Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sumner Atherton


 * 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 delete. Daniel (talk) 03:11, 11 February 2021 (UTC)

Sumner Atherton

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Fails WP:SOLDIER and WP:GNG. Lettlerhello • contribs 17:16, 24 January 2021 (UTC)
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 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Delete Fails WP:SOLDIER (Lt awarded a DFC) and WP:GNG. No SIGCOV in multiple RS so not notable. Mztourist (talk) 03:32, 25 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete - DFC not significantly notable, not seeing SIGCOV either. Zawed (talk) 10:49, 30 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Keep - I am the author of this article. His DFC is significantly notable - please read improved article, which covers his post WWII career in aviation. He was also featured in US Navy Recruitment as a hero and honored by the State of New Hampshire. I have also included his participation in the location of a crashed civil passenger aircraft in 1968. User:Adin-Atherton (talk) 13:45, 30 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Comment you are clearly related to the subject which should be disclosed per WP:AVOIDCOI and your Keep and contributions will be assessed accordingly. Mztourist (talk) 03:20, 1 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Comment Please see my profile. I am British. No blood connection and also no COI. Like any author, it’s pride in my active research to salvage past work against such nominations for deletion and prevent my past contribution from being put in the bin. The subject matter is of interest to me and I hope it will be to others. Yes I happen to share the last name (as do many many thousands of others throughout the globe). I reiterate that anyone who created an article in his or her own time will feel the way I do.User:Adin-Atherton (talk) 06:55, 1 February 2021 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Natg 19 (talk) 01:37, 3 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete per Mztourist. A DFC is a DFC in this regard, and it might have the most captivating story behind it, but it's not the highest or second highest decoration. The references in the Career section appear to be somewhere in between trivial non-trivial mentions, but I have a hard time understanding how some of the assertions are supported by the sources. I didn't literally read each one of the 60s newspaper clips, but calling him specifically a pioneer of aviation looks like WP:SYNTH. — Alalch Emis (talk) 20:41, 10 February 2021 (UTC)


 * Comment I am the creator of the article. In my quest to salvage I have culled all the “trivia” (post war career). As mentioned above I and trying to preserve a WW2 decorated veteran from being culled from this encyclopaedia. I hope this makes a difference. A shorter article might generate some fresh perspective. User:Adin-Atherton (talk) 21:45, 10 February 2021 (UTC)


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