Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Robley Rex

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result was keep. (non-admin closure) Ron Ritzman (talk) 01:31, 9 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Robley Rex[edit]

I'm nominating this article as I don't believe that Rex is notable for anything other than having been one of the longest surviving WWI vets, now he has passed away, surely he is no longer notable for this? I realise that nominating a recently deceased man may seem a little cold, but even his volunteer work, while commendable, is hardly notable. Fol de rol troll (talk) 14:15, 2 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Keep We have the following List of last living war veterans, Last surviving United States war veterans, List of surviving veterans of World War I and List of last surviving World War I veterans by country, and many of the people on those lists have articles. Dan D. Ric (talk) 14:36, 2 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Actually I did not create the article as the nom as suggested, but I as a contributor do have a say in this. Keep per Dan D. Ric. Willking1979 (talk) 14:39, 2 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. I don't think that just having those lists is reason enough to keep, it doesn't answer the questions of notability. To be honest, it makes me more likely to nominate the lists for deletion too. Fol de rol troll (talk) 15:01, 2 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep: as per Dan D. Ric's cogent argument. [email protected] (talk) 17:44, 2 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Military-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 20:12, 2 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 20:12, 2 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. We have a number of articles about the longest surviving war veterans, who tend to be pretty well-known people for that reason. -- Necrothesp (talk) 22:49, 2 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Plenty of sources and being notable as one of the last surviving veterans does not change just because you died. Edward321 (talk) 22:52, 2 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep So he died. Before he did he was the longest surviving veteran and even now he did, the record still stands. He also did plenty of other stuff as mentioned in the article and there is sufficient biographic info to cover him. - Mgm|^(talk) 12:10, 3 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Just to clarify something factual: Robley Rex was NOT a World War I veteran; he was a World War I-ERA veteran. Most of the sources have realized this and corrected it, but the United States government recognizes Frank Buckles as having been the sole-surviving American veteran of that conflict since Harry Richard Landis died. Rex has no evidence to prove that he was in any way part of the United States Army before the Armistice. I don't know if that changes anyone's opinion, but it should be stated. Finally, please keep in mind that "other stuff exists" is not an acceptable argument to use in a deletion debate per WP:WAX, so anyone who's keep vote is based off of Dan D. Ric's comments may wish to elaborate a different reason for their support of this article, because these types of arguments are often ignored by the closing admin. As for me, I'm remaining undecided on this one. Cheers, CP 21:25, 3 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Keeping this article serves the greater purpose of freely sharing information in an encyclopedic form that isn't served by another resource. For the record, I did not create this article as the nom has suggested. Spacini (talk) 00:40, 4 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. His only relevant attribute is longevity. What's notable about that? WWGB (talk) 13:00, 7 May 2009 (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.