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The result was Delete. Michig (talk) 08:00, 20 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hank Bergman (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log · Stats)

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Fails WP:MILNG and WP:BIO. Vanity article written exclusively by Bergman SPAs. Coverage is either passing mentions or local in his hometown and in the town where he lived for most of his life (and where his son had lots of newspaper connections), and even then mostly obits or military mentions for minor medals.

Had two very improperly closed and messy AfDs in 2008: The first was closed after less than one day(!) by an involved non-admin with the rationale "there are too many improper AfD nominations from the same author. They should be listed in one AfD": [1]. So the nominator re-nominated in a bulk nomination along with Sherman Bergman, and that was closed in less than 5.5 days by a non-admin even though there were duplicate !votes, SPA !votes, and many of the !votes were actually about the Sherman Bergman article instead of this article: [2]. Softlavender (talk) 05:47, 13 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

• NOTE: Article was entirely created by a Bergman SPA sock farm (both registered and IP):

This article was entirely created by a Bergman SPA sock farm, who edited exclusively on Sherman Bergman and his father Hank Bergman, and any other article they could stick either of those names into:

• FranciscoFWPerez (talk · contribs) (414 edits to Sherman Bergman, 32 edits to Hank Bergman)
• Legwarmers1980 (talk · contribs) (320 edits to Sherman Bergman, 165 edits to Hank Bergman)
• DavidToma (talk · contribs) (230 edits to Sherman Bergman, 13 edits to Hank Bergman)
• CliffHarper (talk · contribs) (12 edits to Sherman Bergman, 3 edits to Hank Bergman)
• Lennybaker (talk · contribs) (26 edits to Sherman Bergman, 2 edits to Hank Bergman)
• Kikiloveslegwarmers (talk · contribs) (12 edits to Sherman Bergman, 1 edit to Hank Bergman)
• 216.199.194.237 (18 edits to Sherman Bergman, 5 edits to Hank Bergman)
• 4.234.102.75 (6 edits to Hank Bergman)
• 4.234.102.16 (2 edits to Hank Bergman)
• 4.234.99.64 (1 edit to Sherman Bergman, 2 edits to Hank Bergman)
• 4.234.57.22 (4 edits to Sherman Bergman, 10 edits to Hank Bergman)

• All of the IP socks from 2006–2008 geolocate to Wichita, as does this clear talk-page posting by Bergman SPA sock DavidToma logged out in September 2008: [3]. All of the IP socks from 2009–present geolocate to Miami (where Hank Bergman lived for the last 60+ years of his life, and his son Sherman Bergman's hometown).

• Between 2009 and 2014 Bergman SPA sockpuppet Legwarmers1980 uploaded 44 images and newspaper clippings referring to Hank Bergman and Sherman Bergman to Flickr: the Flickr account ID tag is "legwarmers1980", and the Flickr account is exclusively devoted to Hank Bergman and his son Sherman Bergman: [4]. These Flickr uploads by Legwarmers1980 constitute 15 of the 25 citations in this Wikipedia article.

-- Softlavender (talk) 05:51, 13 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete. It appears that a Silver Star medal is the primary argument for notability, however, the guideline at WP:SOLDIER does not list the Silver Star, only the highest level medals. More than 100,000 soldiers have been given the Silver Star, so that's not really a good argument for notability. Binksternet (talk) 08:24, 13 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete. Vanity article by Sherman Bergman socks, per Softlavender. Agree it does not meet WP:MILNG or WP:MILPEOPLE, as decorations are only of service medal and campaign medal types. Nor does subject even meet WP:GNG. I was reviewing this article for possible deletion before this nomination. X4n6 (talk) 23:02, 13 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Military-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 14:46, 15 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete Non notable. TomStar81 (Talk) 16:07, 15 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete Per nomination. EricSerge (talk) 16:57, 15 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete. Only claim to fame is being awarded a third-level gallantry decoration. NN. -- Necrothesp (talk) 15:41, 16 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete As above.Peter Rehse (talk) 14:42, 19 March 2016 (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.