410:- The person who invented the criteria that to become notable a hero needs to be "awarded their nation's second-highest award for valour (such as the Navy Cross) multiple times" wasn't thinking right. Many of those who were awarded the second highest military decoration have later been awarded the Medal of Honor. The only difference being the name of the award, not the actions which made the person notable. Another thing, being the "first" to do X of any race or ethnicity, which in this case you specifically named in my "talk" page "Puerto Rican/Hispanic", makes that person notable and should not be omitted from this encyclopedia, as all to often has happened in our history books.
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of those who were awarded the second highest military decoration have later been awarded the Medal of Honor. The only difference being the name of the award, not the actions which made the person notable. Another thing, being the "first" to do X of any race or ethnicity, in this case you specifically name "Puerto Rican/Hispanic", makes that person notable and should not be omitted from this encyclopedia, as all to often has happened in our history books. I ask myself, what is the use of continuing in this project when after so many years the articles which have been created with hard work following the guidelines come under attack and are nominated for deletion?
706:- User:Letter and User:Mztourist seem to be supporting each other's delete nominations: one nominating the article for delete and the other user quickly agreeing to its deletion. I'll explain, (from what I've spotchecked) when User:Letter nominates the soldier article for deletion, Mztourist agrees on delete and vice versa. To nomination closer: If anything, remember that the delete is not a "count" vote. The two users agreeing on all deletion of specific soldier article nominations seems strange to me. --
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Really? So it is about the pages that I created and not what others have created? Let me tell you the person who invented the criteria that to become notable a hero needs to be "awarded their nation's second-highest award for valour (such as the Navy Cross) multiple times" wasn't thinking right. Many
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as non-notable as a WP essay? What is a WP essay if it isn't a piece of writing expressing an editor's personal POV with no oversight by a notable editorial board of SMEs nor peer-reviewed by experts qualified in the branch on knowledge in question? I frown upon arguments made based on WP essays as
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This isn't a well-sourced or well-written article, contrary to claims above. The article isn't even clear about the rank Mendez held when he won his DSC or the Bronze Stars. In fact, it seems more like a slight rework of the arlingtoncemetery.net post on him, which in turn claims to be from "a
841:. Oh, come on. This is a very well-written and well-sourced article about a decorated veteran who has a town square named after him. Clearly, he did something with his life, even if he's been dead for twenty years; have we really got nothing better to do with ours than argue about this?
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but unfortunately I don't have my copy to check anymore. Can anyone else confirm or deny? I am a little concerned that the article might closely paraphrase one of these sources (Pearson), though, so it would probably need attribution in the article with quotes etc if kept. Regards,
912:- going by the nominator's own criteria, the Essay on WP:SOLDIER, a soldier is notable if they "Played an important role in a significant military event such as a major battle or campaign; ..." which this soldier did - this soldier was involved in a counterattack of the notable
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The linked sources are all essentially the same article repackaged. I would support a keep if this article were reworked to focus more on his verifiable work with the education system (including sources that didn't read almost exactly the same).
315:- He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross (DSC) which is the United States Army's second highest military decoration, after the Medal of Honor, for soldiers who display extraordinary heroism in combat with an armed enemy force.
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I view this and the above AfD's as a sudden agenda of personal attacks on the articles which are about "Hispanic" war heroes. This never happened before and what is cited as a reason for the nominations is an essay not policy.
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