Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Henry Gunther (soldier)


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The result was   keep. Nomination withdrawn by the nom, no delete !votes, notability established. The Bushranger One ping only 21:39, 20 April 2012 (UTC)

Henry Gunther (soldier)

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Is this man really notable? I tagged the article with notability some time ago, but the person who wrote the article quickly removed this without specifying any reason. I suspect that de:Wikipedia:Löschkandidaten/13. August 2008 might be a discussion about the same person, resulting in deletion on German Wikipedia for notability reasons. Stefan2 (talk) 12:05, 18 April 2012 (UTC)  If the last British and French soldiers who died in WWI can have an article about them, why can't the last American soldier? Especially since this man was the VERY last soldier to be killed in the war.Thetalkingheads (talk) 12:45, 18 April 2012 (UTC)edit : that German article is talking about a German Boxer, not relevant to this Henry Gunther Thetalkingheads (talk) 13:31, 18 April 2012 (UTC)


 * Keep. I think notability is weak to borderline, but what tips me to keep is the fact that we have sources that specifically discuss this individual. For a biography (not a BLP, obviously, which would be a higher standard), that's sufficient. A deletion on another project doesn't serve as precedent here, as the articles (and policies) are usually different. UltraExactZZ Said~ Did 13:00, 18 April 2012 (UTC)


 * Weak keep It seems of borderline notability, but it's a piece of trivia that people may want to know, and it doesn't obviously merge into any article. --Colapeninsula (talk) 13:50, 18 April 2012 (UTC)


 * Keep. A book and a film about him plus news articles = notability. Clarityfiend (talk) 05:49, 19 April 2012 (UTC)


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Military-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 00:48, 19 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 00:48, 19 April 2012 (UTC)


 * Keep. Significant firsts and lasts are generally considered to be notable, both within and without Wikipedia. He may not have been a particularly notable person for anything he actually did in life, but the time of his death made him notable. -- Necrothesp (talk) 14:09, 19 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Note. Assuming he is kept, something will have to be done about the redirect Henry Gunther. Clarityfiend (talk) 21:26, 19 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Note I see that the article has been changed a lot since the nomination and I think that it now assesses the notability criterion sufficiently to be kept. Since Henry Gunther apparently just redirects to a page on WWII, I'd favour renaming this article to a plain Henry Gunther without any "soldier" in the title. I found articles about the guy on the French and Hungarian Wikipedias, which also suggests that the person is notable, although other projects may have different definitions of notability. --Stefan2 (talk) 23:01, 19 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Note Moved Henry Gunther (soldier) to Henry Gunther Thetalkingheads (talk) 23:46, 19 April 2012 (UTC)
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