Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Regular Army (United States)

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 Snow keep. No other way this is going to end. No need to keep it open longer. TonyBallioni (talk) 05:35, 19 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Regular Army (United States)[edit]

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This article is redundant to the article United_States_Army. It also includes references to a supposedly distinct "Army of the United States", which is not a distinct entity. Farside268 (talk) 19:09, 17 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: Please see "Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Army of the United States" for the connected AfD to the Regular Army's draft force counterpart. -O.R.^Comms 14:57, 18 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Keep: Strong oppose and point out this might even be a hoax nomination, as the same editor attempted to remove this component information two years ago and was quickly reverted [1]. The "Regular Army" (RA) is a service component of the U.S. Army which is the legal permanent peacetime force of the United States ground forces. The RA exists in tandem with the Army of the United States (AUS) and Army Reserve National Guard (ARNG) as one of the three statutory military components. This component is documented in millions of military service records and is listed as such on countless separation documents see here for an example. A little bit more research should have been done before making this AfD, if this is even a legitimate nomination and not a hoax. -O.R.^Comms 21:55, 17 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Keep 2 distinct things that is merged would make USA very large. L3X1 (distænt write) 22:33, 17 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Note Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Army of the United States is a parallel discussion particpants may be interested in. L3X1 (distænt write) 22:40, 17 December 2017 (UTC) [reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Military-related deletion discussions. L3X1 (distænt write) 22:33, 17 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. L3X1 (distænt write) 22:33, 17 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been mentioned at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Military history. L3X1 (distænt write) 22:33, 17 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Keep: per Ober Ranks and it does have some separate distinction; with that said, it is the other related AfD discussion of Army of the United States, which could be merged over to this article as a sub-section. Kierzek (talk) 22:39, 17 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. This is distinct from the US Army, and there is a distinct Army of the United States. There's more than enough sourced info here to speedy reject simple deletion, and merging would only add confusion to these already confusing names. --A D Monroe III^(talk) 22:46, 17 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Keep This is a notable topic. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 23:32, 17 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. The non-reserve/volunteer/conscription component of the army is a distinct and notable topic. George Armstrong Custer was busted back from Major General (volunteers) to Captain (regular) to remain in the regular army (in which he advanced subsequently to Lt. Col).Icewhiz (talk) 09:16, 18 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Keep as per comments above ...GELongstreet (talk) 21:55, 18 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Strong Keep: Honestly, WP:BEFORE should include a clause instructing noms to have a clue as to what they're talking about. The nom's seeming disinclination to look up the various permutations the US Army's had is indefensible. Nha Trang ^Allons! 22:31, 18 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Ain't the same thing. --Lineagegeek (talk) 01:22, 19 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Strong Keep: It's possible to be in the United States Army without being in the Regular Army; for example all those guardsmen and reservists. I was USAR on active duty for ten years.--Georgia Army Vet Contribs Talk 03:15, 19 December 2017 (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.