Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Charles Kuentz

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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 keep. The votes are split evenly, but I find the "keep" comments more convincing: the "delete" voters haven't explained to me why the two references, and the fact that he was a centenarian who met one of his adversaries almost 80 years after a battle, should be removed from Wikipedia. Non-admin closure to help with an extraordinary backlog. Shalom (Hello • Peace) 04:10, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Charles Kuentz

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Notability questioned. The claim of notability seems only to be that this man was a member of both the French and German armies. This was not an uncommon thing during World War II when Russian, French, Polish , etc. soldiers were conscripted into the German army after defeat. -- Mufka (u) (t) (c) 02:46, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

  • Comment - Never heard of him, but it sounds very interesting. I'm not the best person to give my views FOR or AGAINST, but it sure does sound interesting. -- Loukinho (talk) 05:37, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
  • Delete, interesting but not notable. Unless he is shown to have changed armies/nationalities the most or to have lived the longest from one of these cohorts by a reliable source. Perhaps this could be an example in Alsace-Lorraine#History or something. (As I was always told, there are street signs in French now, but "the German signs are in the basement") --Dhartung | Talk 09:03, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep The spacewar article entirely about him gives him notability enough. So keep. seresin | wasn't he just...? 00:00, 22 February 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep - This article needs expanding to match the article on Harry Patch. Let's keep some humanity in Wikipedia by remembering these people who fought for our freedom. 108 years old and one of the handful of the last surviving combatents of a World War is notability enough!!! Vexorg (talk) 21:06, 22 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.