Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/William Everett Ford


 * 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. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 08:37, 16 December 2016 (UTC)

William Everett Ford

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Does not meet the Notability for Military Persons guidelines at WP:SOLDIER. CSD was refused by someone who may not be familiar with these guidelines. The award of a Silver Star does not qualify under the specified criteria. I have made an extensive search for any secondary sources about the subject of this article and I have been unable to find any significant coverage in reliable sources. Article should therefore be deleted - frankly, WP:SNOW should apply. Exemplo347 (talk) 03:13, 8 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Comment. I declined the speedy realising that WP:SOLDIER was not fulfilled; in my reading, at least, the "claim" necessary to survive A7 can be substantially lower than subject-specific notability guidelines. For people whose career pre-dates the internet, a Google search for references can never be conclusive. I and Brianhe have both notified the new editor that more work is needed to demonstrate the subject's notability, and I additionally offered to move the article to draftspace for development, which might be a good outcome. It might have been polite to have given Jogreg74 a day or two to respond. Espresso Addict (talk) 03:46, 8 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete This article has only one source, his Silver Star commendation, which is a primary source. My search for reliable, independent secondary sources came up with nothing.  After reading this article,  we know nothing about this man other than how admirably he conducted himself on two days of his life.  We do not know when or where he was born or even whether or not he is still alive. Accordingly,  this is not an acceptable or useful biography for inclusion in this encyclopedia. Cullen328   Let's discuss it  04:15, 8 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete. A Silver Star is nowhere close to satisfying the SOLDIER guidelines, and there's nothing else. Clarityfiend (talk) 08:21, 8 December 2016 (UTC)


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