Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/James Hahn (naval officer)


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The result was   merge to Hahn Island.  Swarm   X 05:28, 13 March 2012 (UTC)

James Hahn (naval officer)

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A U.S. naval aviator and public relations officer. He was a Lieutenant in 1952 and in 1961. He flew helicopters. Nothing stands out as meeting WikiProject Military history's notability requirements. I'm unable to find any reliable 3rd party references. He does have a small island off the coast of Antarctica named after him, Hahn Island. Prod was contested because, "People with landmasses named after them, no matter how small, generally are regarded as noteworthy enough on that count alone. As such N/MIL is not the correct guideline to use." Bgwhite (talk) 22:27, 5 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Military-related deletion discussions. Bgwhite (talk) 22:28, 5 March 2012 (UTC)


 * Here's the full story of this article. The article on Hahn Island was top-heavy due to this information about James Hahn, so I excised it from that article and created this new article. I have no real opinion one way or the other about whether the article should stay - as Bgwhite points out, from a military personnel standpoint, Hahn is probably below notability threshold - but that is not necessarily the only guideline which should be used. The fact that he has a landmass named after him lends him a certain notability which his military history alone would not incur. As such, I'd regard him as a borderline case, and would be inclined to give this a weak keep. I certainly wouldn't want to see all the information back in the Hahn Island article - it would again overload that article. I suggest that, if the decision is to delete, then there is a smerge - and a slight one at that - into the Hahn Island article. Grutness...wha?  00:11, 6 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Aviation-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 01:13, 6 March 2012 (UTC)
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 * Delete per nom, unless there's actually a policy that states having a place named after you is grounds for notability. No merge, as the details of his life are not particularly encylopedic. Clarityfiend (talk) 05:10, 6 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Merge; although the subject has a geographical feature named after him, he is not notable per WP:BIO or WP:SOLDIER that being said, a summary of this article would IMHO be suitable in the article Hahn Island. If the article about Hahn Island grows to the size prescribed in WP:LENGTH it can always be spunout. --RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 21:53, 7 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Merge. Our coverage of a place ought to include information about the person for whom the place is named, so I don't agree that this content should be deleted. Edited for concision, on the other hand, yes. --Arxiloxos (talk) 00:05, 8 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete but without prejudice to a paragraph on him in the island article (not much more needed when you cut out all the fluff and non-notable stuff). MilborneOne (talk) 23:14, 9 March 2012 (UTC)


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