Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Coalition forces killed in Iraq in 2006 (second nomination)
This is clearly a a topic which "''|has received significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject;''" http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2003/iraq/forces/casualties/ CNN, for instance, and http://news.google.com/archivesearch?q=coalition+forces+killed+in+iraq&btnG=Search+Archives&ie=UTF-8&oe=utf-8&um=1 thousands of news reports. I also note that the nominator says "''It has no encyclopaedic content other than a big long list of names and ranks''"; considering that this article consists nearly entirely of "a big long list of names and ranks" (with a couple of external links for sourcing), then this is basically an admission that this entire article '''is''' encyclopedic. Also, note that the original AfD closure said that '''if''' this article is transwiki'd, it should be renominated to see if there is consensus to delete. The fact that no transwiki has taken place means nothing has changed since the original nomination, so there is no reason to delete. OT#MEMORIAL says "''Subjects of encyclopedia articles must be notable besides being fondly remembered.''" The subject of this article, "Coalition forces killed in Iraq" is notable. Individual articles about otherwise non-notable individuals who were killed in Iraq would violate OT#MEMORIAL, but this article does not. Furthermore, this is not a copyright violation, as mere lists of facts such as this do not have sufficient creative authorship to be eligible for copyright
— User:DHowell, 02:53, 7 August 2007 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:N||WP:NOT||WP:NOT (Wikipedia:Notability)