Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Barry Cooke


 * 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   redirect to Missing in action. Black Kite (talk) 10:46, 9 August 2012 (UTC)

Barry Cooke

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Disputed PROD. This article is about a U.S. Naval Airman who was missing in action in Operation Desert Storm, and whose remains have not been recovered. The PROD contesting compared his case to Scott Speicher, but similar articles do not make others permissible if they fail to meet policy, and the subject of this article, regrettably, does not. Fails WP:GNG, WP:SOLDIER and WP:NOTMEMORIAL. The Bushranger One ping only 19:39, 1 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Military-related deletion discussions. The Bushranger One ping only 19:41, 1 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Aviation-related deletion discussions. The Bushranger One ping only 19:41, 1 August 2012 (UTC)


 * Delete nothing in the article indicates notability. One of thousands of airmen who have gone missing and subsequently found to have died, sad but wikipedia is not a memorial for everybody who has fallen in war. MilborneOne (talk) 20:02, 1 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete. No more notable than any other airman who has been shot down. -- Necrothesp (talk) 20:19, 1 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 01:39, 2 August 2012 (UTC)


 * Keep, the subject appears to have received significant coverage from multiple reliable sources, as stated in WP:GNG, due to the subject being initially listed as being Missing in action. I have not (yet) found a source that specifies when the subject was classified as Killed in action/body not recovered, however it should be public record (somewhere).--RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 00:29, 6 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Those appear to be WP:1E, with no WP:PERSISTENCE to the story. That sort of coverage would be expected for any missing airman. - The Bushranger One ping only 05:03, 6 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Perhaps then the article can be redirected to the article regarding the subject's unit, or about the Gulf War, or another appropriate article?--RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 15:21, 6 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Hmm, that might be a good idea - Missing in action would be one possible target; there doesn't appear to be an article for VA-36, alas (VA-36 redirects to the Virginia highway). - The Bushranger One ping only 23:09, 6 August 2012 (UTC)
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