Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Theodore Penland

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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, but merging can be discussed on the article's talk page. --Coredesat 05:27, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Theodore Penland

Theodore Penland (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs) – (View log)

I want to keep his story out of personal interest, but it fails notability and the article is pretty messed up to begin with Guroadrunner 05:50, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

  • Delete as it seems to fail notablity. --RaiderAspect 11:10, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep Past commander of the Grand Army of the Republic. (as a patriotic organization, its 'commander' would be 'notable') his longevity would contribute to notability (longest lived commander of the GAR). Just because he's not spattered all over the web doesn't mean he's not 'notable'. Bo 14:23, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Weak keep, after reconsider User:Bo's ideas. Appleworm 14:52, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete unless sourced and referenced by end of this AfD. If he is notable there must be references somewhere AlfPhotoman 16:00, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Merge any sourced, pertinent info and Redirect to Grand Army of the Republic. Once you filter out all of the heartwarming anecdotes and trivial biographical errata what you are left with is "Theodore Penland was commander of the GAR". Fails WP:BIO in large part due to a paucity of any verifiable information. Arkyan 16:52, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete article, merge any information that can be attributed to a reliable source in the Grand Army of the Republic article. Fail notability in that no reliable sources are presented. HowIBecameCivil 19:59, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
  • I change my vote to Merge and consolidate to Grand Army of the Republic as per Bo's statement Guroadrunner 22:43, 5 March 2007 (UTC) (original AfD nominator)
  • keep as is he is personally notable as an historic figure representing an era. the longevity combined with the GAR is N.DGG 05:19, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
    • Comment Lacks reliable sources. I'd also argue that by the time he was Commander the GAR was scarcely a notable organization. --RaiderAspect 02:36, 11 March 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.