Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Charles G. Ridgeley
There is a biography in ''The Biographical Dictionary of America'' (s:Page:The Biographical Dictionary of America, vol. 09.djvu/112|wikisource) that mentions all of the above: his service under Preble in the First Barbary War, receipt of a sword (attached to the Congressional Gold Medal), service as a flag officer in the West Indies, service as Commandant of the Brooklyn Navy Yard, and service as a flag officer in Brazil.{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_e0UAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA4-PA4 |title=The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans |volume=IX |year=1904 |editor1-first=Rossiter |editor1-last=Johnson |editor1-link=Rossiter Johnson |editor2-first=John Howard |editor2-last=Brown |location=Boston |publisher=The Biographical Society |page=112}}{{cite book |url=https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:The_Biographical_Dictionary_of_America,_vol._09.djvu/112 |title=The Biographical Dictionary of America |volume=IX |year=1906 |editor1-first=Rossiter |editor1-last=Johnson |editor1-link=Rossiter Johnson |editor2-first=John Howard |editor2-last=Brown |location=Boston |publisher=The Biographical Society |page=112}} Besides my previous comment about #1 and #Military, that is also a case for notability under ANYBIO#3
— User:MarkH21, 09:57, 18 March 2021 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:ANYBIO||WP:OUTCOMES (Wikipedia:Notability)