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The result was keep. Not going to have any other result, and Wikipedia is not a mindless bureaucracy. The Bushranger _{One ping only} 01:18, 25 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Herbert Cecil Potter[edit]

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No reason why this guy should be regarded as notable: commanding a brigade not enough in and of itself for notability. Delete. Bristolbottom (talk) 17:50, 21 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Comment I note that the nominator has only been an editor since 30 August 2014, and from this and other nominations for Afd, seems to lack a sufficient understanding of the notability guidelines. I also note that all, or almost all, of the nominator's edits relate to deletion requests. --Bejnar (talk) 07:43, 22 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
- All these nominated pages were created by User:MJT21, which indicates a possible WP:COI.--114.81.255.40 (talk) 12:30, 22 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Potter was a Brigadier-General, and was awarded both the CMG and the DSO. Seems to meet WP:SOLDIER. --Bejnar (talk) 07:43, 22 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. A general, which clearly meets WP:SOLDIER. Recipient of the CB and CMG, which clearly meets WP:ANYBIO #1. Getting a bit fed up with this editor's scattergun nomination of people who clearly meet our notability guidelines. --

Note: This debate has been included in the list of United Kingdom-related deletion discussions. Necrothesp (talk) 12:13, 22 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Military-related deletion discussions. Necrothesp (talk) 12:13, 22 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 13:56, 22 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Being a general officer is no small thing, and project consensus is that the rank confers notability; while each individually might not be enough, the CB, DSO, and CMG together with his rank should establish his notability. —innotata 04:22, 23 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
~~Keep~~ per Innotata and Necrothesp. See my comment above regarding the nomination. --Bejnar (talk) 06:03, 24 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per Bejnar (who appears to have !voted twice). Unless consensus changes, we keep war heroes and generals. Bearian (talk) 16:08, 24 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@Bearian: Ah, you're right, I have stricken the second. (Although Afd is not a voting and tallying process.) --Bejnar (talk) 16:21, 24 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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