Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bernice Madigan
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
— User:davidwr, 20:49, 4 June 2013 (UTC)
Stance: comment
Cited policy: WP:GNG||WP:BIO (Wikipedia:Notability)