Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tennessee Dragoons


 * 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 Deleted per CSD#G7. Chetblong T C 01:42, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

Tennessee Dragoons

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I didn't think this fit into any speedy deletion criteria and to me it looks unnotable and/or like a copyvio. — T  aggard  ( Talk ) 14:13, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
 * This AfD nomination was incomplete. It is listed now. DumbBOT (talk) 14:14, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

Keep. While the article is rife with peacock words and praise, and in dire need of cleanup, references, and other such things, it also brings up several Google hits as a volunteer cavalry squad, which is notable. Red Zion X 17:54, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment When the nominator claims it is a copyright violation, he should state what the article is copied from. Edison (talk) 18:14, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Weak delete The unit's history claims that the military instruction program at the University of Tennessee is the oldest of any U.S. state university, and that the unit volunteered and fought in the Mexican War. I found nothing in Google Scholar and in Google News only one newspaper reference, from the 1880's which had an incidental mention of Tennessee Dragoons (meaning dragoons from the entire state, not just the college group) having participated in the Mexican War.  The "Tennessee Dragoons"  were replaced by ROTC programs for military instruction by the early 20th century and  apparently now have a mostly ceremonial role to supplement the ROTC program, such as carrying out the flag at football games.  In general a military unit which has multiple historical acounts of its actions would satisfy Wikipedia's notability requirements, but I have not found refs other than the unit's own website and the aforementioned incidental mention from the 1880's. The article has only been there for a couple of days, and perhaps by the end of the AFD period someone can find references in military history books to adequately reference the units 19th century military history, which is more of a justification for an article than its present function as a campus student organization. Edison (talk) 18:11, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete The only major editor has just blanked the page. DGG (talk) 23:03, 21 February 2008 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.