Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Fanny Imlay

Fanny Imlay

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It is argued (on this article's talk page) that the subject of this Featured Article, recently seen on the Main Page, is non-notable. The basis for this argument seems to be that the people commenting have not themselves heard of Fanny Imlay. Others claim that the article is "the most well written pile of boring shit that I have ever read." And so on and so forth. To dampen down the discussion on the talk page, I am taking this matter here to AfD. I am myself, incidentally, of no doubt at all that the subject of this article is notable. There is sufficient scholarly attention paid to her to make this quite clear. And that, in the end, is what matters--and all that matters. jbmurray (talk • contribs) 14:40, 15 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose, as nominator. --jbmurray (talk • contribs) 14:45, 15 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose deletion/keep article. There is a peer-reviewed, scholarly biography of this person in addition to peer-reviewed journal articles. Scholars deem this person to be notable, therefore this article easily passes WP:NOTABILITY muster. Wadewitz (talk) 14:50, 15 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose per my arguments on the talk page. Clearly notable. Johnbod (talk) 14:54, 15 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Keep a 297-page book on the subject clearly establishes notability per WP:NN Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 15:02, 15 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose per WP:BIO and the arguments on the article's talk page. -- Ssilvers (talk) 15:18, 15 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - this may be a minor historical character but she's a well-researched and studied minor character, eminently worth an article. The debate on the talk page is ridiculous. -- phoebe / (talk to me) 15:31, 15 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - I agree that the debate on the talk page is ridiculous; of course it passes WP:NOTABILITY. And of course it's not boring; it provides insight about some of the issues her mother discussed regarding feminism and the education of women. Christine (Figureskatingfan) (talk) 15:43, 15 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, per various comments above. Clearly notable by our standards. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 15:50, 15 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Per talk page discussion. Her notability stems from her relatives that actually did something notable, and mentioned that they had a sister/daughter/cousin or were introduced through. . . Fanny should be merged in with those relatives.