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The result was delete. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 00:32, 5 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Barney B. Rasor (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) (delete) – (View log)

Non-notable subject per WP:BIO. The military decorations listed, while admirable, do not meet the requirements for notability. Created by an editor who has created several biographies of friends and family members. Drawn Some (talk) 21:41, 28 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Military-related deletion discussions. -- TexasAndroid (talk) 22:23, 28 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Living people-related deletion discussions. -- TexasAndroid (talk) 22:23, 28 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Keep I say keep for only one reason. Mamurra and Titus Pullo. That his military record was important enough to be noted in a book makes him the modern equivalent of these two. Therefore, it should stay. --Genovese12345 (talk) 06:17, 29 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete Sources aren't sufficient to meet WP:BIO Nick-D (talk) 12:20, 29 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep In addition to the awards he received, this man is notable as first African American to serve as command sergeant major of the Southern European Task Force. Varbas (talk) 13:24, 29 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Blocked as a sockpuppet of a banned user. DreamGuy (talk) 19:54, 31 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• • Comment 'Notability' is dependent on the availability of sources, not how admirable we think someone is. Did Mr Rasor's appointment receive a significant level of coverage in independent reliable sources? Nick-D (talk) 23:40, 29 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment I still have to say keep. Rasor was apparently a prominent enough African-American that he was also featured in an edition of Jet Magazine in 1966. [[1]]. I will once again reiterate that if Pullo and Mamurra are mentioned solely because they are mentioned in a history of military campaigns, I don't know why this is any different. The only thing that seperates this is era. And, in the case of Rasor, he did hold a high level enlisted command position, meaning he was probably of far greater importance to the American Army than Pullo was to the Roman legion. --Genovese12345 (talk) 13:45, 29 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I changed your second "Keep" to "Comment", you can't !vote more than once. Drawn Some (talk) 15:48, 29 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Mr Rasor is only mentioned in passing in that article - this isn't "significant coverage" as required by WP:BIO Nick-D (talk) 23:59, 29 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete - fails WP:BIO; no significant coverage in reliable sources. We can't just say 'being the first African-American sergeant major of the Southern European Task Force makes him notable'; we have to prove that with references in reliable sources, and here they simply don't exist. Robofish (talk) 02:08, 30 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete - per Robo. No significant coverage in reliable sources to support claims to notability, thus fails WP:BIO. لennavecia 18:57, 30 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete No significant coverage in reliable sources. Hipocrite (talk) 20:00, 31 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete per above. Niteshift36 (talk) 22:33, 31 May 2009 (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.