* ”’Delete”’: Stalin’s grand-daughter, that runs an antique shop…. That’s a new one… This is not notable. I almost thought it was a hoax until the sourcing. [[User:Oaktree b|Oaktree b]] ([[User talk:Oaktree b|talk]]) 14:38, 15 October 2025 (UTC) <!–VCB Oaktree b–>
* ”’Delete”’: Stalin’s grand-daughter, that runs an antique shop…. That’s a new one… This is not notable. I almost thought it was a hoax until the sourcing. [[User:Oaktree b|Oaktree b]] ([[User talk:Oaktree b|talk]]) 14:38, 15 October 2025 (UTC) <!–VCB Oaktree b–>
*”’Delete”’ When her mother died, ”The New York Times” [https://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/29/world/europe/stalins-daughter-dies-at-85.html reported] on her in the following way: {{tq|Phone calls seeking information from a surviving daughter, Olga Peters, who now goes by the name Chrese Evans, were rebuffed, as were efforts to speak to her in person in Portland, Ore., where she lives and works.}} She is a low-profile individual and would like to remain so. The only coverage is her leaving the Soviet Union in the 1980s and a punk-girl photoset which wasn’t covered by reliable sources. So this is [[WP:BLP1E]]. [[User:Kelob2678|Kelob2678]] ([[User talk:Kelob2678|talk]]) 09:11, 16 October 2025 (UTC)
*”’Delete”’ When her mother died, ”The New York Times” [https://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/29/world/europe/stalins-daughter-dies-at-85.html reported] on her in the following way: {{tq|Phone calls seeking information from a surviving daughter, Olga Peters, who now goes by the name Chrese Evans, were rebuffed, as were efforts to speak to her in person in Portland, Ore., where she lives and works.}} She is a low-profile individual and would like to remain so. The only coverage is her leaving the Soviet Union in the 1980s and a punk-girl photoset which wasn’t covered by reliable sources. So this is [[WP:BLP1E]]. [[User:Kelob2678|Kelob2678]] ([[User talk:Kelob2678|talk]]) 09:11, 16 October 2025 (UTC)
:”’Keep”’. Is she known for anything else besides being Stalin’s granddaughter? No. But is she notable and does she have [[WP:SIGCOV]]? Definitely yes. [[WP:BIO1E]] does not apply here, as there has already been repeated, sustained interest in her from the media and the public. And I see no reason to fear any legal problems; we have [[WP:BLPREQUESTDELETE]] for it, although judging by the fact that she gives interviews and publishes photo shoots, she does not object to publicity. [[User:Brosticate|Brosticate]] ([[User talk:Brosticate|talk]]) 11:42, 16 October 2025 (UTC)
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Honestly, I don’t see this as a WP:GNG pass, being a descendant of a famous person doesn’t make one notable. Govvy (talk) 19:29, 11 October 2025 (UTC)
- Weak Keep – While notability is not inherited per WP:NOTINHERITED, the article’s subject clearly meets the requirements of WP:BIO and WP:GNG. Multiple independent, reliable secondary sources have provided significant coverage of Evans as an individual in her own right and not merely as a passing mention in the context of her family. Her notability extends beyond mere genealogical association because she has been featured in documentaries, international publications, and interviews that treat her as a distinct subject of interest. Herinalian (talk) 19:38, 11 October 2025 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Businesspeople, Women, Russia, England, California, and Oregon. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 19:39, 11 October 2025 (UTC)
- Keep. NOTINHERITED is often misapplied to try to delete people who are famous for being related to someone else. But that fact remains that she is famous. She might be a nepo baby, but she has been the topic of significant coverage in reliable sources, therefore she’s wiki-notable. pburka (talk) 21:04, 11 October 2025 (UTC)
- Keep – subject meets GNG/NBASIC in their own right with multiple RS. If the article had nothing other than the grandfather link then NOTINHERITED would apply, but this policy does not automatically discount GNG applying from other sourcing for the BLP, as is the case here. ChrysGalley (talk) 12:16, 12 October 2025 (UTC)
Comment: I’m confused about the lack of any assertion of notability. Bearian (talk) 16:53, 12 October 2025 (UTC)
- Do you mean in the article or in this discussion? She’s notable per GNG. Fame doesn’t require any particular achievements. pburka (talk) 17:26, 13 October 2025 (UTC)
- Delete – even assuming that she’s famous for being famous, there are only two reliable sources in this article, about a living person, which is not significant coverage. Those first two citations are really a single story in one day in 1986 about an incident when she was 14 years old. We have deleted many articles about otherwise famous children. The other three citations, although more recent, are unreliable. There is little evidence that she has sought to use her fame to profit as a “nepo baby”, unlike some celebrities. She’s not known by the average person; she’s got no public social media accounts under her name, and lives a quiet life (apparently as a small business owner). A search on Googling reveals no reliable sources; there’s a Reddit thread and a few clickbait sites. In ordinary times, a poorly sourced BLP not a big problem, but nowadays, this is a legal risk to us. If we keep this, it makes a dangerous precedent, which will encourage the re-evaluation of every article previously deleted about a child actor from the 1970s or the great-grandson of the last King of France. Bearian (talk) 10:07, 14 October 2025 (UTC)
- Delete per Bearian (earnestly). —Тихонова Пустынь (talk) 14:09, 14 October 2025 (UTC)
- Delete: Stalin’s grand-daughter, that runs an antique shop…. That’s a new one… This is not notable. I almost thought it was a hoax until the sourcing. Oaktree b (talk) 14:38, 15 October 2025 (UTC)
- Delete When her mother died, The New York Times reported on her in the following way:
Phone calls seeking information from a surviving daughter, Olga Peters, who now goes by the name Chrese Evans, were rebuffed, as were efforts to speak to her in person in Portland, Ore., where she lives and works.
She is a low-profile individual and would like to remain so. The only coverage is her leaving the Soviet Union in the 1980s and a punk-girl photoset which wasn’t covered by reliable sources. So this is WP:BLP1E. Kelob2678 (talk) 09:11, 16 October 2025 (UTC)
- Keep. Is she known for anything else besides being Stalin’s granddaughter? No. But is she notable and does she have WP:SIGCOV? Definitely yes. WP:BIO1E does not apply here, as there has already been repeated, sustained interest in her from the media and the public. And I see no reason to fear any legal problems; we have WP:BLPREQUESTDELETE for it, although judging by the fact that she gives interviews and publishes photo shoots, she does not object to publicity. Brosticate (talk) 11:42, 16 October 2025 (UTC)
