Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sidney P. Brooks

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The result was delete. ✗plicit 07:50, 13 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Sidney P. Brooks[edit]

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Fails WP:BASIC. Was one of the 1007 Tuskegee Airmen, just being in a notable unit doesn't makes it members notable per WP:NOTINHERITED. The sources listed to support are mostly about the squadrons he served in or are blogs and there is minimal reliable information about him apart from a few passing mentions in books about the Tuskegee Airmen. This is one of many pages of Tuskegee Airmen created by the same User and this is becoming like the pages created for every member of Easy Company Mztourist (talk) 06:26, 6 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Military-related deletion discussions. Mztourist (talk) 06:28, 6 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Aviation-related deletion discussions. Mztourist (talk) 06:31, 6 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - Fails WP:BASIC and WP:ANYBIO. Magnolia677 (talk) 09:59, 6 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Keep There are numerous books about the Tuskegee Airmen and the subject naturally appears in them as one of "the first African American pilots to engage in aerial combat". He also appears in reference works such as The African American National Biography. They therefore pass WP:BASIC and WP:ANYBIO. Andrew🐉(talk) 10:20, 6 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

In order to satisfy #3 of ANYBIO The African American National Biography would have to be the "country's standard national biographical dictionary", so no he doesn't satisfy ANYBIO. Mztourist (talk) 11:05, 6 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Delete I agree with the nom, after searching I don't see anything more than passing mentions in reliable sources so it fails GNG. Just being a member of a notable unit, does not mean that notability is inherited. (t · c) buidhe 10:28, 6 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom and buidhe. Having been in a notable unit or organization doesn't automatically make one notable. Intothat darkness 14:55, 6 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, largely per the above. There's no real secondary sourcing beyond trivial single-sentence mentions, and the awards don't meet WP:ANYBIO even under the most capacious standards. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 03:29, 7 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Delete simply having been a member of a famous military unit does not make notable. Best, GPL93 (talk) 14:15, 9 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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