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Deborah Regal

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Doesn't seem to be a notable person covered directly and in detail by multiple reliable sources (ie. WP:GNG) – for instance, The Times source in its entirety says, "During a 10-year City career in foreign exchange sales, Regal worked at Bloomberg and JP Morgan. Now studying for the Bar, she is also an independent member of the Metropolitan Police Authority and was named Pro Bono Hero by the attorney-general for her legal charity work." Is this detailed, significant coverage? I would have to say not. The same goes for the other (malformatted) references. ╟─Treasury Tag►Osbert─╢ 15:45, 18 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Keep per 2009 recognition by Management Today magazine.--SarekOfVulcan (talk) 15:49, 18 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Can you quote the significant coverage from that magazine, because I'm unable to spot any myself? Thanks. ╟─Treasury Tag►Alþingi─╢ 15:55, 18 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - the article needs the links converted to actual references, but the Times link works for me, for now. MikeWazowski (talk) 15:59, 18 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
You mean aside from being trivial, rather than significant, coverage, one assumes? ╟─Treasury Tag►collectorate─╢ 16:00, 18 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions. — I, Jethrobot ^{drop me a line} 16:49, 18 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - no specific assertion of notability. The times link, as a one to watch doesn't cut it for me, at all. Nothing found in my search that would provide the independent , focused commentary about her that would support an article about her life under a WP:GNG pass. - Off2riorob (talk) 16:59, 18 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete There are a few mentions of her in reliable sources, but it appears to be trivial coverage to me. It doesn't appear to me that she meets a specific subject guideline, but I'm open to correction if I've missed something. Qrsdogg (talk) 17:17, 18 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Many sites/magazines make up "top X to watch" - but that in and of itself is not enough to be notable. Did they actually do something after being first seen? That would be the real clincher. This person - not so much that I can find anywhere. (talk→ BWilkins ←track) 18:02, 18 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
She's an independent member of the Metropolitan Police Authority: a position of significant power and she's attracted quite a lot of attention for a lawyer of her youth. It's up for grabs whether this makes her, strictly speaking, "notable" by Wikipedia's guidelines. The mistake that Off2riorob, Qrsdogg and Bwilkins are making is to assume that a lack of notability means "delete". It doesn't. It means "redirect to Metropolitan Police Authority". See WP:BEFORE and WP:ATD for detailed reasoning here. Whatever we decide to do about this article, it won't involve the use of the delete button.—S Marshall T/C 20:37, 18 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Why a redirect to the MPA rather than to JP Morgan or to Bloombergs, if we're going down that line? ╟─Treasury Tag►Odelsting─╢ 20:43, 18 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Read. Comprehend. Think. Edit. JP Morgan and Bloombergs are just ~~law firms~~ firms with legal departments, but the Metropolitan Police Authority is a political quango that wields significant practical authority.—S Marshall T/C 20:49, 18 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Regal resigned from the MPA last year. A redirect to Metropolitan Police Authority would make sense only if that article were to become an archive of former as well as current members (yes, the article is out of date). --88.109.60.234 (talk) 21:11, 18 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you - I updated the article. Off2riorob (talk) 21:17, 18 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to list of former members of the Metropolitan Police Authority per the discussion above.—S Marshall T/C 21:24, 18 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to a redlink not notable list...are you serious? Off2riorob (talk) 21:29, 18 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
It's no longer a redlink, and it's perfectly notable.—S Marshall T/C 21:30, 18 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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 *'''Redirect''' to [[list of former members of the Metropolitan Police Authority]] per the discussion above.—[[User:S Marshall|<font face="Verdana" color="Maroon">'''S Marshall'''</font>]] <small>[[User talk:S Marshall|T]]/[[Special:Contributions/S Marshall|C]]</small> 21:24, 18 July 2011 (UTC)
 *:Redirect to a redlink not notable list...are you serious? [[User:Off2riorob|Off2riorob]] ([[User talk:Off2riorob|talk]]) 21:29, 18 July 2011 (UTC)
+*::It's no longer a redlink, and it's perfectly notable.—[[User:S Marshall|<font face="Verdana" color="Maroon">'''S Marshall'''</font>]] <small>[[User talk:S Marshall|T]]/[[Special:Contributions/S Marshall|C]]</small> 21:30, 18 July 2011 (UTC)