Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Stephen Boada

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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 DELETE (I followed an editor's suggestion of keeping the info at his regiment's article). Nabla 21:04, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Stephen Boada

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Receiving a Silver Star is not a sufficiently notable enough reason to for an encyclopedia article. While a high honor it is by no means rare, I have seen plenty of cars with Silver Star plates around. Any additional sources for this would likely be of the nature "Boada received the Silver Star." IvoShandor 09:37, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

  • Unless additional information regarding this earning of this particular soldier's place in history can be provided by multiple, reliable, third-party sources, this article should be deleted as it does not appear to meet Wikipedia:Notability (people). -- saberwyn 12:00, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep: The Silver Star is the third-highest award for valor in the US, outranked only by the Medal of Honor and the Navy Cross. If it was a Bronze Star I could understand, since they give those things away. However, this is one of only two Marines in the 3rd Marine Regiment to win the award since 1971 (making these the only notable valor awards won by 3rd Marines in over thirty-five years). Here are several additional sources on the action: [1] [2] [3] [4] Palm_Dogg 16:13, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
  • Comment: Navy order of precedence puts not only the MOH and Navy Cross above the Silver Star but also the Defense Distinguished Service Medal and the Distinguished Service Medal, the Marines use the Navy's order of precedence. (See: [5]). The Army's order of precedence is similar (See: [6]). I don't think we would have articles in on recipients of the Distinguished Service Medal if that was their sole criteria for inclusion in the encyclopedia. IvoShandor 11:44, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
P.S. I understand your point was about valor awards. IvoShandor 11:44, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
  • General consensus in the past has been that the award of anything below the relevant highest gallantry award doesn't in and of itself make the recipient notable from Wikipedia's point of view - as in, we don't have articles on people whose most significant feature was doing that. If this is significant in the context of that particular regiment, surely it would be more appropriate as a passing mention in that article? Shimgray | talk | 17:32, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete, this isn't a notable enough award to keep this soldier. It is a recognition of accomplishment. But we don't even keep all MOH recipients. --Dhartung | Talk 08:46, 17 May 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.