Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Doug Foster

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result was Delete. Eluchil404 (talk) 11:30, 23 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Doug Foster[edit]

Doug Foster fought in an engagement with 6 others where one of them John Hurst Edmondson gained a Victoria Cross. I doubt that this makes him sufficently notable for inclusion. Grahame (talk) 13:46, 17 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Australia-related deletion discussions. —Grahame (talk) 13:46, 17 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Military-related deletion discussions. —Grahame (talk) 13:46, 17 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Doug's story is an interesting one, and it deserves to be recorded somewhere, but Wikipedia is not the place. Wikipedia welcomes biographical articles about people who are truly notable on the world-wide scene, befitting an entry in a world-wide encyclopedia. Biographical articles in Wikipedia must demonstrate that the subject meets the criteria specified at WP:BIO. This article does not demonstrate adequate notability. Dolphin51 (talk) 07:34, 18 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep the notability of this subject is that he is at least one of (if not the) last soldiers to die from injuries sustained during World War II combat.--Paul McDonald (talk) 19:50, 18 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comment I agree that Doug was injured in April 1941 in combat in WWII; and I agree that he died in August 2006. The two events were separated by 65 years. He died still carrying injuries sustained during WWII, but it is not reasonable to argue that he died from injuries sustained during WWII. The article states that he succumbed to other medical complaints. I understand there are many people still alive today who carry injuries, physical and mental, sustained during WWII. Dolphin51 (talk) 00:15, 19 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hmmm... Perhaps you are right on that one--good point. I'd like to see how the rest of the positions pan out, but barring any change or additional information I'd agree with you on delete for this one then.--Paul McDonald (talk) 01:38, 19 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: Paul's comment (above) says he was one of the last WWII soldiers to die of injuries. Problem is, the article itself doesn't say that. A mention in Hansard isn't in itself enough to gain entry into Wikipedia. Where did he live? Sydney I presume (article did not say)? Are there any other references available about him? Sydney Morning Herald? Daily Telegraph? ABC?--Lester 21:12, 19 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. A "normal, fun loving larikin" [sic] doesn't warrant a Wikipedia article. WWGB (talk) 02:32, 23 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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