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The result was delete. Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:49, 11 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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See Wikipedia:Notability (people). Karen Russel has not been the subject of significant coverage, nor has she made significant or original contributions to any field. She has appeared on TV and on the Huffington Post as a pundit a number of times, called on to give her opinions. Being on TV regularly doesn't in of itself meet the notability requirements. Thousands of bloggers post on HuffPo; most of them don't meet the notability requirement. Dennis Bratland (talk) 21:04, 25 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete -The article had been without any references for over three full years and has seen essentially no substantial additions in four years. On April 25 of this year, a tag to her bio on HuffPo was added. I agree that she doe not meet notability requirements. Vincent Moon (talk) 00:25, 26 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete per nom. Does not appear to meet the general notability guideline. Most of what surfaces in a Google search for "Karen Russell" does not refer to the person who is the subject of this article.--JayJasper (talk) 04:50, 26 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete - article fails to assert/show WP:GNG, and a cursory web search doesn't show enough WP:RSes to bulk up the article. --EEMIV (talk) 11:31, 26 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Television-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 02:56, 27 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 02:57, 27 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep - searching " "Karen Russell" bill -wikipedia " helps sort out the online references a bit. And there are 134,000 on them. Most (by the search parameters) mention her father Bill, also mentioned are her (and her father's) spokesperson position for the (not very sexy) disease sarcoidosis, a TEDx (not TED) presentation on YouTube, position on the Arizona immigration law. Needs some work, but likely will make it to notability. Smallbones (talk) 18:40, 27 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • That method of counting hits is seriously flawed; you're getting tons of articles about Bill Russell, one of the most famous athletes ever, which mention somewhere he has kids, and one of them is Karen. In other words, notability is not inherited. Out of these 134,000 hits, can you point out a sufficient number to meet WP:N? One good strong citation should be enough to keep an article; three or four would nail it. --Dennis Bratland (talk) 23:57, 27 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, →Στc. 04:39, 3 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete no actual notable accomplishments, and the coverage is merely incidental to her father's notability. DGG ( talk ) 03:55, 10 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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