Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/William Stretch Abert

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The result was keep. BD2412 T 19:16, 14 June 2020 (UTC)

William Stretch Abert

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Fails WP:NSOLDIER, as only a brevet general (honorary appointment, not the same thing as an actual promotion), was only officially a colonel. Seems to be a GNG failure too, albeit a close-ish one. Gets a paragraph in Eicher's Civil War High Commands [1], but the coverage consists only of a listing of where he was assigned during the American Civil War. The "National Cyclopaedia of American Biography" [2] gives him a very nice writeup, but we need more than that. The rest of the coverage I can find is in blogs, find-a-grave (unreliable), primary source government military reports (primary sources do not establish notability), and a website titled "antietam on the web" that seems to be self-published/blog. Hog Farm (talk) 21:32, 6 June 2020 (UTC)

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Military-related deletion discussions. Hog Farm (talk) 21:32, 6 June 2020 (UTC)

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Washington, D.C.-related deletion discussions. Hog Farm (talk) 21:32, 6 June 2020 (UTC)

• Delete - Fails WP:BASIC and WP:ANYBIO. Passing mention in online sources. Magnolia677 (talk) 21:42, 6 June 2020 (UTC)

Keep per User:Hawkeye7. Magnolia677 (talk) 17:33, 8 June 2020 (UTC)

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 23:08, 6 June 2020 (UTC)

• Delete Brevet (military) does not satisfy #2 of WP:SOLDIER and in any event he lacks WP:SIGCOV in multiple WP:RS. Mztourist (talk) 03:25, 7 June 2020 (UTC)
• Keep per WP:ANYBIO: The person has an entry in the Dictionary of National Biography or similar publication. The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography seems to meet this criterion. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 05:48, 7 June 2020 (UTC)

@Hawkeye7: I was only able to find this mention. Do you have a link? Thanks! Magnolia677 (talk) 08:50, 7 June 2020 (UTC)

Abert's entry is on p. 396 in that book. Kges1901 (talk) 17:21, 8 June 2020 (UTC)

• Weak keep yes there's an entry in The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography which almost definitely meets WP:ANYBIO; but I've always thought that particular encyclopedia rather weak sourcing wise and perhaps the lowest quality such publication. ("The most extensive, and least scholarly, of the major biographical sets...based on questionnaires completed by individuals or their families") Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 21:10, 9 June 2020 (UTC)
• Keep: The only thing better than a glass of Château Latour (2005)Everclear (2019, 190 proof) is references on articles. WP:NEXIST would likely be relevant here. -- Otr500 (talk) 21:44, 11 June 2020 (UTC)

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