Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rebecca Bledsoe

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The result was delete. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 08:56, 29 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Rebecca Bledsoe

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This is one of the least sourced articles on the winner of a beauty pageant contest I have seen. A search for her name without quoetes on google news brought up lots of references where Rebecca and Bledsoe occured in the same article, the two names not even belonging to the same person. With quotes, it turned up only one mention of her. It was "Pageant coach has his eyes on Miss America contestants" from Newsworks.org with the specific source called "Down the Short a blog by Amy Z Quinn". This is not a reliable source. Even at that, the 20 plus paragraph article has this to say of Bledsoe "A college friend and former Miss Delaware 2005, Rebecca Bledsoe, suggested he try pageant coaching. Saltalamacchio said he whipped up a rate sheet and went to work, and has coached clients to wins and finalist placings in Miss Delaware, Miss Maryland, and Miss America's Outstanding Teen. In July, 2012, he made it his full-time job." It is about Saltalamacchio, not about Bledsoe. A more general Wikipedia search reveals that there have been lots of Rebecca Bledsoe's, but no additional reliable sources, mainly just mention on facebook. She seems to more often be called Becky Bledsoe, and I found mention of her as Becky Bledsoe Rappocchio, the later I am guessing is her married name, although there are no good sources at all. There is nothing approaching reliable sourcing for her beyond the passing mention in the blog about Saltalamacchio. John Pack Lambert (talk) 01:30, 21 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Delaware-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 11:32, 22 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Beauty pageants-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 11:32, 22 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Winning a state beauty pageant does not establish notability and there is nothing else indicated. MB 00:47, 23 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per WP:OUTCOMES; these pages are routinely deleted. K.e.coffman (talk) 06:54, 27 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Women-related deletion discussions. SST flyer 12:12, 27 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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