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Support She just doesn't seem to be notable enough other than being Michelle Obama's mother to have her own page. Unless there is more content for her page it's better to merge. The article is so short it seems like a stub. - Bokmanrocks01 (talk) 00:29, 19 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose, her notability comes from her living in the White House for the eight years of her son-in-law's presidency. This hasn't happened for a First Family grandparent since Elivera M. Doud in the 1950s. And per adequate sources. Randy Kryn17:14, 23 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]
If her notability only "comes from her living in the White House", that's actually an argument for merging. A paragraph in Michelle Obama's article is largely sufficient to point out this factoid. — JFGtalk06:22, 28 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Merge – No independent notability. What has she done besides being nicknamed the "First Grannie"? And now that the Obama presidency is over, there is little likelihood that this article on his mother-in-law could be expanded further. — JFGtalk19:09, 26 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support Unlike Michelle Obama, Robinson hasn't done anything notable that requires its own Wikipedia page. Merge it into information about Obama's family life. Woebegone (talk) 22:05, 26 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - much coverage in reliable sources, and no reason to bog down the Michelle Obama page or the already overcrowded family page. She has played a significant role in the 8 year presidency and therefore in American history. No reason to delete. Tvoz/talk04:23, 27 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
May I ask what "significant role" she has played, other than happening to be the mother of the First Lady? — JFGtalk05:37, 27 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Not just "happened" to be mother of the FL - she lived in the White House which is of historical significance and has had sufficient RS coverage regarding her role already and will surely figure significantly in future biographies of the Obamas. Tvoz/talk02:35, 28 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - Someone saw fit to provide a narrative devoted exclusively to expounding on Robinson's eight year residence in the White House of the United States. That her residence in the White House occurred during the term(s) of a Presidency that so radically departed from a cultural climate that had been the very definition of the American Experience for the entirety of its previous history would suffice to offer a strong argument that future historians would regard valid a singular commentary regarding anyone so intimately intertwined into the fabric of the lives of others likewise seemingly representing such a stark sea change in this country's cultural and political climate. Whatever mechanism spplied for vetting given profiles for a standard for contributions and imprint on cultural experiences, more than a few not paralleling Ms. Robinson's,has heretofore deemed justified the inclusion of such individuals' public profiles via Wikipedia archiving. That Ms. Robinson lived in the White House for eight consecutive and (most pertinently) unique and extraordinary years in intimate proximity of the First Family of the United States,regardless of (if not amplified by) the reason, is sufficiently unique to well exceed the litmus test that seems to have been and continues to be applied to determine a legitimate claim for inclusion of her historical profile in its own right. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2602:306:80DD:2720:1945:EDCC:CD29:306E (talk) 07:53, 31 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Hard to make sense of this lengthy position, but the rationale can be summed up as "she lived in the White House for 8 years (and those were awesome years), therefore she deserves an article of her own." That is not the litmus test here on Wikipedia: Notability is not inherited. If she's only famous because she happened to live with the President and First Lady, that would be a case of inheriting notability from them. Per policy, she should be mentioned in their articles, and that's not enough have her own. — JFGtalk17:55, 31 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
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