Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/George Alexander (US Army soldier)
This was a difficult decision to make.  On the one hand,  a memorial, and having the misfortune of being the Nth person to die divisible by 1000 does not automatically make one notable.  So while I do not disagree with many of the reasons provided by those who wish to delete this article, I must dissent; this death has been widely covered by the media, http://news.google.com/ news.google.com returns over 1,000 articles which mention this specific person by name.  If the media decides to make this person a poster child for all of the other fallen soldiers in Iraq, then this person does become significantly notable, or notable enough that people may look to Wikipedia for additional information about this person.  I would liken this to the Natalee Holloway disappearance case; from a distance Natalee Holloway is one of 800,000 children who are reported missing each year, yet she is notable due to the mass news coverage she received.  It is too soon to tell if George Alexander will receive the same type of media attention that Holloway did, but nonetheless they are both notable because of the attention they received, thus my vote of support to include this article
— User:Hall, 17:59, 26 October 2005 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:NOT (Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not)