Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Merle "Hap" Johnson


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The result was delete. --Core desat 01:20, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

Merle &quot;Hap&quot; Johnson

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No reliable sources found to establish notability Toddstreat1 18:22, 14 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete: Per nom (notability issues). - Rjd0060 18:28, 14 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete, Wikipedia is not a memorial. --Dhartung | Talk 18:31, 14 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Question: Which "Order of Merit" did he belong to? If it was the British one, then that may make him notable. Any of the others, probably not. - Che Nuevara 19:15, 14 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment Good point -- there is no formal Order of Merit in the US military. It could be the UK, it could be France (based on the mission), or it could have been a private award. The only source doesn't say and I can't find him online anywhere else, so we'll probably never know. --Dhartung | Talk 19:51, 14 October 2007 (UTC)
 * I have been unable to find any other sources that mention him in conjunction with any order of merit. - Che Nuevara 18:34, 15 October 2007 (UTC)


 *  Weak keep  Weak delete Pending some original reseach, which, if it pans out, I'll try to back up with reliable sources. Katr67 19:55, 15 October 2007 (UTC)
 * My research didn't turn up anything. Legion of Merit (as was corrected in article, but not backed up in obits) is very notable but article is no good unless this can be proven with military records. "Order of Merit" might be the Ordre national du Mérite if he was hanging out with the French Resistance. If he is notable, veterans' groups will note his death (they will be sure to verify his medals against military records) and the article's author can try again using these reliable sources. Katr67 22:26, 15 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment -- That would be good. The two remaining references in the article are family-provided obituaries, which are hardly independent, reliable sources. Toddstreat1 20:43, 15 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Delete per nom and Dhartung. --Sc straker 13:26, 17 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete with sadness. Bearian 16:59, 17 October 2007 (UTC)


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