- The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.
 | This discussion was subject to a deletion review on 2013 July 8. For an explanation of the process, see Wikipedia:Deletion review. |
The result was no consensus. I realize this is an unusually controversial deletion discussion, so I'll explain my reasoning in more detail than I usually do. This close does not reflect my personal belief about the notability of the subject, nor should it. As the closer of an Afd, my role is to judge whether the community has reached a consensus in their discussion, and what that consensus is.
Afd is not a vote, but it is helpful to consider what portion of the community is taking each position. About 25 users supported keeping the article, while around 30 supported deletion, and a few proposed merging and redirection to Jimbo Wales. Overall, the community is fairly evenly split about this case, which is unusual for a deletion discussion of this size. This does not necessarily mean that there is no consensus, because per our established guidelines, strength of argument is more important than strength of numbers.
Examining the arguments, on one hand, those advocating deletion correctly point out that notability is not inherited from having a famous spouse. They also argue that she has only received significant coverage for one event. Those advocating keeping the article dispute the latter claim, claiming that she has received enough coverage for her political and public relations activities to demonstrate notability. The key issue here seems to be whether this coverage is significant, and reasonable arguments about this have been made by both sides in roughly equal numbers. Whether coverage is significant enough to demonstrate notability is difficult to objectively prove, and we rely on community members to make judgment calls on the issue. I feel that no consensus has been reached in this situation, and as such I will not delete the article. This close does not mean that the article has to remain, however, the community can begin a new discussion at any time about whether to merge and redirect this. If anyone has complaints about this close, please come to my talk page and I'll be glad to discuss it further. Mark Arsten (talk) 22:36, 4 July 2013 (UTC)