Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Charles Shea Hunt

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The result was delete. Tone 14:19, 16 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Charles Shea Hunt[edit]

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This career officer existed. His promotions are sourced to gazettes, as can be done for any other career officer. His peak rank was Brevet Major and he was promoted Lt. Col on retirement. Does not meet WP:SOLDIER or GNG. Eostrix (^{🦉 hoot} _hoot🦉) 12:13, 1 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Military-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 12:16, 1 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of United Kingdom-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 12:16, 1 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Delete fails WP:SOLDIER and WP:GNG. Mztourist (talk) 13:11, 1 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Does the inclusion of his position as a justice of the peace for Hampshire add anything to his notability for this decision? Vexed Cassidy (talk) 14:08, 1 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Delete seems to be a rather non-notable soldier. Coverage of the name that I found is in a genealogical publication, national archives entry (for his house), and various listings of promotions, not enough to pass GNG. I'm not aware of anything that makes justices of the peace otherwise notable. Our article Magistrate#United Kingdom suggests there are 28,000 magistrates in the UK (though it's unsourced), so I'm inclined to think that isn't enough alone to establish notability. Our Justice of the peace#United Kingdom says that English JPs "decide on offences which carry up to six months in prison, to a maximum of one year of imprisonment" and says "No formal qualifications are required", and Magistrate (England and Wales) calls them "people from the local community who are not required to hold any legal qualifications", and that they handle "less serious criminal cases" suggesting the position isn't particularly notable. While of course Wikipedia isn't itself a reliable source, I get the clear impression JP isn't notable on it's own. Best, Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 14:21, 1 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
It appears that the article subject isn't notable enough, if the image tied to the article File:Lieutenant Colonel Charles Shea Hunt, JP.jpg could be deleted simultaneously by an admin, I'd appreciate it. Vexed Cassidy (talk) 14:33, 1 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: Can we keep this article with a stub-tag (and assigned it to a certain Wikiproject) and let others add content to it for a period of 6 months? If nothing substantial is added, then we can again nominate it for an AfD. Just a thought. -Hatchens (talk) 03:44, 2 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Subaltern, hence does not meet WP:SOLDIER. No evidence of having done anything notable. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 22:04, 2 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
- A lieutenant-colonel is hardly a subaltern! -- Necrothesp (talk) 16:57, 7 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 23:40, 8 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per nom Devokewater (talk) 21:12, 9 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom as not reaching encyclopedic notability. --Lockley (talk) 23:26, 14 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom and WP:MILL - his highest earned commission was that of Captain, and his highest civil office was justice of the peace. If he had done anything else, or had been ennobled, that would be different. Bearian (talk) 03:34, 16 July 2020 (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.