Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Australian Medal of Merit

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The result was Merge to Legion of Frontiersmen. —Quarl ^(talk) 2007-03-05 10:51Z

Australian Medal of Merit[edit]

Non-notable. An in house medal given by an obscure private organization for attending meetings. Name suggests it's from the government, but it's not. Bobanny 09:35, 1 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

~~Delete~~ or Merge into Legion of Frontiersmen, as per nom. Changed my decision as per Maustrauser's vote below. --RazorICE talk C @ 11:12, 1 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep I created the article, in response to several biographies on WP that claim that the biographee, see Glen Dettman for example, were awarded this medal. It was claimed to be some great achievement when it is a non-notable bit of metal. I'm inclined to think that it should remain because it informs people that it isn't a Government medal, as its name implies. If it is deleted, it will reduce the ability of people looking at biographies where the medal is claimed to understand the medal's true character. Maustrauser 11:27, 1 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Cman 16:48, 1 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Merge is probably better unless more can be said (and sourced). --Dhartung | Talk 21:55, 1 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Merge. The medal itself doesn't seem to be particularly notable, but (if only to address the issue of it being mentioned in multiple biographies) a merge, redirect to Legion of Frontiersmen seems appropriate. If it is not even notable to the LoF article, the content can be removed in the future by editors. -- Black Falcon 23:06, 1 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Merge/Redirect, as above. Mystache 00:15, 2 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Merge as above. --Bduke 00:17, 2 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Merge as above. TonyTheTiger 01:53, 2 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Australia-related deletions. -- Bduke 00:17, 2 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Comment -- I'm fine with merging and redirecting to the LoF article, although in the short-term, it might feed the shell-shocked trolls. There's a thread on a web forum for British soldiers upset that the Legion of Frontiersmen have been trying to steal their thunder with fake medals and such, and some of them have been slagging and vandalizing Wikipedia as part of a campaign. One person has registered and has been engaging constructively on the talk page, and hopefully others will follow suit. Bobanny 00:42, 2 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Merge and redirect. It isn't an official medal or honour but worth mentioning in the Legion of Frontiersmen. Capitalistroadster 01:36, 2 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Just to be boring. The Legion of Frontiersman and the Legion of Frontiersman (Australian Command) whilst 'born' from the same organization, appear to operate independently and therefore a merge or redirection may not be appropriate. Given this, I think the original article should remain.Maustrauser 06:07, 2 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I've begun revising the article, and it'll cover the whole shebang. There hasn't been a unified LoF movement since WWI, and there are only splinter groups scattered throughout the Commonwealth that individually are small and non-notable, IMO. They all lay claim to the same history, which will be the focus of the article. If articles on individual factions do get written, they should be daughter articles of this main one (currently, it's the only LoF article). Bobanny 05:26, 3 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect, privately issued medal of dubious notability - normally I'd vote delete, but this is worth a redirect for the reason that Maustrauser outlines above. Lankiveil 11:29, 4 March 2007 (UTC).[reply]

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