Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jocelyne Couture-Nowak (second nomination)
to Virginia Tech Massacre and the list of victims. She played a part in the tragedy and should be appropriately mentioned in the main article. But Wikipedia is not a memorial, and the article is largely a memorial page:"..had a deep love for children..proud French Canadian.." Although she was an instructor, the article does not satisfy . Being mentioned in news stories does not automatically confer notability, since Wikipedia is an encyclopedia and not a news magazine. See the essay  which gives the views of several editors on this issue. Also see note 3 of  "Several journals simultaneously publishing articles about an occurrence, does not always constitute independent works, especially when the authors are relying on the same sources, and merely restating the same information. Specifically, several journals publishing the same article from a news wire service is not a multiplicity of works
— User:Edison, 16:47, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
Stance: merge
Cited policy: WP:PROF||WP:NOTNEWS||WP:N (Wikipedia:Notability)