Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Alexander Hart


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was no consensus. This change had quite a significant impact on the article and the debate. No idea if it would have encouraged the three "delete" !votes to change their mind or not, but it only forced me more strongly towards assessing this as NCS. Daniel (talk) 11:06, 25 January 2021 (UTC)

Alexander Hart

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Fails WP:SOLDIER. The only source is primary. Lettlerhello • contribs 17:31, 8 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Military-related deletion discussions. Lettlerhello • contribs 17:31, 8 January 2021 (UTC)
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 * Delete fails WP:SOLDIER and WP:GNG, lacks SIGCOV in multiple RS. Mztourist (talk) 17:34, 8 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Louisiana-related deletion discussions.  CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 18:40, 8 January 2021 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Delete WP:SOLDIER is an essay so I don't concern myself with it. GNG and all SNG's are subjects of the current Wikipedia chief notability guideline WP:N. As such that is my ruling judgement in this case. It doesn't meet this requirement so it does not belong. Perhaps when we start seeing thousands of articles deleted for this reason and Wikipedia sees a significant reduction in traffic due to searchers looking for other sources then they will make alterations. All we can do is go with what we have. -- A Rose Wolf ( Talk ) 18:42, 8 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete not even remotely close to meeting notability guidelines for soldiers, and the sourcing is not even remotely close to passing GNG.John Pack Lambert (talk) 18:00, 11 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Keep Hart passes WP:GNG, although relevant sources are not in the article. He commanded the 5th Louisiana Infantry at the Battle of Gettysburg and received significant coverage for being a rare Jewish Confederate in Robert Rosen's The Jewish Confederates (University of South Carolina Press). Scott Mingus' history of the Louisiana Tigers at Gettysburg (LSU Press) also has detailed coverage of Hart in terms of his actions during the battle. Kges1901 (talk) 16:45, 12 January 2021 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ritchie333 (talk) (cont)  14:40, 16 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Keep, meets WP:GNG ie. significant coverage in the multiple sources added by (and before anybody says these are niche books,  The Louisiana Tigers held by 600 libraries, and The Jewish Confederates 450+ libraries:)). Coolabahapple (talk) 05:15, 19 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Weak Keep: This article is about both Alexander Hart and the practice of faith by Jewish Confederate soldiers during the Civil War. This is not a straightforward biography, it veers off into synagogues, Passover and and how soldiers observed Passover. The material is not suited for merge with The Jewish Confederates. A bit of a challenge, this article. I'd lean towards a weak keep. --Whiteguru (talk) 06:05, 24 January 2021 (UTC)


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