Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Nicki Scully (2nd nomination)

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The result was redirect to Rock Scully. In the absence of any other input, I'm accepting the suggested redirect as a reasonable alternative to deletion. RL0919 (talk) 23:14, 14 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Nicki Scully

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Unfortunately, in my work to improve neo-pagan subjects, I've found another article that fails WP:NAUTHOR.

The only reliable secondary sources are the two "additional sources" presented at the bottom - one is a passing mention about the Eugene, OR, fair, and the other is an interview about....talking to animals.

Google News and newspapers.com had only passing mentions. Google search had only one find, an interview on KPFA (a public radio station in Berkeley, CA). Jstor and Google Scholar had nothing of note and Google Books were entirely her own books.

Also a few brief interviews with her when her husband died. As we know, Wikipedia articles aren't WP:INHERITED - and yes, that includes Deadheads.

Finally, a interesting little comment on the talk page by an editor who re-created the article after it was deleted the first time.

Thanks for assuming good faith in this nomination. Missvain (talk) 05:42, 24 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Comment She's an Oregon Country Fair personality, that's how I am familiar with her, but I think you're right that this seems to be a case of "not inherited". I had tagged this for notability in 2015. It appears the subject herself edited the article in 2017. Simply being published by a division of Simon and Schuster is not enough to confer notability. It's hard to get "straight" sources to pay attention to metaphysical stuff, but I really can't find anything about her outside the Oregon hippie inner circle. She just hasn't seemed to have made an impact on the rest of the world. I was going to say that I hate doing this to women who are less notable than their husbands, but perhaps merge and redirect to Rock Scully, but now I see that they only share a name, a child, and a past relationship. I would love for someone to find some better sources for this but I'm likely going to!vote for deletion. Valfontis (talk) 20:35, 25 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Valfontis - Yeah, it is a bummer and notoriously hard to find reliable sources for "new wage" type figures. I live in Sonoma County, and she used to live down here, and I can't find anything, either, outside of passing mentions, stuff about her husband, or event promotions (and not a major feature, just passing mentions in event listing sections of newspapers). Thanks for your comments! Missvain (talk) 21:52, 25 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Extraordinary Writ (talk) 06:07, 31 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Bungle ^{(talk • contribs)} 23:00, 7 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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