Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Loren D. Hagen


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The result was   keep. (non-admin closure) &mdash; neuro  (talk)  16:27, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

Loren D. Hagen

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Similar to Articles for deletion/Bruce Allen Berg and Articles for deletion/Bill Queen, this individual, though obviously brave and interesting, is not notable. In addition, Wikipedia just cannot be a memorial to every fallen soldier, even those who have won a Medal of Honor, unless there is some notability to that award (other than heroism). This is third article about non-notable individuals that the author has written, all of whom apparently were in the same team. Again, interesting, but it doesn't belong here. Orange Marlin Talk• Contributions 04:09, 27 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep Medal of honor winner is obviously notable. Edward321 (talk) 05:31, 27 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep The Medal of Honor is the US's highest military decoration, and I believe the practice here is that a nation's highest decoration indicates notability. News coverage of such awards is almost always substantial, even if it may be hard to find for older awards. Hagen is no exception - about a dozen gnews hits - surely there are more from the time of the award not archived at gnews.John Z (talk) 06:13, 27 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep. Just because they happen to be dead, doesn't make it a memorial. Getting a country's highest military award makes someone notable. - Mgm|(talk) 10:20, 27 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep Obviously notable – to assist in understanding why, I suggest a close reading of Medal of Honor (which also states "Because of the nature of its criteria, the medal is often awarded posthumously"). --CliffC (talk) 12:41, 27 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep although I can understand the nominator's reservations. Bear in mind that Wikipedia policy considers (for example) every player in the history of professional sports "inherently notable" as well. --Boston (talk) 15:52, 27 January 2009 (UTC)


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