Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Richard Dixon (USCG)
as discussed on the Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Military history#Independent ref question|MILHIST talk page to the article about the vessel which the subject will be the namesake of (USCGC Richard Dixon (WPC 1113)). The question here is notability. The subject has received coverage, but https://www.google.com/search?q=Richard+Dixon&aq=f&oq=Richard+Dixon&aqs=chrome.0.57j0l3j62l2.649&sugexp=chrome,mod=10&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#hl=en&safe=off&tbo=d&sclient=psy-ab&q=Coast+guard+%22Richard+Dixon%22&oq=Coast+guard+%22Richard+Dixon%22&gs_l=serp.3..0i30.3069.8154.1.8530.14.14.0.0.0.2.146.1263.12j2.14.0.les%3B..0.0...1c.1.Y0vwnhz1-zM&psj=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.&bvm=bv.41018144,d.cGE&fp=e43332cbcd29e018&biw=903&bih=430 mainly from sites connected to the service which he was in, so those would be considered |primary sources. The question arises that the subject has received ''significant coverage'' from those primary sources, but mainly passing mention from other sources. Moreover, the subject has received a notable award, so why does the subject not pass ? The reason for that is within the context of military notability, there are many awards (for instance the National Defense Service Medal is itself notable) however there has been a |consensus within the editing community that focuses on military history that only single awards of the highest medal for valor (such as the Victoria Cross or the Medal of Honor) or multiple awards of a second level medal for valor (such as the Air Force Cross (United States)|Air Force Cross or the Distinguished Conduct Star) would be considered notable within the military context; this is spelled out in . As the subject of this article has only been verified to have received the Coast Guard Medal twice, it is not sufficient for the subject to have an independent biography article. That being said the ship which will be named for him, will be considered notable per , and thus the content about the subject should be included in that future article
— User:RightCowLeftCoast, 06:32, 16 January 2013 (UTC)
Stance: merge
Cited policy: WP:PRIMARYSOURCE||WP:ANYBIO||WP:CON||WP:SOLDIER||WP:MILUNIT (Wikipedia:No original research)