Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Amy Miranda
is somewhat ambiguous about the weight of awards for purposes of establishing notability. On the one hand, it suggests a presumption of notability if a person "meets ''any'' of the following standards," emphasis added, and includes the person having "received a notable award or honor" on the list. Ms. Miranda has received several: notwithstanding , surely the appropriate yardstick for an award's notability for purposes of  is whether it meets  itself, and the Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival|Lions Awards do. On the other hand,  cautions that "meeting one or more of the additional criteria does not guarantee that a subject should be included." The most sensible reading of these two provisions, I think, is that while an award will not ordinarily establish notability by itself, it may push a case that's otherwise in the rough onto the fairway. The basic criterion is coverage in published secondary sources, and if "the depth of coverage is not substantial, then multiple independent sources may be needed to prove notability"; minor coverage plus notable awards may suffice in lieu of minor coverage in lots of sources (or major coverage in a few sources), and the more notable the awards, the more trivial the additional coverage that can be made up for by the award(s). For example, winning a hugely notable award such as an oscar, even given otherwise trivial coverage, should ordinarily establish notability. Unfortunately, applying that approach here, Ms. Miranda. comes up short. I can't find even trivial coverage of her in "published secondary source material which is reliable, intellectually independent, and independent of the subject." Although my search wasn't comprehensive, |the burden lies on the editor who adds material, not on s/he who would remove it. If coverage - even relatively insubstantial coverage, given the weight provided by the awards - in reliable sources can't be adduced, I support the nom. - Simon Dodd
— User:Simon, 19:04, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
Stance: delete
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