Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Maryland National Guard Recruiting Medal

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was redirect to Maryland Military Department. As the current redirect target of Maryland National Guard. Sourced content can be merged from history. Sandstein 20:00, 26 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Maryland National Guard Recruiting Medal

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This does not appear to be a notable award. I have been unable to find any sources establishing its notability. Rusf10 (talk) 22:10, 10 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Military-related deletion discussions. Rusf10 (talk) 22:10, 10 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. Rusf10 (talk) 22:10, 10 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Maryland-related deletion discussions. Rusf10 (talk) 22:10, 10 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. I would consider that any medals awarded by state authorities are notable. -- Necrothesp (talk) 13:26, 12 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
- Well, maybe you do, but we don't have a policy that does. Please provide a policy-based reason.--Rusf10 (talk) 16:18, 12 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  - I have provided an opinion, which is perfectly sufficient at AfD. Per WP:IAR (a policy!), common sense (e.g. state awards are notable) overrides dogma in our attempts to create an encyclopaedia. -- Necrothesp (talk) 11:15, 14 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    - So why not just cite WP:ILIKEIT? Because you don't have a valid reason to keep.--Rusf10 (talk) 14:07, 14 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Delete lacks SIGCOV in multiple RS to meet WP:GNG. Mztourist (talk) 09:00, 13 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Missvain (talk) 02:03, 18 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Merge and redirect - Merge anything of value and redirect to Maryland National Guard as an alternatives to deletion. Missvain (talk) 02:04, 18 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Unsourced, not notable. Fails WP:GNG - there, a policy for you. Best Alexandermcnabb (talk) 12:47, 18 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Delete as it is unsourced and not notable. The fact that it is unsourced and can't be verifiable should be grounds for deletion. Use of WP:IAR is inapplicable as we can't have articles that can't adhere to WP:V. SunDawn (talk) 09:00, 19 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Delete we would need multiple sources to show that this is notable. We have none at all. Not every single medal given out by national guard state units is notable.John Pack Lambert (talk) 15:27, 20 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Merge if not Keep, to Maryland National Guard. (we're deleting medals now?) - wolf 03:30, 21 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Delete can't find a single reliable source with significant coverage (t · c) buidhe 05:04, 21 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Merge and redirect - Merge into Maryland National Guard which itself, though notable, is a very weak piece. The thing exists. For example, Major General Linda L. Singh, ARNG who has quite a few "hits" including on Wikipedia: Linda L. Singh even though the list of awards there needs updating. Others Command Sergeant Major James M. Nugent, Major General James A. Adkins. Yep, only Maryland N.G. personnel but there are mentions of the award as minor as it may be and some reader of those might want to know a bit more. Palmeira (talk) 12:15, 21 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Merge and redirect as proposed above. This is, at best, a local award. Intothat darkness 16:56, 21 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.