Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Flora Benson

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The result was no consensus. King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 03:31, 22 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Flora Benson

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Notability is not inherited, nor is it bestowed by marriage to a notable subject. Ezra Taft Benson is notable for several reasons, but his wife Flora is not. Most of the sources on the page are publications of the LDS Church. The subject was married to an apostle and ultimately the president of the church, so the sources are not independent. Good Ol’factory ^(talk) 01:39, 8 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Merge and redirect to Ezra Taft Benson (a "personal life" section can be added), noteworthy as the spouse of a notable subject, but not independently notable. BD2412 T 01:47, 8 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Women-related deletion discussions. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 06:40, 8 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Utah-related deletion discussions. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 06:40, 8 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Delete or redirect Not independently notable and the main source is written in relation to the president, not in its own context. scope_creep^Talk 07:46, 8 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Keep The death of Flora Benson lead to this [1] staff written obituary in a major metropolitan newspaper. This [2] entry in a newspaper in a different area. Her death was clear deemed notable, she was clearly seen as notable. The reasons why she was notable are immaterial, her own life and its ending was deemed notable so we should have the article. The Moramona source was publihed more than a decade after her death, and to imply that a scholarly center is not a reliable source just because of who the owner of the university it is published out of is very insulting, especially since this center is the leading academic publisher related to the history of the Pacific Islands.John Pack Lambert (talk) 13:57, 10 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ✗plicit 02:30, 15 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Weak keep - Desert source identified by JPL above looks good, although the Orlando Sentinel piece is rather brief. Two page obit in Salt Lake Tribune, decent coverage in a 1955 Kansas City Star piece. Yes, a lot of the coverage is from the church her husband served as president of or is primarily about her husband, but I think there's enough her for notability. Hog Farm _Talk 22:25, 16 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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