Deletion of Bernice Madigan

Comment: In  a notable person should be  "worthy of notice" – that is, "significant, interesting, or unusual enough to deserve attention or to be recorded".  I believe that being one of the top 10 oldest people among over 6 billion is interesting and unusual.  The basic criteria for a notable person are "A person is presumed to be notable if he or she has been the subject of multiple published secondary sources which are reliable, intellectually independent of each other, and independent of the subject."  Her notability is her age, which is validate in a reliable source
Stance: comment
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:PEOPLE)

Comment: regarding '''presumption of notability''' - "presumption of notability" is not the same as "notability."  Taking the plain-English meaning, "presumption of" means "you can safely assume that... until evidence shows up to say otherwise."  I'll use an example from WikiProject Schools: There once was a ''de facto'' presumption that high schools that confer a secondary diploma ("12th grade graduation") are notable.  However, this presumption can be countered by evidence that a school is not notable - or more precisely, it can be countered by a diligent search for significant coverage independent of the source that comes up empty.  Over time, the "presumption of notability" for high schools was refined and now it applies to "conventional"/"comprehensive" high schools but not to "special purpose" schools unless they offer similar "press-generating" things like sports teams that conventional high schools typically offer.  This effectively excludes adult-ed high schools, alternative-discipline-assignment high schools, high schools in hospitals and other low-press-coverage settings, etc. from the "presumption of notability."  Now, all of this may be irrelevant with respect to Ms. Madigan, as her notability will be based on 1) whether she meets , , or another criteria, and 2) whether there is a consensus that "merely getting a lot of press coverage just because you reached 110 years of age (or some other arbitrary cutoff)" does NOT qualify you for an article in spite of meeting existing notability requirements (see comment immediately below
Stance: comment
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:GNG||WP:BIO)

Comment: on '''people who on the face of things meet  but who don't qualify for articles''':  Many sub-state-level politicians get significant coverage from reliable sources but ''by long time consensus'' they don't get an article if the only coverage is "local."  I'm not sure what the equivalent "excluded from SIGCOV" would be for those who reach 110 years in age would be, but it's probably best discussed in a wikiproject, not here
Stance: comment
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:GNG)

Comment: and leave history and protected redirect for now: Meets  but also qualifies as , so merge into an appropriate list-article.  Since she has a good shot at eventually becoming the oldest American, there is no need to delete the article history.  Un-protect when the two people ahead of her die OR she becomes notable for some other reason
Stance: merge
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:SIGCOV||WP:ONEEVENT)