Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Arthur Aitken

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 Keep WP:NACD CTJF83 GoUSA 22:27, 23 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Arthur Aitken[edit]

(Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL)

Reason Rin tin tin 1996 (talk) 21:46, 16 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

A British general who led troops at a skirmish in Africa. I've never found any evidence that he is important in historical context. Rin tin tin 1996 (talk) 21:46, 16 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

This AfD nomination was incomplete (missing step 3). It is listed now. DumbBOT (talk) 13:57, 17 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

keep Major General Arthur Edward Aitken is certainly of note. [1], [2], [3]. Polargeo (talk) 14:57, 17 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Notability shown in source books mentioned above and also in linked articles Battle of Kilimanjaro and Battle of Tanga.AllyD (talk) 19:51, 17 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Campaign of the First World War.

Keep per Battle of Kilimanjaro - "The British conquest of German East Africa was planned as a two-pronged invasion of the German colony, at (1) the port town of Tanga and (2) the settlement Longido on the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro. The plan was designed at a Mombasa staff conference with Major General A. E. Aitken in overall command." The reason for the confident proposal for deletion is not clear when the information was almost immediately locatable Opbeith (talk) 23:50, 17 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Military-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 00:23, 18 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep as per OpBeith and AllyD. This nomination seems a little questionable. Buckshot06 (talk) 00:52, 18 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per OpBeith and AllyD. The article could do with a few cites, of course, but does nonetheless appear to satisfy WP:BIO. Cheers, Abraham, B.S. (talk) 01:41, 18 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep: I have added a reference to the article, but of course it could do with considerable work. I believe, however, that as a major force commander in a war, that Aitken satisfies WP:BIO and WP:MILPEOPLE (role in a significant event, general/flag rank and commander of a substantial body of troops). — AustralianRupert (talk) 08:09, 19 February 2010 (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.