Deletion of Henry Wheeler (signalman)

Comment: to Desert Island Discs. This person was not of sufficient rank to satisfy  and appears to only be known for having been a guest on this radio show. The only refs are regarding his appearance on the show, and as nom pointed out it's not enough to demonstrate that he existed at all. It might be somewhat notable within the premise of the radio show, but that's not article-worthy. If you spend a few minutes on Google you'll find a few forums where someone (possibly this article's creator) has gone to some effort to track down more information about Signalman Wheeler, but has turned up nothing besides what's here
Stance: merge
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:SOLDIER)

Comment: per Ivanvector. Doesn't meet  (significant coverage in multiple reliable sources) or even . This whole Desert Island Discs thingo is a bit of a stretch IMO. Several of the "guests" were marginally notable at best. With respect Gerda, your argument is , I'm afraid
Stance: merge
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:GNG||WP:SOLDIER||WP:OTHERSTUFF)

Comment: per BBC providing adequate grounds for notability, given the nature of other guests and the nature of the program itself.  Also, per , it is not easy to find material on "teh intranetz" about people who had their claim to fame almost 70 years ago, thus I consider it appropriate to give a nod to the indirect evidence of notability that appearing on a nationally-broadcast BBC program(me) implies.  (I also note, as an example, we have an article on Lawnchair Larry, an otherwise completely unnotable person who would no doubt have been forgotten once his 15 minutes of fame had ended were it not for "teh intranetz".  Certainly, without the internet, it would be hard to find evidence of his feat 70 years later by using traditional hardcopy sources
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Recentism (WP:RECENTISM)

Comment: to Desert Island Discs per Ivanvector, Peacemaker67 and EricSerge and Wikipedia:OTHERSTUFF. Doesn't  meet our basic notability standards per Wikipedia:Notability (people): "A person is presumed to be notable if he or she has received significant coverage in '''multiple published secondary sources which are reliable, intellectually independent of each other, and independent of the subject'''."  I don't understand how  (an opinion essay) applies and trumps our notability standards. Does seem very much like  at best
Stance: merge
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Recentism (WP:RECENTISM||WP:BIO1E)