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Kate McWilliams

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Not factual and not notable enough for a Wikipedia article TTFTAKM (talk) 13:58, 20 October 2016 (UTC)

I think it extremely important that Wikipedia is as factual as possible. Kate McWilliams was indeed known as the youngest commercial airline captain ever (and she is indeed a commercial airline captain), however, this was a PR stunt by easyjet and was relayed to the media by the airline and she is, in fact, not the youngest. The media did not do any fact checking and took the airline's word for it. In fact, most of the referenced articles that are used on this Wikipedia page use quotation marks (ie quoting easyJet) so they do not have to do the fact checking. The references to the fact she is not the youngest include other examples of younger captains, both male and female, who are of more note than Kate McWilliams. So therefore, I believe that this article should be deleted for two reasons. 1) it is not factually correct and 2) it is insignificant to have an article written about it.TTFTAKM (talk) 14:09, 20 October 2016 (UTC)

• Delete per WP:NOTNEWS. TimothyJosephWood 14:12, 20 October 2016 (UTC)
• Delete - Because while the fact that she was once a youngest commercial captain would have made her notable, other sources point to the truth that that was not really the case. Wikipedia is not a news/gossip platform or a forum to discuss such insignificant theories. Best, Nairspecht (talk) 18:55, 20 October 2016 (UTC)

Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. Nairspecht (talk) 18:56, 20 October 2016 (UTC)

Note: This debate has been included in the list of United Kingdom-related deletion discussions. Nairspecht (talk) 18:56, 20 October 2016 (UTC)