Talk:Roger Peterson (pilot)

WikiProject class rating
This article was automatically assessed because at least one article was rated and this bot brought all the other ratings up to at least that level. BetacommandBot 03:57, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

Technical error
This article contains a number of glaring technical errors which reduce its credibility. --Coosbane (talk) 12:04, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

Notable?
Although I’m not formally nominating this article for deletion, does Wikipedia have any guidelines regarding articles on spear carrier (“just happened to be there”) players in historical events? This subject was a twenty-one-year-old pilot of absolutely no public notoriety prior to this tragic accident. I’m not certain that one can gain notability on Wiki simply by chance association. Perhaps he should just be mentioned in the articles of his three notable passangers. Any thoughts?HistoryBuff14 (talk) 19:10, 29 August 2013 (UTC)

You will see above that this issue was raised in 2009 and the decision was to keep. I think this sort of issue is covered by WP:ONEEVENT which states "If the event is highly significant, and the individual's role within it is a large one, a separate article is generally appropriate. The assassins of major political leaders, such as Gavrilo Princip, fit into this category, as indicated by the large coverage of the event in reliable sources that devotes significant attention to the individual's role." Not suggesting this person quite has the historic significance of Gavrilo Princip, but this was an iconic event and his role was important. PatGallacher (talk) 01:33, 17 May 2014 (UTC)