Talk:Roderick Wetherill

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Roderick Wetherill, Jr. notability and merger discussion (cut and paste from Talk:Roderick Wetherill, Jr.)

Whis is this guy notable?--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 18:26, 17 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

He's notable from the WP:MILHIST because of his multiple medals in Vietnam War - US bronze Star and a merit from the Republic of Suth Vietnam, amongst others. He passes WP:GNG for having multiple good sources that address him directly. Bearian (talk) 19:31, 17 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I would disagree, three of the references are for his attendance at West Point (most university's publish the same details on alumni) and the fourth was a mention in his father obituary. Jim Sweeney (talk) 12:07, 18 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Proposal: should we merge this one into his father's article? Bearian (talk) 19:15, 19 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Nope, still not notable. We don't add articles about non-notable/famous sons of notable parents. The US gave out tens of thousands of Bronze Stars in Vietnam, so that doesn't count. I'd add a single sentence about how the son followed the father into the Army, but that's as far as I'd be willing to go.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 19:48, 19 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Well, actually, it's fairly common outcome after WP:AfD to merge, selectively, information about less notable children into their parents' articles. Also, "Rick" (Jr.) won other significant medals from both South Vietnam and USA's DOD. Honestly, I made the separate articles so that when looking for sources, I could place each source in different articles. Now I see that the son is only marginally notable, and I'll start the process of "smerging" this article into the other. Bearian (talk) 21:58, 19 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]