriously by academics, with reviews in  ''American Historical Review'', '' Journal of Common Market Studies'', &  ''International Affairs (journal) |International Affairs (Royal Institute of International Affairs) ''. One single book at that level does not amount by itself to notability as author or under , but it is nonetheless contributory.  Probably her main notability is as sponsor of the Center for Khmer Studies, -- a research institution  for which there are quite a few third party references, and which has produced many important publication--I'm adding some to the article on it. I think it would qualify as the leading research center and library in its subject. It is of course open to question to what extend her role with various institutions is only as an interested  provider of funding, but this is true of most people who are called philanthropists
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Comment: as notability not established. Non-independent press release is not  and therefore cannot be used as a source to establish notability. I would like to note that sources do not have to be in English to be used, but that they also can't be self-published. The article is on de Menil, not CKS, so the effectiveness of the organization doesn't matter. Finally, I would like to remind everyone in this discussion of the  policy; don't edit things that you have a connection to. I would argue that the wiki-age of the participants does matter, as Trout71's argument showed no knowledge of the relevant policy. Notability is not transferrable, and I assume the king meets dozens on a daily basis
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Comment: While some members of this family are undoubtedly notable, notability is |not inherited. None of the ''reliable'' sources present in the article are actually about the subject or evidence any level of in-depth coverage, and it's easy to spot a vanity bio propped up with citations to things that the subject is associated with in some way. The SPA exclusively involved in editing these articles and the SPAs "voting" here with claims of vendettas and whatnot quite frankly smell of |paid editing as well
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Comment: The walls of text and badgering every vote for deletion do not obscure the fact that the subject does not (yet) meet . Looks like |conflict-of-interest editing
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