Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Maureen Waaka

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was Withdrawn by nominator. WWGB (talk) 00:53, 2 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Maureen Waaka

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Local councillor and local pageant winner, fails WP:NMODEL and WP:POLITICIAN. WWGB (talk) 05:23, 1 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of New Zealand-related deletion discussions. WWGB (talk) 05:34, 1 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. WWGB (talk) 05:34, 1 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. WWGB (talk) 05:34, 1 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. Whilst it's true that she doesn't meet the notability standards for these categories, they are not (in my opinion) categories relevant to the reasons for her inclusion.Deb (talk) 11:59, 1 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
- Then what IS she notable for? WWGB (talk) 14:08, 1 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Fashion-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 14:10, 1 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. I would say being the first Maori woman to win Miss New Zealand does make her notable. In fact, I would suspect she was probably the first indigenous woman to win a major beauty contest in any white-dominated country, which seems to meet our notability bar. WP:NMODEL: "Has made unique, prolific or innovative contributions to a field of entertainment". -- Necrothesp (talk) 14:17, 1 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Keep She is notable as being a politician and for winning Miss New Zealand. --Old Time Music Fan (talk) 14:22, 1 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - The article is well sourced and as others have pointed out above, as Necrothesp points out, she is significant for being the first indigenous woman to win a national beauty pageant in a white-dominated field. Mabalu (talk) 14:44, 1 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Keep If winning a national beauty contest in a small country and being a local politician are not themselves notable at the least the combination is notable... Being the first Maori to win a national beauty contest in a largely-white country is itself notable Pbrower2a (talk) 17:53, 1 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Keep being a politician in general in notable no matter how big or small they are known. also being Miss New Zealand is a notable accomplishment for any model. if she has alot of reliable sources written about her then this page should not be deleted. Redsky89 (talk) 20:59, 1 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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