Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Stan Richardson

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The result was delete. Yunshui ^雲 _水 07:46, 31 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Stan Richardson[edit]

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No claim of notability. Nothing to indicate WP:MILPEOPLE is met. MB 03:34, 24 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Military-related deletion discussions. MB 03:34, 24 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of England-related deletion discussions. CASSIOPEIA^(talk) 05:34, 24 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Recorded subject position and station but subject has not done anything to meet WP:SOLDIER or WP:MILPEOPLE to merit a page in Wikipedia. CASSIOPEIA^(talk) 05:39, 24 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Awful name to BEFORE. There is a playwright with the same name ([1]) that might be notable. During WWII an individual with the same name was the manager of NBC London ([2]) and sent reporters to D-Day - and might be notable. There is another D-Day sailor - who served on the Canadian HMCS Bayfield whose diary was used in a book ([3]) - who is probably not notable. Having found all these other Stans, I can't quite see why our Stan would be notable from the description in the article and I've been unable to locate sources establishing notability. Icewhiz (talk) 07:36, 24 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 08:26, 24 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Afraid I'm not seeing any notability at all. -- Necrothesp (talk) 10:26, 24 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Question for User:MB or someone else - Where is this page? Is this page in article space or in draft space? There seems to be some edit conflict, and it seems to have been nominated in both spaces. Robert McClenon (talk) 01:35, 25 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
@Robert McClenon: I procedurally closed MFD:Draft:Stan Richardson because this was better attended.
Technically, Draft:Stan Richardson needs to go to WP:RFD instead for deletion since it's now a redirect. –MJL ‐Talk‐^☖ 01:42, 25 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
No, it doesn't go to RfD. If this AfD results in "delete", the redirect goes per WP:CSD#G8. If this AfD does not result in "delete", the redirect can stay. --SmokeyJoe (talk) 04:09, 25 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
I know... ^{I am not very funny..} –MJL ‐Talk‐^☖ 04:27, 25 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Delete if in article space. Does not satisfy GNG or military notability. Robert McClenon (talk) 01:35, 25 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Plausible sources found:

~~https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2019/06/06/nbc-radio-reporter-who-witnessed-d-day-told-world-what-he-saw/?utm_term=.b5e18aea2947~~ "NBC London manager Stan Richardson" different person same name, mentioned co-incidentally in relation to the same d-day.

https://www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk/news/people/littlehampton-d-day-veteran-99-to-unveil-commemorative-plaque-at-75th-anniversary-event-1-8955798 "99-year-old D-Day veteran Stan Richardson". Good source.

~~Leaning keep~~ due to unlisted sources being about to be easily found. --SmokeyJoe (talk) 01:45, 25 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Some about other people... E.g. WaPo which you link to has a passing mention of "NBC London manager Stan Richardson" - not our subject. I found at least 3 different people with this name with coverage in WW2.Icewhiz (talk) 03:58, 25 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. I am counting one good source for notability. Where there is one, it is worth scratching deeper for another ... --SmokeyJoe (talk) 04:08, 25 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

But what is his notability? Just a Royal Navy petty officer and later a mid-level business executive. What possible notability guideline does he meet? -- Necrothesp (talk) 13:00, 25 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

It looks like just the one, a newspaper story on the family friends Probus club surprise party, the cardboard cut out of his 16-year-old self making a good photo for the paper. Not enough for an article. Delete. —SmokeyJoe (talk) 03:36, 27 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Delete fails the relevant notability guideline. Fails GNG, because the purported source s for notability do not hold up:one is a tribute to a local person in a local paper, and the other is about a different individual . DGG ( talk ) 04:36, 25 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Delete As noted above the subject does not seem to meet notability guidelines. Dunarc (talk) 22:51, 26 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Delete No reference and not seeing any notability at all. Best - Blake44 (talk) 18:55, 27 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Delete No credible claim to notability. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 12:25, 28 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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