Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Joseph McJunkin


 * 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   keep. (non-admin closure) Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:33, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

Joseph McJunkin

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It's a five-tag meal! Orphan, improper sources, needs more refs, needs context for notability, needs an expert. Seriously, where is the notability? Raymie Humbert (local radar | current conditions) 05:21, 30 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep. A quick Google search finds McJunkin cited here and, while McJunkin's memoirs of his war service were published and are available at several web sites, including  and . The article needs editing and expanding, but it does not deserve to be deleted. Pastor Theo (talk) 07:55, 30 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep. per Pastor Theo's book cites. Most of what's cited in the nomination are not even grounds for deletion. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 23:57, 30 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep IMO it's always better to keep these kind of articles and improve them rather than delete and have someone start over again some time in the future. Re the nomination though - I know it's not AfD's intention but this is sometimes the best way to get a multiple issues article noticed and improved. Is that too pragmatic? :-D Dylanfromthenorth (talk) 14:31, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
 * I wasn't volunteering then by the way - this article needs an expert! Dylanfromthenorth (talk) 14:33, 31 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Keep a minor militia officer, but the memoir makes him notable, like Joseph Plumb Martin, even if there might be some embelishment. pohick (talk) 21:20, 2 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Snow keep per notability and sourcing of an historic figure. That it is tagged should encourage improvement, not deletion. And heck... there is nothing wrong with a well sourced stub.  Schmidt,  MICHAEL Q. 23:31, 3 April 2009 (UTC)


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