Deletion of Mary Douglas Drysdale

Comment: Please re-read . It is a good idea to determine if there are reliable and independent sources about a subject before nominating for AFD, even if there are problems with the current form of the article.  Winner of many awards for her designs, and written up in numerous publications. On House Beautiful's list of America's "top 100 designers" per http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/132218601.html?dids=132218601:132218601&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jul+04%2C+2002&author=&pub=The+Washington+Post&desc=Stripe+Happy&pqatl=google  Google search summary of  a Wash Post story. Easily satisfies  and . If the article has scans of magazine coverage of her work, and they violate copyright policy, the editing can correct the problem. Google News archive has http://news.google.com/archivesearch?q=%22mary+Douglas+Drysdale%22&btnG=Search+Archives&num=10&hl=en&scoring=a 129 hits for her and her work, with the Washington Post http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-7493194.html calling her  "prominent Washington interior designer" and http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/22048366.html?dids=22048366:22048366&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Nov+28%2C+1996&author=Jura+Koncius&pub=The+Washington+Post+%28pre-1997+Fulltext%29&desc=Country+In+Spirit%3A+An+Old+Farmhouse+Provides+A+New+Take+on+Drysdale+Style&pqatl=google "urbane designer" and "a leading lady of Washington's interior design community." See also http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-10747716_ITM House Beautiful which called her "one of the most sought-after designers in the nation's capital" Interior Design called her http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-15201102.html a "discerning collector of art". She is not just a locally prominent designer. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel called her a http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-6827106.html "nationally known designer". Internationally, she was covered by the http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/428032581.html?dids=428032581:428032581&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Nov+07%2C+1999&author=Belle+Elving&pub=Toronto+Star&desc=Hiding+the+evidence+of+our+TV+addiction+%3B+Designers+cater+to+a+need+to+disguise+our+viewing+habits&pqatl=google Toronto Star. Copley News Service http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=D3kVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=0esDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4430,5826780&dq=mary-douglas-drysdale&hl=en called her a "top designer" who is "widely celebrated for "unexpected surprises." Google Book Search provides http://books.google.com/books?as_q=&num=10&btnG=Google+Search&as_epq=mary+douglas+drysdale&as_oq=&as_eq=&as_brr=0&as_pt=ALLTYPES&lr=&as_vt=&as_auth=&as_pub=&as_sub=&as_drrb_is=q&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=&as_isbn=&as_issn= 66 results. See http://books.google.com/books?id=UoLQiIS4IdoC&pg=PA140&dq=%22mary+douglas+drysdale%22&lr=&as_drrb_is=q&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=&as_brr=0&cd=1#v=onepage&q=%22mary%20douglas%20drysdale%22&f=false, http://books.google.com/books?id=e3T7RYgtNHQC&pg=PA180&dq=%22mary+douglas+drysdale%22&lr=&as_drrb_is=q&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=&as_brr=0&cd=4#v=onepage&q=%22mary%20douglas%20drysdale%22&f=false, http://books.google.com/books?id=3NcDFTks0pEC&pg=PA33&dq=%22mary+douglas+drysdale%22&lr=&as_drrb_is=q&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=&as_brr=0&cd=6#v=onepage&q=%22mary%20douglas%20drysdale%22&f=false, http://books.google.com/books?id=kXQ7nX-RrskC&pg=PA86&dq=%22mary+douglas+drysdale%22&lr=&as_drrb_is=q&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=&as_brr=0&cd=7#v=onepage&q=%22mary%20douglas%20drysdale%22&f=false and http://books.google.com/books?id=r0uJfvzxXwsC&pg=PA90&dq=%22mary+douglas+drysdale%22&lr=&as_drrb_is=q&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=&as_brr=0&cd=23#v=onepage&q=%22mary%20douglas%20drysdale%22&f=false, for examples of coverage of her work
Stance: keep
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