Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lindy West
and speedy close per . Half a glance at the sources already listed in the article shows West meets the basic criteria in Wikipedia:Notability (people) several times over: "A person is presumed to be notable if he or she has received significant coverage in reliable secondary sources that are independent of the subject." ''Why'' are they notable? There is no "why" in . If they have the coverage, they meet the criteria, and we're done here. If you scroll down from there, you'll see "Additional criteria" such as "The person has received a well-known and significant award or honor, or has been nominated for one several times" which would allow the article to be kept even though they didn't meet . But West already meets the basic criteria so the additional criteria are moot.It's quite true that for this stub to become a Good Article, the lead ought to say why West is notable, which you can glean from reading the many news articles about her (she has been the focus of much controversy about Rape culture|rape jokes, fat shaming, hipster racism, and other topics, beyond being an mere journalist). But that's not a reason for deletion, per 
— User:Dennis, 04:22, 30 October 2014 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:SNOW||WP:BASIC||WP:BASIC||WP:SURMOUNTABLE (Wikipedia:Snowball clause)