Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Elonka Dunin (3rd nomination)
on the "merge to article on XYZ because she's only famous in connection with that". Wikipedia ≠ Britannica. Britannica would probably cover Dunin in an article on those puzzles, and would likely combine them in a single article since they're both designed by the artist James Sanborn, which ironically has stub-level article in Wikipedia. This is a hypothetical discussion, since Britannica doesn't have an article on any of this stuff. It's unfortunate that people with Ph.D.'s that won million pound prizes are less covered in Wikipedia that Elonka Dunin is, but on the other hand people like Ashley Todd have an article in Wikipedia, and it's hard to imagine a less meritorious individual. Wikipedia doesn't judge the merits of most individuals for the purpose of including them; it only judges the amount of "paper trail" if you like. There are some exceptions like , , and , but sufficient press coverage guarantees inclusion via . Like it or not, Dunin is involved in some endeavors that captured the public imagination, which in turn generated press coverage, which suffices for . Frankly for cryptography-related discussions none of the mainstream newspapers, or NPR, or even PBS NOVA are |reliable sources. Some of the comments made local newspapers were downright hilarious, e.g. http://elonka.com/mirrors/STL/sights.html "She knew binary - the language of computers - by heart." But that's probably why those articles focused on the human aspect of these endeavors, e.g. the http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=980CE5DA153FF931A15757C0A9609C8B63 NYT article reads more like a movies script than math/science reporting; call it a dramatization if you will. But the bottom line is that she is covered in some detail, so  is satisfied
— User:VasileGaburici, 16:17, 5 November 2008 (UTC)
Stance: comment
Cited policy: WP:PROF||WP:ATHLETE||WP:MUSICBIO||WP:GNG||WP:GNG||WP:RS||WP:GNG (Wikipedia:Notability)