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The result was Keep. —Quarl ^(talk) 2007-02-26 09:00Z

Ron Young[edit]

Reality tv cruft - not notable! MacRusgail 00:09, 22 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy keep multiple nontrivial sources. —siro χ o 00:49, 22 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep A quick perusal of Siroxo's Google News link indicates that Ron has multiple independent nontrivial sources related to his military career, making me question the amount of effort and research that went into the nominator's claim of "reality tv cruft". Maxamegalon2000 01:42, 22 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Merge not notable on his own, as far as I can tell. -- TomXP411^[Talk] 03:17, 22 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Notable from his capture in Iraq, his Company's story ran a lot. Was on CNN as a "special contributor" 2 months after his release, talking about POW capture. CNN transcript. Please at least do proper google searches. ConDem^Talk 04:23, 22 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Chigaco Sun Times article about him working for CNN. ConDem^Talk 04:33, 22 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Strong keep - notable both as a POW and as an Amazing Race competitor. Article does need some sources, however. Otto4711 04:31, 22 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Strong Delete A contestsant on a TV programme? not relevant and fails WP:NN.Telly addict^{Editor review!} 11:35, 22 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

And the multiple independent reliable sources that attest to his notability indicate to you that he fails WP:N how exactly? Otto4711 13:16, 22 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Strong keep based on the multiple sources on his military career. Just because he was on a reality TV show doesn't mean he can't be notable for anything else. Nomination not rooted in policy. - Mgm|^(talk) 12:24, 22 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete being a contestant in itself just doesn't hack it, nobody's going to care as the show recedes into the past. His other activities haven't been notable enough either. Noroton 14:06, 22 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep as notable. --evrik ^(talk) 14:45, 22 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - Reality TV aside, Young and his fellow POW from the 4/23/2003 Longbow crash were rescued at the same time as those from the captured 507th Maintenance Company convoy. The POW rescue was a HUGE news story for weeks. No one would argue that others from the same group of captives (particularly Jessica Lynch and Shoshana Johnson) are non-notable. Why would Young be? —xanderer 22:56, 22 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete or Technical Merge add anything relevant to American P.O.W.s in 2003 Iraq War. Not notable for being on a gameshow. - WeniWidiWiki 01:20, 23 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Strong Keep Horrible nomination, the nominator is just trying to prove a point by AFDing all relating show contestants. Like it or not, millions of people watch reality shows such as these, and as far as I know 'The Amazing Race' ranks very highly in searches on Wikipedia, meaning many people are interested in it. Not only is he notable for The Amazing Race, he's also notable for being a POW. Enough said ;) --IvanKnight69 12:03, 23 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Strong keep - Is notable and within policy. Prester John 19:20, 23 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Notable, meets WP:BIO. - Denny 05:59, 24 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Strong Keep Article is well sourced with multiple nontrivial sources. Ron Young is a notable person who was made famous for being a POW in the Iraqi war and then a Amazing race contestant. -- Esemono 01:37, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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