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The result was delete per WP:SNOW. Geschichte ( talk) 18:20, 25 January 2021 (UTC)
John W. Rankin
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Fails WP:SOLDIER. Lettler hello • contribs 15:26, 19 January 2021 (UTC)
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- Delete lacks SIGCOV in multiple RS necessary to pass WP:SOLDIER or WP:GNG. Mztourist ( talk) 15:44, 19 January 2021 (UTC)
- Delete nothing significant in sources. Intothat darkness 18:19, 19 January 2021 (UTC)
- Delete captaining a light cruiser on an uneventful journey from its point of being built to its new base is not a sign of notability. John Pack Lambert ( talk) 21:19, 19 January 2021 (UTC)
- Delete no credible claim of notability. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 22:27, 19 January 2021 (UTC)
- Delete. He... wow, is that really all he did? I thought I was misreading the article, but literally the only thing it says he did was captain the first launch of a boat which later happened to be involved in a famous event. How many laters of inherited notability is that? Not to speak ill of the man, but if this is the only thing we can find a source for him doing, there is no reason for the article to exist. jp× g 17:44, 21 January 2021 (UTC)
- Delete Not even close to notable if this is all he did. Smartyllama ( talk) 18:46, 21 January 2021 (UTC)
- Delete clearly not notable, no SIGCOV. Zawed ( talk) 08:45, 22 January 2021 (UTC)
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