Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bill Galbraith


 * 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 delete. Good discussion, with the consensus that the subject lacks sufficient notability for a stand alone article, and there is currently no place to merge or redirect to. Mojo Hand (talk) 13:51, 15 March 2021 (UTC)

Bill Galbraith

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The subject is a WW2 soldier. There is no indication in the article of any notable achievements. The four included references do not demonstrate any "reputation for fact-checking and accuracy". One is a two-man military fansite/blog, the others are tabloid sources that report the old man's return visits to his former battlefields. I bear no malice, but this article does not satisfy Notability (people). WWGB (talk) 10:56, 7 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Military-related deletion discussions. WWGB (talk) 10:56, 7 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. WWGB (talk) 10:56, 7 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. North America1000 11:04, 7 March 2021 (UTC)

Weak keep Yes, he was not a war-hero or something like. But it looks like he meets WP:GNG (coverage in multiple and independent reliable sources). His death was in the news where I live in the Netherlands (1, 2, 3), but I see his death was also in the news in other countries, including France (5. An over an hour interview with him can be found via Youtube here 6. There is written about him here 7 that he was a private runner; he that he was interviewed by John Klein. A good biography can be found here 8; (on the website about Market Garden where he is one of the 26 persons described). There is also written about him here 9 with an interview here 10. SportsOlympic (talk) 12:09, 7 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Indifferent His Wiki page does not demonstrate notability. However it COULD if it is built properly referring to sources like this (but if there has been no interest up until now to do this then I also have to question whether that will happen). A quick Google does reveal he is a "prominent" veteran of WWII who is often referred to in books and was interviewed a number of times in recent years etc. As we now live in a time where there are fewer and fewer WWII veterans alive (the youngest are now 94), the media is taking more of an interest in those who remain. As such, more cases like Galbraith will emerge where veterans become known as media personalities for their accounts, even if their involvement itself was nothing "extraordinarily significant" compared with many others who served. A bigger conversation needs to take place on Wiki as to where we draw the line with this. We're still years off the last few, but if cases like Galbraith arise in the meantime i.e. vets who have become "prominent" in the mainstream, then there is also an argument for their inclusion here too. This is a tricky case and I'm a little indifferent. I'll let other users decide. --Jkaharper (talk) 15:57, 7 March 2021 (UTC)


 * Delete lacks SIGCOV in multiple RS to satisfy WP:GNG. User:Jkaharper's comments are valid and noted but I don't think that Galbraith reaches that threshold. Mztourist (talk) 03:07, 8 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Comment: move and redirect? I agree with . Maybe at the page List of notable surviving veterans of World War II a new subsection could be created like Veterans receiving media attention after World War II; and the content of Bill Galbraith can be merged and the page be redirected. Also a solution for future veterans like Galbraith. SportsOlympic (talk) 12:19, 8 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Comment Not the worst idea to move it, but the problem is where? List of notable surviving veterans of World War II is for exactly what it says on the tin – living people. I remember years ago there was a discussion on the List of surviving silent film actors talk page about whether we should have a recently deceased section but it was eventually decided that it was self defeating to the nature of the article (among other reasons, which I was eventually won over by). Now, such a page could be created e.g. List of notable veterans of World War II, with a general list and subsections for those who are not quite notable for their own pages but worthy of a mention (like what we do on pages such as List of American supercentenarians). The problem is someone has to flesh that out well and give it credibility first... and I'm not volunteering! I lean towards deleting this page for now, and then maybe he could be included elsewhere later IF such a collective page is created. Not much point leaving it in existence in the hope that such a list page will be created. Thanks --Jkaharper (talk) 01:59, 11 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete. Just a soldier. No major coverage in national media. No major achievements. No more notable than any other soldier who fought in the world wars. We haven't yet got to the stage where all surviving veterans (or recently deceased veterans) of WWII are notable, although we will start to get there in a few years time. -- Necrothesp (talk) 14:57, 11 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete not even close to being a notable soldier.John Pack Lambert (talk) 21:08, 11 March 2021 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.