Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jonathan Yale
Wikipedians have not come into an agreement into what constitutes notability for soldiers.  states we should check  but that page is an essay rather than a guideline. Regardless, the essay states we should consider whether the soldier received the second highest award a nation can confer. This is the case for Yale who received the Navy Cross. Looking at what we do rather than what we should or should not, one notices that it's quite common to host articles for Navy Cross recipients as we have a standalone category for them: :Category:Recipients of the Navy Cross (United States). The category hosts more than 680 articles. Picking one randomly, such as Edward H. Ahrens, we notice it's common in Wikipedia to host articles for soldiers that only detail the event related to the award. Yale differentiates himself from the rest as it's likely that his Navy Cross will be "upgraded" to a Medal of Honor in the future. As our guidelines are not clear it's difficult to assess whether Yale deserves an article on its own. However, when looking at the number of references provided and their time horizon once notices that Yale's notability extends throughout the years: he has been covered in 2008, 2009, 2011, and 2014. Even in 2015 he is still casually mentioned by local press http://www.wrenthamtimes.com/wrentham/2015/05/what-memorial-day-is-about-a-simple-reminder.html and by other organizations http://www.bucknellbison.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=32100&ATCLID=209972342. &mdash
— User:Ahnoneemoos, 03:33, 30 September 2015 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:PEOPLE||WP:SOLDIER (Wikipedia:Notability)