Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/William S. Evans


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The result was   delete. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 11:21, 22 November 2014 (UTC)

William S. Evans

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This individual did not actually - in the words of WP:Notability - do anything "worthy of notice". They joined the army, trained, and were killed before they even entered combat. Like unfortunately many others. If anything they only came to broader awareness due to the Band of Brothers series, and their part in the actual Easy Company has been expanded with some biographical elements without which this article would be but a few sentences. GraemeLeggett (talk) 10:26, 15 November 2014 (UTC)


 * Delete - or possibly redirect to the BoB article. I don't see anything particularly notable about this individual; that E Co. became famous from Band of Brothers does not automatically confer notability on each of the hundreds of men who served in the unit. Parsecboy (talk) 10:43, 15 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Military-related deletion discussions. NorthAmerica1000 10:50, 15 November 2014 (UTC)
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 * Delete. Millions served and were not notable.-- Jim in Georgia  Contribs  Talk  15:08, 15 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete Stated well above. --Molestash (talk) 18:17, 15 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete Per WP:BIO (specifically, WP:SOLDIER). This person doesn't seem to have done anything that meets the criteria for notability, even on the military history project page. No independent sources showing notability could be found either.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   19:20, 15 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Redirect - doesn't meet WP:GNG, redirect to Band of Brothers article as probably still a valid search term. Anotherclown (talk) 21:13, 15 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete or Redirect to E Company, 506th Infantry Regiment (United States). Subject has received multiple insignificant mentions in multiple non-primary or secondary reliable sources, however, none appear to be significant coverage of the subject of this AfD himself, but about the organization he was a member of; therefore the subject fails WP:GNG, but can be seen as meeting WP:BIO1E. Soldier clearly fails WP:SOLDIER, not meeting any criteria set forth within it. If we go with strait WP:GNG, the article should be deleted. If we go with BIO1E, the article should be redirected to the event which the subject has received notability for (in this case being a member of Easy Company as depicted in Band of Brothers.--RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 22:03, 15 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Redirect: with all due respect to the subject, unfortunately I don't believe this meets the site's inclusion policies, particularly WP:GNG. That said, there may be room for a redirect given that it might be a valid search term. Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 23:39, 15 November 2014 (UTC)
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