Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Awards and decorations of the United States military

 This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was keep; nomination was made in bad faith. --Carnildo 22:50, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Awards and decorations of the United States military
THIS EGOTISTICAL ARTICLE SHOULD BE DELETED. NO ONE CARES WHAT MEDALS THE EMPIRE OF AMERCA GIVES ITS MURDERING SOLDIERS. YOU BASTARDS KILL WOMEN AND CHILDREN IN IRAQ THEN RAPE YOUNG GIRLS IN AFGHANISTAN. WHO GIVES A SHIT THAT YOU GOT THE "AMERICA IS GREAT" MEDAL OR THE "BUSH RIBBON OF VALOR". YOU WILL BURN IN HELL. ALLAH AKBAR!! (Nom by User:207.245.179.141, his first edit on Wikipedia)


 * Keep, the nomination was made out of spite. Regardless of that, the page is displaying the ribbon bars of the various American medals. Most medals will not be notable enough for their own page. Other pages, like Awards and decorations of Belarus, Awards and decorations of the Soviet Union and Polish military awards and decorations, do the same thing, on a smaller scale. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 19:01, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)


 * This is nothing but sheer vandalism. I plan to remove the VFD tag and move for speedy deletion of this page. -Husnock 19:23, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)  By the way...KEEP
 * I do not think it is possible. I am checking to see what we can do legally. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 19:26, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * NVM, it could be done. We just had to revert it as vandalism. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 19:35, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * FOLLOWUP: I highly suspect the person who started this vfd page actually works in my office, thinks Wikipedia is a joke, and did this merely to get a rise out of people. I would highly suggest not taking this very seriously. -Husnock 19:52, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Wow...err...how do you know (you can email me about this one). Zscout370 (Sound Off) 19:55, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * There is no longer any suspecting now, I know its him. The IP matches his computer. -Husnock 21:01, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)


 * Keep - the text of the VFD nomination almost reads like it might have been writen by a straw-man sock puppet. At any rate, I'm certainly anti-militarism, but the medals are obviously notable.  Blackcats 19:34, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep; POV was the basis for the nomination. jglc | t | c 19:42, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment why does this deletion debate have a speedy notice at the top of it on the WP:VFD/Today page? I can't find it to remove it; records of all vfds should be archived even if they are in speedily kept as being in bad faith. Dunc|&#9786; 20:04, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC) Just found it and removed it. Dunc|&#9786; 20:07, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * So can an admin come in and close the vote now, due to the nature of the nomination. If that does not happen, do we have to add the vfd tag back on the article? Zscout370 (Sound Off) 20:09, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * I think it silly to take vfds seriously if they are flat out vandalism. If User:VandalMan goes through and slaps a hundred vfd tags on such articles as United States of America, physics, shark, and Earth, would any of those be taken seriously?  Vandal vfdss should be speedy deleted.  That said, can we put back up the speedy delete tag? -Husnock 21:02, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * I do not think we can, since it will screw up the VFD page. We can petition the admins to close the debate now and remove it from the main VFD listing. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 21:09, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Obviously keep. Tombride 20:14, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep I wonder if whatever country the nomitator is from awards medals to its soldiers. I think medals are common to just about every military force worldwide. Andrew Lenahan - St ar bli nd  20:27, Jun 9, 2005 (UTC)
 * Speedy keep as a badfaith nomination. --Scimitar 21:09, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment: I've removed the listing as clearly having been made in bad faith. --Carnildo 22:48, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)


 * This page is now preserved as an archive of the debate and, like some other VfD subpages, is no longer 'live'. Subsequent comments on the issue, the deletion, or the decision-making process should be placed on the relevant 'live' pages. Please do not edit this page.