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This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record.
The result of the debate was KEEP. —Korath (Talk) 14:24, Feb 28, 2005 (UTC)

Carol Alt[edit]

Are all female supermodels inherently notable? Is this one? What with the nature of searches on the internet such that female actresses, movie stars and models are the most searched for queries, does this really make Google a level barometer for determining this comparitively and fairly in relationship to other existing biographical stubs? [1] GRider\talk 19:59, 17 Feb 2005 (UTC)

  • Not all of them, and not this one either considering the length of the article. Also she's 45 so if she's done nothing but modelling, I'd say she's passe. Delete Radiant! 20:53, Feb 17, 2005 (UTC) Radiant! 12:24, Feb 18, 2005 (UTC)
  • The article doesn't do her justice. In the early 80's (I think it was--maybe late 70's) she was probably one of the top 3 best known supermodels (at least in the US), with numerous Sports Illustrated inclusions. Her IMDb article[2] has 43 entries under "Actress - filmography" and another 17 under "Notable TV Guest Appearances". She's a published author[3], and (according to the IMDb bio) "Life Magazine called her "The Face""according to her website, in 1980, Life called her "The next million dollar face". She's had a far more encyclopedic impact on the world than about half the people at Category:Porn stars (and yes, I'd vote to delete at least half of them--being a Ron Jeremy or a Nina Hartley is one thing--being an Internet-era 'pornblip of the week' is something else--I would argue nothing), or, say, Yamila Diaz-Rahi (a younger SI vet). I guess I'm saying keep. Sometimes it's best to base votes on something other than the current WP article. Niteowlneils 21:28, 17 Feb 2005 (UTC)
  • Strong Keep I can't believe someone is actually nominating an actress with 43 different film/TV credits spanning 3 decades, a career as a supermodel, as well as a starring role in a network TV series ("Thunder In Paradise")! I'm willing to assume good faith and everything, but come on... please do at least some research before nominating things. Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 22:06, Feb 17, 2005 (UTC)
  • PS: Oh, and also an exact-phrase Google rank of 153,000 hits! Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 22:09, Feb 17, 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep. Well-known model. RickK 23:24, Feb 17, 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep She is well-known and has a long resume on the Internet Movie Database. Zzyzx11 23:50, 17 Feb 2005 (UTC)
  • keep obviously. it's inconceivable that this would pass vfd. Wolfman 23:59, 17 Feb 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep, and expand. Supermodel from the 80s. Megan1967 00:16, 18 Feb 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep. Celebrity = notability.--Centauri 00:31, 18 Feb 2005 (UTC)
  • Weak keep. Quite well known for quite a while. In about the same league as Farrah Fawcett and Cheryl Tiegs. Dpbsmith (talk) 00:35, 18 Feb 2005 (UTC) P.S. Why the sudden concern over an article that's been here since July, 2003? Is the nominator genuinely concerned about this article or is he trying to illustrate a point about criteria for notability? Dpbsmith (talk) 00:43, 18 Feb 2005 (UTC)
  • Strong keep. The article's way too short - Niteowlneil's above description is far more detailed - but it's at least a decent start. She still shows up on TV and print ads. - Lucky 6.9 01:21, 18 Feb 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep. Fairly famous. Jayjg (talk) 03:54, 18 Feb 2005 (UTC)
  • Strong keep. Article needs expansion, but Carol Alt is as worthy of an article as many of the other supermodels out there. (And, BTW, by definition anyone qualified to be called a supermodel is notable on that merit alone.) Alt also has a number of movies to her credit as well. 23skidoo 05:36, 18 Feb 2005 (UTC)
I've done an initial expansion that better reflects her notability. Niteowlneils 20:30, 18 Feb 2005 (UTC)
Nice! (But you forgot to mention that she got an IBM PC key named after her). Dpbsmith (talk) 21:26, 18 Feb 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep — J3ff 00:32, 20 Feb 2005 (UTC)
  • Obvious keep - David Gerard 23:36, 20 Feb 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep. Notable supermodel. — Gwalla | Talk 01:24, 21 Feb 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep -- Longhair 02:52, 21 Feb 2005 (UTC)

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