Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Herbert Mitchell (IRA General Commandant)


 * 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 speedy delete per WP:CSD (created by blocked user). Please see Sockpuppet investigations/Shamshamster1234, User:Manfromnewmexico was blocked in September 2020. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 05:37, 2 January 2021 (UTC)

Herbert Mitchell (IRA General Commandant)

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Nothing has changed since the previous AfD, as at Articles for deletion/Herbert 'Sean' Mitchell, of November 2019. Other than that the socking family member who created this genealogical entry has used another of his (now thankfully blocked) profiles to create this entry. In short, the subject of this article still doesn't meet: That the author has (yet again) engaged in ref-bombing, SOCKing, and created this article under a different title than that used before, all points SIGNIFICANTLY towards an attempt to avoid scrutiny and review. Guliolopez (talk) 23:57, 1 January 2021 (UTC)
 * WP:MILPERSON - In that the subject's membership of the IRA is no more notable than the 15,000 other people who were members during the same period. Contrary to the claim that the subject was a "Commandant General" in the IRA (obscured by attempted ref-bombing*), the subject actually was a "captain" in the organisation. A rank verifiable in several records. And a rank that doesn't meet the expectations of WP:MILPERSON. (* The references offered to support the claim that the subject was "Commandant-general" or "General Commandant" are a family memoir (which doesn't make the claim at all), and this blogpost which also doesn't. The latter, even if it were a reliable source, verifiably doesn't use the term "commandant" or "general" when referring to the subject. Rather, it simply states that the subject was the "commanding officer" of another person. Which just means they had a rank higher than "volunteer". And does not support the claimed rank. At all.)
 * WP:GNG - In that the coverage available (including that linked in the article) doesn't meet SIGCOV. Other than the self-published family memoir, the subject is not the primary topic of any of the other works listed. All of those listed (and all of those that are available) are trivial passing mentions only. Where the subject is mentioned alongside many many other people who were involved with the IRA and IRB at the time.
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Ireland-related deletion discussions. Guliolopez (talk) 00:00, 2 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Biography-related deletion discussions. Guliolopez (talk) 00:00, 2 January 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.