Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Arthur Dugdale


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The result was speedy keep. Withdrawn by nominator (non-admin closure) &#124;  Uncle Milty  &#124;  talk  &#124;  14:43, 31 March 2016 (UTC)

Arthur Dugdale

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There does not seem to be enough here to pass wp:SOLDIER; the DSO is not a major gong & if he had actually done anything elseother than going to Winchester & Christ Church I would have thougth that it would have been mentioned in the cited Times obit. The existence of which is not a sign of notability, merely that he is of the class that goes to Winchester and Christ Church.TheLongTone (talk) 15:28, 30 March 2016 (UTC) TheLongTone (talk) 15:28, 30 March 2016 (UTC) The CMG is not a military honour, and major formations are not commanded by colonels.TheLongTone (talk) 15:39, 30 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep - CMG & DSO plus Colonel of a regiment during WWI are suitable to pass notability for solider. —Мандичка YO 😜 15:33, 30 March 2016 (UTC)
 * The CMG is a major award, per WP:ANYBIO and Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars is a big enough regiment that a colonel that commanded them during WWI would be worthy of a bio. He's also found in the various Who's Who of the time, which only includes prominent people, but is snippet view only, so I can't link to it. —Мандичка YO 😜 15:50, 30 March 2016 (UTC)


 * Keep. It has long been established that the CBE and above are sufficient to meet WP:ANYBIO. The CMG is a higher award so he clearly qualifies. An obituary in The Times is also considered to be sufficient for notability. -- Necrothesp (talk) 17:03, 30 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of United Kingdom-related deletion discussions. Necrothesp (talk) 17:05, 30 March 2016 (UTC)
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 * In light of the above I withdraw the nomination, altho it seems a ludicrously low bar; some awards are simply made for "being one of us" & not blotting your copybook. This man seems to have led a life of remarkable dullness; the Times Obit, as I suspected, has nothing to say about him. The obits editor was probably at Oxford with him The DSO was awarded in 1919 so I assume comes into this category.TheLongTone (talk) 14:03, 31 March 2016 (UTC)


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