Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bobby D. Lain

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The result was delete. TheSandDoctor ^Talk 14:40, 25 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Bobby D. Lain

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Fails WP:SOLDIER, WP:NACADEMIC and WP:GNG. One award of the Navy Cross and retired a Major doesn't make him notable, nor does his traumatic injury nor later Academic career Mztourist (talk) 03:32, 18 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Military-related deletion discussions. Mztourist (talk) 03:33, 18 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: This string of WP:NSOLDIER-related nominations for Navy Cross awardees has proven controversial on a level that implies there should really be a consensus discussion on this topic (note that NSOLDIER is on an essay that explicitly has not been vetted by the community). I say 'controversial' not as a synonym for it going one way or another, but in regards to the fact it's truly proven a substantial disagreement between established AfD-frequenting editors. I would personally hold off on the Navy Cross nominations and have an RfC about it at the relevant village pump. Vaticidalprophet (talk) 05:24, 18 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I don't see anything controversial about them at all, the consensus have been overwhelmingly to Delete or Redirect where a ship was named after the recipient as just being awarded a Navy Cross isn't notable. Mztourist (talk) 06:27, 18 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Delete not even close to meeting notability guidelines for soldiers. I grow tired of the obstructionists trying to keep articles on clearly non-notable people on Wikipedia through proceduralism.John Pack Lambert (talk) 19:50, 19 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Seems like a brave soldier, but falls short of WP:SOLDIER. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 22:42, 19 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, does not meet WP:SOLDIER (a single navy cross awarded Major is not enough) or WP:ANYBIO. Coolabahapple (talk) 02:18, 20 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, doesn't look to qualify under WP:SOLDIER nor is there much in the way of SIGCOV so fails WP:GNG. Zawed (talk) 08:51, 22 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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.