Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sharon Davis

:{{la|Sharon Davis}} ([{{fullurl:Sharon Davis|wpReason={{urlencode: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sharon Davis}}&action=delete}} delete]) – (View AfD)(View log)

Is the spouse of a governor notable? There is nothing here to suggest that Sharon Davis is, apart from her choice of husband. pablo_hablo. 15:31, 15 March 2009 (UTC)

:I created the page so that anyone who may be interested in learning more about her may have the chance. Her being First Lady of California is very notable, plus the fact that she won Miss Santee while in High School.--Jojhutton (talk) 15:37, 15 March 2009 (UTC)

• Comment: Per WP:BIO, simply being the governor's spouse does not confer notability, but information about Mrs. Davis may be included in her husband's article. In order to have a standalone article for Sharon Davis, Additional criteria must be met. (See Notability fallacies — Notability is inherited — however, "this does not apply to situations where the fact of having a relationship to another person inherently defines a public position that is notable in its own right, such as a national First Lady.") In the case of Sharon Davis, is there reliably sourced information about her activities as California's First Lady. If not, it would seem that her information should be merged with the governor's article. "Miss Santee" does not seem notable; Miss America would be notable.— ERcheck (talk) 15:42, 15 March 2009 (UTC)

:The same argument could be used for Martha Washington, but many assume good faith and decide that some articles are worth keeping.--Jojhutton (talk) 15:45, 15 March 2009 (UTC)

• Comment. My inclination is to support deletion, but perhaps more sources can be found and some more content can be added that would support the subject's notability. I may check back later in the AfD period to give a recommendation either way. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 15:52, 15 March 2009 (UTC)
• Redirect to Gray Davis. Based on the current article, she doesn't seem to be notable enough for her own article. TJ Spyke 17:12, 15 March 2009 (UTC)
• Redirect to Gray Davis; notability is not inherited, and a few lines in Gray's biography constitutes adequate coverage. - Biruitorul ^Talk 22:23, 15 March 2009 (UTC)
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Living people-related deletion discussions. --Erwin85Bot (talk) 00:01, 16 March 2009 (UTC)
• Merge and redirect (1) Her early life section contains information that isn't in her husband's article. (2) Since her name is a likely search term, redirecting it to her husband is a good compromise between full keep or delete. (3) Merging little notable relatives to the article of a family member is common practice. - Mgm|^(talk) 10:02, 16 March 2009 (UTC)
• Comment. Looking at this from a world-wide perspective, isn't it far more likely that a reader typing in "Sharon Davis" would be looking for the extremely notable Sharron Davies, rather than for the obscure spouse of some provincial governor? If we want to best serve our readership then any redirect should go there, not to Gray Davis. For a horrified few moments I thought that it was Sharron Davies's article that was up for deletion here. Phil Bridger (talk) 22:48, 18 March 2009 (UTC)
• Redirect to Gray Davis.Nrswanson (talk) 05:01, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

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