Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Roy Cobb

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The result was delete. Kurykh (talk) 00:58, 15 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Roy Cobb

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Roy Cobb was a soldier in E Company, 506th Infantry Regiment (United States) who never rose above the rank of private, who was never awarded a decoration (except a Purple Heart), and who never did anything on the record remarkable after being discharged from the Army. He fails WP:SOLDIER and WP:GNG Jim in Georgia Contribs Talk 00:53, 5 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Military-related deletion discussions. Jim in Georgia Contribs Talk 00:57, 5 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Biography-related deletion discussions. Jim in Georgia Contribs Talk 00:57, 5 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. It's not as a private in the army that the person is notable, but as a character in major TV series Band of Brothers. --do ncr am 04:28, 5 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - Not convinced he meets WP:GNG. Most search results seem to be wikis, forum posts or user reviews. Not very much from major secondary sources at all. PriceDL (talk) 06:54, 5 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - not notable for stand alone article; brief mention of him in the BOB article is the proper placement; otherwise, trivial. Kierzek (talk) 20:51, 5 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to Band_of_Brothers_(miniseries)#Cast_and_characters where the subject is mentioned; not independently notable. K.e.coffman (talk) 21:03, 5 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: It's important, I think, to distinguish between the real men and their fictional representations in the HBO series. "Roy Cobb" in episode four of the series criticizes a replacement for his authorized wearing of a Presidential Unit Citation. There is nothing in the Ambrose book to support that event. The script writers needed a bad boy and they found one in Cobb.--Jim in Georgia Contribs Talk 01:47, 6 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - Nothing I can see that makes him more noteworthy than any of the thousands of guys who served. MilborneOne (talk) 18:37, 11 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - As written, the article is about the real life person, and not about the character in the mini-series. Either, however, does not meet notability criteria. Onel5969 ^{TT me} 15:54, 13 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Non-notable soldier, with an unexceptional list of medals. I thought of recommending a redirect to Band of Brothers (miniseries) - but, that article suggests that the TV series took the name and fictionalised the man. Not notable as a person, not notable as a fictional character, insulting to his memory if fictionalised. Narky Blert (talk) 00:57, 14 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per Narky Blert. The real man was not notable, and the fictional portrayal is unflattering, to say the least. Bearian (talk) 18:20, 14 March 2017 (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.