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The result was delete. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 02:44, 10 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hal Baumgarten (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log · Stats)

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Doesn't meet WP:GNG. Most of the sources are little more than "D-day vet revisits Normandy" or interviews which lack independence. Neither are any of the criteria of WP:SOLDIER met. Nthep (talk) 14:37, 2 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep. Everyone else prominent enough to be featured on the History Channel's programs about World War II has a bio on Wikipedia. If Baumgarten was wounded at Normandy, received a Bronze Star Medal, wrote a credible book about his experiences, and engaged in other activities which establish his prominence, he should be profiled. The article meets the criteria of WP:GNG and WP:SOLDIER. Rammer (talk) 17:32, 2 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep - meets GNG in multiple ways, WP:SOLDIER, WP:AUTHOR, WP:KICKASSGUY —Мандичка^YO 😜 19:33, 2 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 13:46, 4 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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• Delete. Can't see any real notability. Private who got a very minor award (at a level not even considered a true medal by many countries rather than anywhere near the level we usually require for an article - in Britain we call this level of bravery award a mention in dispatches!), wrote his memoirs and has appeared on TV talking about his experiences just like hundreds of other veterans. It's a load of old drivel that everyone who has appeared on these documentaries has or should have an article. No doubt a decent, brave man, and I'm certainly not disparaging his contribution, but certainly does not in any way pass WP:SOLDIER or any other standard of notability and is no more worthy of an article than any one of the other millions of veterans of the Second World War. -- Necrothesp (talk) 13:53, 4 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete. Not seeing any real notability. Intothatdarkness 14:34, 4 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete - most of the coverage is of the form of news articles about the fact that he has talked about his experiences. I'm not getting the right WP:GNG vibe that is needed. GraemeLeggett (talk) 18:03, 4 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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