Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Anthony Wayne Van Leer (Officer)


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The result was delete. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 21:37, 1 February 2023 (UTC)

Anthony Wayne Van Leer (Officer)

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No evidence found of notability, the Washington Post obituary is in the local section of obituarues, together with a local elementary school teacher, police officer, .... Other sources aren't independent (his college, his employers, his family, ...). Fram (talk) 15:13, 25 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: People, Military, United States of America,  and Virginia. Fram (talk) 15:13, 25 January 2023 (UTC)


 * Looks like he had various office jobs, nothing very notable that I see. Just a long-serving functionary in the military and other boards/companies. Delete Oaktree b (talk) 15:35, 25 January 2023 (UTC)


 * Delete. I can't see any credible claim to notability, and the only source of any weight is the obit. If this was of any substance it might confer some claim to notability, but it's barely more than a death notice.TheLongTone (talk) 15:59, 25 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks Fram, great work with putting numerous articles through deletion tests to maintain quality control. I added several additional sources outside of the obituary, archive, and college publication you listed above. With that said, I read the Military history/Notability guide again and I'm not sure if it's sufficient at this time. Most of the other refs are military publications mentioning the person's record as Oaktree pointed out. I'm impartial with a deletion. Joplats (talk) 16:13, 25 January 2023 (UTC)


 * Delete fails WP:BASIC, numerous minor passing references show that he existed and, as Oaktree b says, was a long-serving functionary in the military and other boards/companies. Mztourist (talk) 03:47, 27 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete Not seeing any evidence of real notability. Although if the article's kept someone might want to actually correct the death date...as it stands the article is showing two different ones, and neither agrees with what's in the cited obituary.Intothatdarkness 16:33, 28 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete - while accomplished, does not meet WP:GNG. Onel 5969  TT me 20:26, 31 January 2023 (UTC)


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