Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/David webster

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The result of the debate was keep. sjorford →•← 14:48, 17 Mar 2005 (UTC)

[edit] David webster

Not notable. We don't really need a page for every WWII soldier, and even if this one did go to Harvard, the article doesn't give any acomplishments in life. Withdrawn due to later contributions by another user Nick04 16:42, 3 Mar 2005 (UTC)

• If you'd given them a chance, maybe they would have mentioned he was in Band of Brothers. Keep or merge with that. Kappa 17:13, 3 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • Give them a chance? They should have mentioned that straight away. His memoirs have also been published - Parachute Infantry: An American Paratrooper's Memoir of D-Day and the Fall of the Third Reich. And his full name was David Kenyon Webster. All should have been mentioned straight away. Move to David Webster. Average Earthman 17:36, 3 Mar 2005 (UTC)
    • Newbies don't assume people are watching their every move. Kappa 17:40, 3 Mar 2005 (UTC)
• Keep for reasons given above, but retitle to proper capitalization. 23skidoo 18:40, 3 Mar 2005 (UTC)
• Are we going to have articles for all the soldiers who were portrayed in Band of Brothers? The only thing that seprates most of them from most other soldiers in WWII is that they were chosen to be the subject of a book, when the author could have chosen many other companies from many divisions. In general I think if that is going to happen they should be mentioned in the Band of Brothers page. I guess I'll go with keeping this one though, mostly since his memoirs were published. Maybe it could be merged. (Oh, and was this the guy who was portrayed by that guy who plays an entern on ER?) -R. fiend 18:42, 3 Mar 2005 (UTC)
• Keep if his memoirs were published. I don't think any war needs an article for every soldier, though. Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 20:37, Mar 3, 2005 (UTC)
• Keep - writers are often encyclopedic, and this one seems to be. Charles Matthews 21:11, 3 Mar 2005 (UTC)
• Keep, though move, obviously. James F. (talk) 17:49, 6 Mar 2005 (UTC)
• Keep, I did the move - David Gerard 16:15, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)

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