Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Basil Catterns


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The result was Keep. -- Longhair\talk 01:17, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

Basil Catterns

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Article does not establish and does not provide references or citations to support notability. Ozgod (talk) 15:01, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Close to the margins of speedyable, it does (just) assert notability by the mention of the MC. Not enough information to avoid deletion, though. Tonywalton Talk 23:45, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep Catterns was well known in Sydney during his life and made the 1956 Olympic doco etc.. Note unlike the in the nothern hemisphere, MCs were not "handed out with the rations" in the AMF especially in NG actions. Albatross2147 (talk) 01:37, 27 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Australia-related deletion discussions.  -- Canley (talk) 02:15, 27 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Keep Catterns was the subject of a lengthy obituary in The Sydney Morning Herald, and I would say this isn't anywhere near speedyable. One of the more highly-decorated Australian military officers, and his actions during WW2 at Eora Creek were covered in The Toughest Fighting in the World by  George Henry Johnston (1943) and Paul Cullen, Citizen and Soldier by Kevin Baker (2005). --Canley (talk) 02:25, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep Others may correct me, but being the subject of an obituary in a major reputable daily such as the Sydney Morning Herald appears sufficient to assert notability. Murtoa (talk) 02:28, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep. The award of the Military Cross is a very notable honour. WWGB (talk) 06:43, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep - notability established by AWM link and obituary. Article could do with expansion, but it's a keeper. &bull; Florrie &bull; leave a note &bull; 08:08, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep, they certainly didn't give out MCs like chocolates back then. That, plus the other things he's done, makes him easily notable enough for my liking.  Lankiveil (speak to me) 10:57, 27 February 2008 (UTC).
 * Keep per above, notability has been sufficiently asserted. Coccyx Bloccyx (talk) 18:38, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep Per Florrie. Twenty Years 11:23, 28 February 2008 (UTC)


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