Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Walter Gordon (veteran)


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The result was no consensus.  Sandstein  16:23, 10 November 2017 (UTC)

Walter Gordon (veteran)

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Walter Gordon was a junior NCO with E Company, 506th Infantry Regiment (United States) during World War II. Carson served in all three major actions involving E Company during the war. Neither his rank (corporal) nor his awards (highest Bronze Star) make him notable under WP:SOLDIER. After returning home, Gordon became an independent oil and gas lease broker. There is no significant coverage of his post-war life. Georgia Army Vet Contribs  Talk  19:23, 20 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Military-related deletion discussions.  Georgia Army Vet  Contribs  Talk  19:25, 20 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Louisiana-related deletion discussions.  Georgia Army Vet  Contribs  Talk  19:25, 20 October 2017 (UTC)
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 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Delete -- as a jr NCO, does not meet WP:SOLDIER. The coverage is routine. K.e.coffman (talk) 02:40, 24 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Comment - looking at newspapers.com results, Gordon is frequently mentioned in small-town society type articles, particularly by his friend Frank Dietlein at the Opelousas Daily World in Louisiana. None of these articles are about Gordon, but are rather little snippets and stories about life around town. In one case his wife and (I think) sister-in-law appear in a garden photo. This is a reflection of his being wealthy, although his WWII service is mentioned in one or two of the articles. I imagine other local newspapers might have more about him, but his name is common and I didn't find anything worth adding to the article. If anyone wants to make a more detailed effort, I think it is possible but not overly likely that more can be found. As with other E-company figures at AfD, this isn't meant to be a !vote, just a statement that outside of the BoB universe I don't see strong evidence of prominence. Smmurphy(Talk) 20:48, 24 October 2017 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 20:07, 27 October 2017 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  Sandstein   10:42, 3 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Keep his notability is long-lasting and spread out over varied reliable secondary sources. WP:SOLDIER is irrelevant when a subject meets WP:GNG guidelines, which he easily does. Rockypedia (talk) 00:03, 6 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Weak keep. Notability is solely from being part of the Band of Brothers - but there is so much written about them that it leads to GNG passes, in which case subsidiary notabillity guidelines like SOLDIER are irrelevant. Personally I'd like to see more widespread coverage (hence "weak"), but I can't argue with the N. - The Bushranger One ping only 03:40, 10 November 2017 (UTC)


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