Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lyman G. Bennett

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 Consensus is that the individual is not sufficiently notable, and with only a single source used, there's no way to confirm other possible options for notability.. Consensus is that the individual is not sufficiently notable, and with only a single source used, there's no way to confirm other possible options for notability. the panda ₯’ 19:55, 27 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Lyman G. Bennett

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Fails WP:MILPEOPLE. Seemed to be an otherwise non-notable cartographer. One biographical article was found online, and it was used to write this article. Magnolia677 (talk) 22:17, 18 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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[Keep] - I would highly disagree if this article was removed. Since this tag was placed, I have added additional information, and a photograph of the Major to Lyman G. Bennett, so as to keep him from being what has been called "non-notable". A 283 page book entitled Powder River Odyssey: Nelson Cole's Western Campaign of 1865, The Journals of Lyman G. Bennett and Other Eyewitness Accounts by David E. Wagner (2009) was written almost entirely from the 1865 journal's of Bennett. Major Bennett was the chief engineering officer of the Powder River Expedition, in 1865, and over 2,000 soldiers depended on his experience to build roads and bridges to travel by and transport over 150 wagons during the expedition. He also mapped the route of the column, with the fact that some of the land he mapped had never been mapped before, so is he still a "non-notable cartographer". Lyman G. Bennett also wrote the first hand written account describing Terrett Butte, a prominent land form in Powder River County, Montana on September 12, 1865. I believe that the deletion tag should be removed. Powder River 1876 (talk) 23:24, 25 July 2014 (UTC) Non-standard layout put to form by me. Carrite (talk) 06:57, 26 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The only criteria from WP:MILPEOPLE which comes close may be #5; that he "played an important role in a significant military event". I'm just not sure how important being the cartographer is (or how "big" the Powder River Expedition was) Magnolia677 (talk) 03:03, 26 July 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, –Davey2010 • (talk) 09:25, 26 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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

Relisting comment: I originally closed but the nom was unhappy so to keep him/her happy I've relisted.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, –Davey2010 • (talk) 04:38, 27 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Weak delete and userfy. I tend to support keeping historical articles like this, but this seems to be based almost entirely on the Wagner (2009). The publisher is reliable (Arthur H. Clark Company) but the one source is a major problem. I'd suggest this is userfied why the author tries to address this issue in light of the WP:BIO policy. Putting it differently: outside Wagner (2009), who else has written about Bennett? --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 06:22, 27 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Failure of WP:MILPEOPLE is not a valid reason for deletion. Famous military people (who meet WP:MILPEOPLE) tend to be notable but notability has nothing to do with fame. However, this biography relies entirely on a single source and I can't find any more. Generally we need multiple sources to write a reasonably balanced article. Delete, then move it to user page.--180.172.239.231 (talk) 12:09, 27 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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