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The result was keep. WP:SNOW. The Bushranger _{One ping only} 01:18, 25 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Henry Cecil Prescott[edit]

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Delete: absolutely no reason to regard this guy as notable. Relatively low ranking commissioned officer, with no other claim to notability. Delete. Bristolbottom (talk) 17:55, 21 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. As a holder of both the CMG and CIE, clearly meets WP:ANYBIO #1. Also head of the police in Iraq, which obviously makes him notable. Getting a bit fed up with this editor's scattergun nomination of people who clearly meet our notability guidelines. --

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Keep No valid reason for deletion. I suspect the nominator hasn't read WP:GNG, WP:BIO or WP:SOLDIER before nomination.--114.81.255.40 (talk) 14:57, 22 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Keep, encyclopedic and educational page on this person who is no longer alive. — Cirt (talk) 00:29, 23 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Keep I'm not sure the CMG and CIE are prestigious enough to automatically confer notability. However, the article establishes that he was Inspector of Police in Iraq—in charge of the police forces of a large independent country—which I would think would be an important enough post to establish his notability, even if the present stub doesn't get into the details. —innotata 04:15, 23 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
- We have always held that the CBE or higher is sufficient for notability. Having two such awards is even greater confirmation of notability. -- Necrothesp (talk) 10:18, 23 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  - Are there any past discussions, or any explanations anyone's made of why that's so? Bristolbottom has nominated a lot of people who are pretty borderline, unless honors such as CMG/CIE are enough by themselves. —innotata 20:56, 23 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
    - Why would it be puzzling? Not that many awards at this level are given out. If one is considered notable enough to receive one by the British Government then is it really too much of a stretch to grant them notability on the minor celebrity and pop culture fest that is Wikipedia? These are people who have been acknowledged for genuinely doing something, not just being alive, looking good and being swooned over by airheads, as with so many of our article subjects! All these people also have entries in Who Was Who, incidentally, and for good reason. Yes, this has been established in a number of AfDs in the past, but to my mind it is simple common sense that these awards constitute a significant honour as per WP:ANYBIO. -- Necrothesp (talk) 21:52, 23 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per Necrothesp, who is correct in saying that CIE and CMG satisfy criteria 1 of WP:ANYBIO. James500 (talk) 06:38, 23 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Clearly the new editor (first edit 30 August 2014) who made this nomination, and twenty others, is unfamiliar with the notability guidelines. Keep per Necrothesp and innotata. --Bejnar (talk) 05:59, 24 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - he was in Who's Who and got the Order of St Michael and St George. While not automatically notable, all the facts and sources lean towards notability. Bearian (talk) 16:02, 24 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Keep-This guy seems pretty notable IMO just reading about him. Wgolf (talk) 22:15, 24 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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