Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Thomas William Lofthouse

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The result was Delete --JForget 00:03, 15 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thomas William Lofthouse

I declined an A7 speedy based on claims that the subject was instrumental in the runup to D-Day, comments about multiple decorations, and additional claims that he participated in the 'Hole in the Wall' plan. While none of these are necessarily claims to notability in and of themselves (and, in fact, they seem to be contradicted by the subject's position as an Apprentice Engineer), I felt that it was enough to warrant a procedural AfD in the hopes of getting further commentary and insight. jonny-m t 04:04, 9 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Many claims, nothing offered to back any of them up. Notability is not inherited, so one claim of notability is out right there. Three ghits for "Thomas William Lofthouse" (in quotes). One the wikipedia article, second the CSD page, and third an unrelated family web page. Nothing on that third page mentions any of the accomplishments claimed in the article. DarkAudit (talk) 04:22, 9 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. A broad search of several databases turned up nothing indicating notability. Assuming this is a real soldier who served with distinction, that is by itself not notability. --Dhartung | Talk 05:32, 9 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: Quite aside from a complete failure of WP:V, even if this fellow (a) does exist, (b) was "instrumental" in the run up to D-Day and (c) was multiply decorated, that describes tens of thousands of soldiers in WWII. No doubt a lot of them had ancestors who did something marginally notable, too. RGTraynor 15:09, 9 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Military-related deletion discussions. -- Fabrictramp (talk) 15:14, 9 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom - non-notable and unsourced and unreferenced. Dreamspy (talk) 18:23, 9 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete For all I know, he might be notable, but without some specifics and some sources of information, how can we possibly tell. Vague assertions that someone is important do not justify a keep. Declining the speedy was reasonable, but endorsing it also might have beenDGG (talk) 22:32, 10 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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