Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Brian Ernest Maitland Prophet

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The result was no consensus, defaulting to keep. (non-admin closure) ansh666 23:09, 28 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Brian Ernest Maitland Prophet

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Army officer of no notability. No reason, according to Wikipedia's own military notability guidelines, why he should be included in Wikipedia: too junior, as commissioned officers go, to meet requirement for notability, and no other cited reason for notability. Bristolbottom (talk) 17:48, 30 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Prophet was an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for his service to charity and a Deputy Lieutenant for Bedfordshire

Neither of which confers notability. - The Bushranger _{One ping only} 08:20, 6 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Subject does not meet notability requirements. WP:GNG is not met; neither is WP:SOLDIER. OBEs are not sufficient for notability, and niether is being a deputy lieutenant. - The Bushranger _{One ping only} 08:20, 6 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Jenks24 (talk) 10:56, 11 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Keep It is a little disappointing that such a significant contributor to a major charity should not be considered notable by wikipedia (itself a charitable endeavour). His service to charity was recognised by the Sovereign of the United Kingdom through an OBE, he was a Deputy Lieutenant of Bedfordshire (a notable award, despite the view expressed above) and he was a senior officer in the Territorial Army for which he was also decorated --‎ MJT21 (talk) 19:47, 14 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, NorthAmerica¹⁰⁰⁰ 13:23, 19 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

*Delete: to reiterate what was stated very clearly above, does not meet notability requirements. WP:GNG is not met; neither is WP:SOLDIER. OBEs are not sufficient for notability, and neither is being a deputy lieutenant. Yes, he was head of Beds SSAFA, but that's not sufficient either. Delete. - Bristolbottom _Talk 19:45, 21 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

strike delete. No second bites of the apple by the nominator. --Bejnar (talk) 08:00, 22 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Weak keep While an OBE by and of itself should not ensure notability, the reasons behind an OBE may. In this case he was awarded the OBE for his work with the Soldiers, Sailors and Airmens Family Association. As most of that work was prior to the creation of the Internet, its expression is to be found in paper records. --Bejnar (talk) 08:00, 22 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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