Deletion of Francisco Mercado Jr.

Comment: fails  and , nothing notable about parachuting from a plane in WWII
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:SOLDIER||WP:GNG)

Comment: A nomination using the  essay as a delete criteria? Since when do we make delete decisions based on an  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 if they were anything more than someone's desperate attempt to make his/her views known at WP after failing to get his/her ideas approved by the community at large and after failing to get those ideas into one of WP's 
Stance: comment
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:NSOLDIER||WP:SPS||WP:PG)