Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Floyd Talbert

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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 NO CONSENSUS TO DELETE. Herostratus (talk) 05:58, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Floyd Talbert

Floyd Talbert (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs) (delete) – (View log)

Speedy was declined because sysop though it was a fictional character. Talbert was in fact a real person, but non-notable, unless every soldier serving in WWII is notable. ukexpat (talk) 01:43, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

  • Comment. Is this film character based on this person notable? If so, the person is notable. --Eastmain (talk) 03:25, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
    • The person was 1 member of a company of soldiers in the US Army whose story was dramatised in HBO's Band of Brothers, not notable otherwise.--ukexpat (talk) 04:21, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
  • Delete as entirely not notable enough for its own article. • Anakin (talk) 16:46, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
  • question Was he featured in the series, or did he just appear in the background? If he was featured and itnerviewed, the fact of his being picked as representative for such a major production is enough to make him notable.DGG (talk) 17:53, 1 March 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep. He has a significant role in the book Band of Brothers by Stephen Ambrose, the HBO series that was made from the book, as well as in a Czech (or Slovak - I can't tell) memoir[1] apparently inspired by Ambrose's book. This distinguishes him from other WWII soldiers, meets the notability guidelines, and gives us enough material to write a decent encyclopedia article.--Kubigula (talk) 23:22, 5 March 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.