Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Alexander Gardiner


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The result was delete.  Sandstein  15:15, 20 June 2020 (UTC)

Alexander Gardiner

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Was only a brevet general, which generally isn't consider to be a WP:NSOLDIER pass. In this case, it was particularly honorary, as it was a posthumous rank. He never actually held a rank above colonel officially, and received a posthumous honor. The coverage I can find is mostly in passing states he commanded a regiment, but only mentions him in passing. Another source only mentions him in the context that his son got into Yale. mentions him in passing in an order of battle. There's several official military records that mention him, but they are from his service time, and are primary sources, which don't contribute notability. The source in the article is a book published by "Olde Soldier Books, Inc", a rather obscure publisher out of Maryland. I am not familiar with the quality of the publisher, and a search in the RS/N archives brings up nothing. . Anyway, we would need more than a mention in that one book to demonstrate notability, though. Fails NSOLDIER and GNG. Searching for this fellow is a bit difficult, as Alexander Gardner (photographer) was rather prominent in that war. Hog Farm (talk) 04:59, 13 June 2020 (UTC)
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 * Delete fails WP:SOLDIER and WP:GNG. Mztourist (talk) 07:08, 13 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete just being a brevet brigadier general doesn't pass NSOLDIER by itself, and while there are passing mentions in several books, nothing suggests he meets NPERSON or one of the other NSOLDIER criteria Eddie891 Talk Work 14:40, 13 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete honorary generalship is not enough to make one notable.John Pack Lambert (talk) 15:29, 15 June 2020 (UTC)


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