I've just gone ahead and closed
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Laura_Coryton
as keep.
In a sense the BBC is gaming the system by writing out loud that Laura
Coryton doesn't have an article but should be, because the article itself
then becomes a reliable source which pushes the subject up a notch on the
notability scale.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/item/96d9abef-b668-42b7-a3bd-6305c42b5ff9
But on the AfD itself, few comments were raised about the BBC article's
effect on this AfD. While I will never know how many of those
unsubstantiated "keep because I think this article meets the inclusion
guideline" comments were swayed by the BBC campaign, it seems that very few
people thought the BBC campaign directly affected the notability of these
women.
I hope these observations will be useful for future BBC/WMUK collaborations.
Deryck (with his en.wp admin hat on)
On 10 December 2016 at 21:48, Gordon Joly <gordon.joly(a)pobox.com> wrote: