Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bernard Armstrong Brooks

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The result was delete. Unsure what a proper redirect target would be. Feel free to recreate as a redirect if you like. -Scottywong | soliloquize _ 14:08, 14 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Bernard Armstrong Brooks[edit]

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I originally sent this off for {{db-copyvio}}, but it's from a USDA site - so copyvio doesn't exist here. The notability concerns, however, remain, as it seems that the only site that contains anything about the late Mr. Brooks is the USDA site it was copied from. I could be wrong, but that is about all I'm finding. -- Dennis The Tiger (Rawr and stuff) 06:31, 27 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. A trumpeter for the US Cavalry who was killed isn't going to attract much attention. Clarityfiend (talk) 07:05, 27 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Keep- Subject of nine pages in: Bennett, Eileen, ed. "The History and Legend of Bugler Bernard A. Brooks in the Saga of the Nez Perce War in Clark County." Snake River Echoes: A Quarterly of Idaho History 13, no. 2 (1984): 31-39., cited in the Bibliography of Nez Perce Summer, 1877: The US Army and the Nee-Me-Poo Crisis, and two pages of descriptive prose in Northwestern Fights and Fighters without biographic data (page 2 visible here). Single gravesite. Findagrave.com entry gives middle name as Arthur, states subject of LDS Special Collection 147123 (no visibility), referenced to Saga of Chief Joseph by Helen Addison Howard. Figured prominently in the action for which James Jackson (Medal of Honor) was awarded the Medal of Honor (Act of Valor: Retrieved Body of Downed Comrade). Dru of Id (talk) 09:37, 27 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Military-related deletion discussions. — Frankie (talk) 18:25, 28 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. — Frankie (talk) 18:25, 28 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Reads a bit like a memorial. Obviously an admirable soldier, but not a particularly notable one. A recipient of a Medal of Honor is certainly notable, but others involved in the action are not notable by association. -- Necrothesp (talk) 23:36, 28 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect. If the only reason Trumpeter Brooks is considered notable is the Medal of Honor citation for someone else, would it be unreasonable to mention Brooks there and redirect this to that article? It seems to be a good comrpomise, though I of course defer to consensus. UltraExactZZ ^Said~ Did 13:33, 1 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
- Seems reasonable. -- Necrothesp (talk) 14:07, 1 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Sandstein 04:39, 5 May 2012 (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.