Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Walter E. Reno

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 merge. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 00:16, 16 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Walter E. Reno[edit]

I can't find any reason this guy should have an article. He's an undistinguished naval officer who died at sea in an unfortunate accident. Other than that, there is nothing here to hang an article on. Per WP:NOT, Wikipedia is not a memorial, and I see no reason to keep this article around. Jayron32.talk.contribs 17:28, 9 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Merge into USS Reno (DD-303) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) Will ^(talk) 17:41, 9 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Military-related deletion discussions. -- Carom (talk) 19:53, 9 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Merge as above. The Navy bio (basically the same text) indicates no high medals or any other reason to consider him noteworthy (he was apparently asleep in his cabin when his ship was rammed, and played no role in the aftermath, per this). While being the namesake of a vessel might suggest some, if it's the only reason to include someone they are best discussed at the vessel's article. --Dhartung | Talk 19:57, 9 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Commanded a warship in wartime and the navy consdiered him important enough to name another ship after him. Edward321 (talk) 23:56, 10 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- So why is it important that he have his own article, and not simply have such facts mentioned in the article on the ship named after him? --Jayron32.talk.contribs 14:58, 11 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Merge per Sceptre. faithless (^speak) 22:46, 15 March 2008 (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.