Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Emma Haruka Iwao
WP:BLP1E|BLP1E has been one of the most misunderstood and abused bits of policy in Wikipedia. In this case, we have it being misapplied to a public figure on the grounds that ''in the opinion'' of some Wikipedia editors, reliable sources are wrong to give this person coverage. Guinness World Records is wrong for conferring a record on this public figure. You're entitled to your opinion, but the key to how we make decisions is that we defer to the wisdom of sources. If the BBC, Guinness Records, NPR and so on, find this notable, then we follow suit, even if we disagree. Getting back to BLP1E, the policy is carefully written to explain that a series of boxes ''must'' be checked and ''only'' if ''every'' condition is met, then BLP1E's additional scrutiny applies. The key one here is ''low profile individual''. This is your typical private citizen. Non-celebrity. Non-activist. Non-performer. Non-public-facing worker. A regular person, who had the spotlight ''thrust upon them'', often because they happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. They got caught up in a major news event, were interviewed on TV, and went back to their obscure life. Iwao is Google's public face here. Google put her out there, publicized her work. She stepped forward in front of the camera, as part of her job, to do this publicity. Put aside your personal opinions on whether that is worthy of your attention. The simple fact is that is shows this is a public figure, someone who works in the public eye. Therefore, does not check all the boxes of BLP1E.When BLP1E doesn't apply, you fall through to the more broad criteria, , or simply . The quantity of coverage we see here, and the significance of a Guinness Record (i.e. ), are enough to meet those standards
— User:Dennis, 03:18, 20 March 2019 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:BASIC||WP:GNG||WP:ANYBIO (Wikipedia:Notability)