Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Laura Scales

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The result was keep. Malcolmxl5 (talk) 14:39, 27 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Laura Scales

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Fails WP:GNG. All sources in the article are self-published materials or her own employer. I could not find any independent reliable coverage of her in a WP:BEFORE search I did. Newshunter12 (talk) 14:35, 20 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 15:35, 20 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Women-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 15:35, 20 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Very weak keep. Her papers have been archived (albeit at the school where she was dean), and she seems to have some coverage I can't quite access in Animation Journal and Museum Origins. pburka (talk) 20:33, 20 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. As with a lot of women of this time, searching for sources is made more complicated by the many variations of her name to search for (e.g. "Mrs. Robert Leighton Scales", "Mrs. Robert L. Scales", as well as various permutations of the names given in the article itself). I can't read it to tell how in-depth it is, but she appears to have an obituary in The New York Times [1] and a syndicated news story about her 110th birthday [2]. She had an honorary doctorate from Smith in 1931 [3]. Her resignation from the museum of fine arts is covered at [4]. She was the subject of an Alfred Eisenstaedt photo in Life [5]. Her publications include "The Museum's Part in the Making of Americans" [6] and "Shall we fear the large college?" [7]. So there seems to be plenty more to say about her than is already in the article. —David Eppstein (talk) 21:08, 20 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Keep on basis of information found by Eppstein. Xxanthippe (talk) 22:21, 20 July 2020 (UTC).[reply]
Keep The NYT obit is not long, but it does confirm her honorary doctorate of humane letters from Smith in 1931, as well as an honorary doctorate of literature from Dartmouth College in 1939. Two honorary doctorates from well-established institutions, along with the other information given above, adds up to a notability case. XOR'easter (talk) 23:40, 20 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Keep now that I have some idea what's in the NYT obit. —David Eppstein (talk) 23:48, 20 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Two honorary doctorates from well-established institutions, papers held by one of them, plenty of coverage. Russ Woodroofe (talk) 05:32, 21 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, passes GNG with Eppstein's sources.--Eostrix (^{🦉 hoot} _hoot🦉) 07:12, 21 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Sufficient notability. Gamaliel (talk) 12:47, 21 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Keep given the sources presented above. -Kj cheetham (talk) 14:15, 21 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
If any passing admin would like to snow close this, that would seem fair by now. XOR'easter (talk) 17:16, 21 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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