Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/William Thompson (general)

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 keep. John254 03:47, 25 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] William Thompson (general)

• Delete doesn't seem notable. Just H 20:22, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. There is no specific criterion what rank an army officer has to hold to be automatically notable, but I think that a brigadier-general from the Revolutionary War is probably automatically notable. He was the first officer to be commissioned as a Colonel in the United States Army. --TruthbringerToronto (Talk | contribs) 20:57, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
• Keep, notability does not come with rank, only the amount that switches to turkey Alf photoman 21:44, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
• Keep First Colonel in the army of the United States is pretty notable. Brigidier General in the American Revolution is pretty notable. The article has 3 references. Edison 21:56, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
• Keep and Rename to "William Thompson (General)", if only to distinguish between the rank and the antonym of "specific". --Dennisthe2 22:23, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
• Strong Keep, absolutely notable by virtue of high rank. See also here, which includes correspondence to and from General Washington. —Chowbok ☠ 22:53, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
• Strong Keep, even a street in New York City is named after him. Ipeirotis 16:01, 22 December 2006 (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.