Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Cynthia Whittaker
MSC is basically right in that the general consensus has been that individuals who pass  are considered notable (regardless of ) in the same way that a sportsperson is considered notable if he or she passes  or , even without significant coverage elsewhere. This allows coverage of perhaps slightly obscure Javelin gold medallists or |professional footballers who play in teams with many famous players and so are not regularly written about. We have those guidelines as an acknowledgement that some people may have made a profound contribution to their field, and so should be covered here, without being covered in the Daily Mail or Chicago Tribune. The passage quoted by FoolMeOnce2Times - ''"if an academic is notable under this guideline, his or her possible failure to meet other subject specific notability guidelines is irrelevant."'' - does not have anything to do with , in my view. It's about ''other subject specific'' guidelines like , meaning a professor can be notable for being a professor, without having to separately meet the criteria at  for the books he or she has written. In this case, there seems to be agreement that the subject passes  and a quick GoogleBooks search would suggest she and her work have been quoted and cited regularly enough to potentially pass  anyway. That's enough for me
— [[User: Stalwart111|'''Stalwart''']][[User talk:Stalwart111|'''111''']], 03:09, 1 June 2013 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:ACADEMIC||WP:GNG||WP:ATHLETE||WP:NOLYMPICS||WP:NFOOTY||WP:GNG||WP:AUTHOR||WP:AUTHOR||WP:ACADEMIC||WP:GNG (Wikipedia:Notability)