Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Andrew Herman (war hero)

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The result was delete. -- Cirt (talk) 01:23, 22 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Andrew Herman (war hero)[edit]

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A stub that does not meet WP:BIO requirements. Warrah (talk) 17:33, 15 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Delete It may seem to be a harsh policy, but Wikipedia is not a memorial ([WP:NOTMEMORIAL]). The online encyclopedia specifically bars all such articles, for good people and for bad, beloved or disliked, and it applies equally to everyone. Granted, Andrew Herman was a brave American who died in Vietnam in service to his country, as did the more than 50,000 Americans who were killed in the Vietnam War. Basically, the memorial policy forecloses debate over whether one person who died in war is more or less worthy than another. Mandsford (talk) 13:33, 16 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Military-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 15:55, 16 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 15:56, 16 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete This has been discussed dozens of times. While war heros deserve every consideration, those that make the rules at Wikipedia have decided that their standards of inclusion for notability require more than a Purple Heart, or even a Silver Star or Distinguished Service Cross. We don't have to agree, but we can go to other places to memorialize those that gave their lives in service to our country and our freedoms. Rapier (talk) 16:47, 16 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Despite a lack of notability, the article is not suitably referenced. The given source does not list the name "Andrew Edward Herman" in any variation (though there is a "HODGE, ANDREW HERMAN"). Google finds lots of hits, but none for this specific individual that I could find. Along with not being verifiable, the title and some of the brief wordage seems POV. bahamut0013^words _deeds 16:49, 16 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Speedy delete. The only source cited in this article does not mention the subject. The sites Virtualwall.org and Thewall-usa.com which purport to list all Americans killed in the Vietnam war do not list this person. And this article contains an unsourced negative characterization of this person. For all we know, this could be an unsourced biography of a living person, since its claim that the subject was killed in the Vietnam War is apparently inaccurate. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 23:37, 16 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: unreferenced, possible hoax (as per above) and fails guidance in WP:MILPEOPLE. — AustralianRupert (talk) 11:58, 17 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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.