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anti-thetical to the very nature of an encyclopedia. This is not an encyclopedia-current. This is an encyclopedia. The guideline at WP:BIO clearly, unequivocally states "Persons achieving renown or notoriety for their involvement in newsworthy events". The detractors of this article insist it does not pass this criterion. I am at an utter loss as to understand how a person thrust into the national spotlight by her actions in cheering from a stretcher, having articles appear in literally hundreds of printed media and probably thousands of online media, appearances on different media programs, a phone call from the president and more fails to qualify under this criterion. If Kristi
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CNN for a day -- is that WP article-worthy? Mining accidents, traffic stops, police beats, all these things make the news; the difference is that if you look at a real bio article, even a modern one, these are people with years of notable experience in their areas of expertise or interest, or who have done something extraordinary in their area. You don't expect every member of an
Olympic team to have an article, for example, but the medal winners, sure. I could go on and on, but my point is that the actual biographical information makes up almost no part of this article despite five months to expand it. I was hoping there would be some rational thought behind this pet project, but apparently not.
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I still have not seen any substantial changes to this article since what was originally added in March, and I have watched this page for over five months since that time. The only thing that has changed has been various puerile vandalism that was summarily reverted. For a BIO article, it includes
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So you keep saying. It's already been through two AfDs. It's highly unlikely anything has happened to make this article more likely for deletion. But, if you feel motivated to do so, then feel free to nominate it yet again. This would be your third time nominating the article for deletion.
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