Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Domingo Arroyo, Jr.

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The result was NO CONSENSUS. -Splash - tk 22:56, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Domingo Arroyo, Jr.

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This man's biography is not significant enough to merit his own article. His death was incidental in proportion to the army's operation in Somalia. He should be included in the article for Operation Restore Hope, should not have his own article. WP:BIO notes that incidental notoriety is insufficient for a Wiki entry. Pablosecca 09:08, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

• Weak Keep Neutral Somewhat noteworthy, but perhaps would be better as a stub under Operation RH instead? Jmlk17 09:44, 21 April 2007 (UTC)
• Very Weak Keep On the one hand, being the first person killed in a conflict isn't noteworthy by itself, but this guy apparently has been memorialized in a few important ways. Jeff Silvers 11:27, 21 April 2007 (UTC)
• weak keep There are no truly RSs given, but there probably are some to be found. DGG 04:48, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
• Delete or potentially redirect to Operation Restore Hope. There simply isn't enough here to claim notability under WP:BIO. His death is sad, and in a minor way of historical interest with regards to Operation Restore Hope (hence the redirect option), but basically there is no individual notability in being the first American military personnel killed in a short lived and unsuccessful peacekeeping operation. Many Somalians and peacekeepers of other nationalities died as died around 25 other Americans -should they all have their own pages? His memorialisation is no greater than many other American military personnel killed in operations around the globe and he was not awarded any significant medals. The article does not link from any other significant articles (and its hard to see any that could except perhaps for ORH). It also provides no lengthy or independent sources for the details of his life.--Jackyd101 12:23, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
• Keep While he is only notable because of the circumstances of his death, that notability is compounded by the very small number of people in Category:Puerto Rican Marine. It is worth recording the mans military history and a bit of background explaining how he came to be in the US armed forces. Military history of Puerto Rico is too large; perhaps after this Afd, a new article Puerto Ricans in the United States armed forces can be split off from the main article, and then lesser notable Puerto Ricans can be appropriately covered in more detail without needing their own BIO. John Vandenberg 00:09, 25 April 2007 (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.