Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/James Stacy (US soldier)


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The result was   delete. JohnCD (talk) 15:45, 15 January 2014 (UTC)

James Stacy (US soldier)

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Couldn't establish WP:NOTABILITY Boleyn (talk) 20:32, 7 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. Martin 4 5 1  23:05, 7 January 2014 (UTC)


 * Delete – Not notable and is not much of an article in the first place. Half of what little is there isn't even about him. United States Man (talk) 00:25, 8 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete. Notoriety isn't inherited. Clarityfiend (talk) 02:53, 8 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete. No indication of notability. -- Necrothesp (talk) 12:16, 8 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete Tragic but Notability is WP:NOTINHERITED and Wikipedia is WP:NOTMEMORIAL either....William 12:52, 8 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Military-related deletion discussions. Necrothesp (talk) 12:16, 8 January 2014 (UTC)
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 * Delete as NN. However ... this could be re-created if he was tied, by a reliable source, to the tortures. Bearian (talk) 18:52, 9 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete. The lone Pravda article doesn't establish notability. I can't find any other reliable sources for James Stacy or James Stacy Adams, which was apparently his full name. Lagrange613 01:07, 11 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Merge and redirect -- Adams was a well-respected senior NCO, whose motto was "with proper NCO leadership, a private can do no wrong" -- and then his Battalion was linked to the infamous Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse. If we are all agreed that there are currently insufficient references to justify a stand alone article about Adams and his role in the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse I suggest the article should be changed to a redirect to Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse.  I suggest that redirect has to preserves the contribution history.  The GFDL and CC licenses we release our intellectual property under require preserving the contribution history of articles, when they are merged into another article.  Geo Swan (talk) 22:08, 12 January 2014 (UTC)
 * The source states that "with proper NCO leadership, a private can do no wrong" was "One of his favorite sayings", not his motto and ends by stating that "At this time, there has not been a connection made between the cause of Adams' death and events surrounding Abu Ghraib prison", though the author had some personal concerns that there might be. As such, you seem to be drawing a rather long bow here, though I agree that a connection is probable. Nick-D (talk) 07:24, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Comment -- I included a paragraph about James Stacy Adams in the article about the 302nd Military Intelligence Battalion (United States) -- Adams's unit. Is there anyone here who doesn't agree some coverage of Adams belongs in that article?  Geo Swan (talk) 22:24, 12 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Since when are opinion articles in Pravda a reliable source? Also, you've inserted material which isn't supported by any source and duplicated the only RS. I've just edited this down. Nick-D (talk) 07:18, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete No indications of notability. Googling "James Stacy" "Abu Ghraib" does not produce any additional useful references so it appears that the various inquiries did not find that Stacy had a significant role or there were long-term consequences arising from his tragic death. Nick-D (talk) 07:18, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
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