User talk:Rockaphobic

List of notable surviving veterans of World War II
Hello. I saw that you tried to add your grandfather to this list. He may be a marvellous man, but this is a list of notable veterans, i. e. of those, who have a Wikipedia article. I am pretty sure that he does not match the notability criteria of Wikipedia, so please stop adding him to this list. Sincerely, --Sersou (talk) 13:47, 22 August 2019 (UTC)
 * You've removed my addition of my grandfather from this list several times now. I'm not following how a veteran who received eight very distinguishing service medals, including a silver star after continued acts of bravery is "he's not notable enough" according to you. He served honorable for over 20 years after being drafted into the Army. He was also given the option to join the army Air Force upon its inception. If insulting him and I is your way, count me out. Rockaphobic (talk) 14:28, 22 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Please answer me on the page, where I wrote to you, so that the discussion can be kept on one page. Considering your question I advice you to read WP:Notability because there are some requirements for articles in Wikipedia. And as I have already written, only those persons are included in the list of notable WWII vets, who have a Wikipedia article, i. e. no Wikipedia article – no entry in the list. All very simple. Sersou (talk) 14:46, 22 August 2019 (UTC)

Please accept my apology. I'm new to posting anything on wiki, and I see now that that will not change. This is the most unprofessional back-and-forth I've had since becoming a disabled veteran myself.

I only created an account so as to figure it out and share some good will with a 96 year old hero.

Back to the subject at hand. Your statement is simply not true. Not every veteran on that thread has a wiki page. I have his service records and maintain them. Proving what you claim isn't so is as simple as reading the documents in front of me.

This class act, however, has completely changed my mind about any mention on wiki at all. We wouldn't dare accept acknowledgment from such a platform. Good day Rockaphobic (talk) 15:30, 22 August 2019 (UTC)

...and the word you were looking for was advise. Rockaphobic (talk) 15:31, 22 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Please apologize my mistakes. But as I have already said, your grandfather may be a brave man, but Wikipedia is not the right place to render hommage to him, unless he matches the notability criteria used here. And of course every veteran included in the questioned list has a wiki article, even if it is not in the English Wikipedia. I am sorry, but that is so. Besides, Wikipedia is not the only source existing on the Internet. If you want to render hommage to your grandfather, there are certainly other sources, where you can do that. --Sersou (talk) 16:00, 22 August 2019 (UTC)