Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Yasmin Bevan
She's a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire, for crying out loud. Of course she qualifies per  #1. The nominator clearly has no understanding whatsoever of the British honours system. A dame is the female equivalent of a knight. It is most certainly not "the most junior (and numerous) award of Britain". The Order of the British Empire is the commonest British Order of Chivalry, but it has five grades. We have always held that the three highest grades (GBE, KBE/DBE, CBE) are sufficient for notability, whereas the two lower grades (OBE, MBE), to which the vast majority of those honoured are appointed, are not. Although the Order of the British Empire is the most junior order overall, Knights and Dames Commander of the Order of the British Empire outrank anyone except knights and dames of other orders, including members of other orders who hold honours below knighthood/damehood. They even outrank knights bachelor, which most British knights are. Knighthood/damehood (in all orders, not just the Order of the British Empire) is only conferred on about sixty people every year - if she's notable enough for the United Kingdom (a country of 60 million people) to give her such a high and rare award then she's easily notable enough for a Wikipedia article. "There is no evidence of any notability at all"? I really cannot believe someone said this about someone honoured with a damehood! What, pray, is notability? Playing a single professional football match? Appearing in a few films? Singing a moderately popular song? All these would get you an article. Or contributing so much to your profession that you were considered worthy of being awarded one of the highest honours your country can give (one of only eight women awarded the DBE in that particular six-monthly honours list)? Unbelievable
— User:Necrothesp, 13:11, 24 June 2014 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:ANYBIO (Wikipedia:Notability)