Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Frank Lee Ruggles (2nd nomination)


 * 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. Kurykh (talk) 00:20, 13 May 2017 (UTC)

Frank Lee Ruggles
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highly promotional bio with no usable sources. Was deleted at Articles for deletion/Frank Lee Ruggles in 2010, and then restored by an admin, but it's no better.  DGG ( talk ) 17:02, 5 May 2017 (UTC)

I am in the process of adding references, the entire article was vandalized by Lancer00 over several days, who is now suggesting deletion. If you feel notability is in question, so be it. but I don't need to be jerked around by an anonymous user - Frank Lee Ruggles — Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.76.203.238 (talk) 17:26, 5 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 18:06, 5 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Photography-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 18:06, 5 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Military-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 18:06, 5 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 18:06, 5 May 2017 (UTC)


 * Fwiw, I can't see where it was 'restored by an admin.' It's been de-speedied, and at least one edit was restored, but it doesn't come from DRV or anything like that, from what I can see. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 18:14, 5 May 2017 (UTC)
 * You are correct. I declined the G4 speedy deletion as the content had been changed from what it was at the time of the prior deletion, but the content was similar to the previous versions so I restored the history to supply attribution and avoid copyright concerns; that was the only issue with the page I addressed. VernoWhitney (talk) 15:07, 9 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Comment Deletion and restoration here.-- Jim in Georgia  Contribs  Talk  21:20, 5 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Neutral - I can't speak to his general notability but I'm pretty sure there's nothing in his military background as presented that warrants retention. Recommend this AfD be removed from the military list.-- Jim in Georgia  Contribs  Talk  21:26, 5 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Per WikiProject Military history, Military service does not in and of itself place an individual within the scope of the project—particularly in the case of service in modern militaries. To qualify them, an individual's military service must have been somehow noteworthy or have contributed—directly or indirectly—to their notability. That's not the case here, so he is not within the scope of the Military History Project. Hawkeye7 (talk) 08:02, 6 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete and SALT It is a highly promotional autobiography by Ruggles himself as seen by the edit just after the nominator's....William, is the complaint department really on the roof? 17:44, 6 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete -- has all the trappings of a a promotional autobiography: "Photographer, Musician, Author, TV Personality, Former US Army Paratrooper and former Eminent Photographer" etc. K.e.coffman (talk) 05:24, 12 May 2017 (UTC)


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