Deletion of Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright (1821-1863)

Comment: The sources are old because this is history now.  But notability does not expire because we are an encyclopedia with a historical perspective, not a news source focussing on |recent events.  See , "''Notability is not temporary; once a topic has been the subject of "significant coverage" in accordance with the general notability guideline, it does not need to have ongoing coverage
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Recentism (WP:RECENTISM||WP:NTEMP)

Comment: per . He came from a very distinguished military family, but he himself did not reach a high rank, perform any noteworthy feat or receive a single decoration. ''The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography'' has three sentences about him. He receives one page in ''Officers of the Army and the Navy (regular) who Served in the Civil War'', but so do Musical Director John Y. Taylor, Commander Silas Wright Terry and a whole slew of others who don't merit articles
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Arguments to avoid in deletion discussions (WP:NOTINHERITED)

Comment: anything useful to the ship article. Not notable in a military sense, and appears to not meet . Cheers
Stance: merge
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:GNG)

Comment: without prejudice to merge to a Wainwright family article about the four generations of U.S. Navy officers of the same name.  While I believe that the subject officer satisfies the minimum criteria of the general notability guidelines per , given the brevity of available content about the subject, he may be better covered in the context of a combined article about him and his navy namesakes
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:GNG)