Talk:List of Delta Force members

Latest comment: 1 year ago by Srich32977 in topic WP Notable requirement for inclusion

Redlinked names - Delta and SEALs

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The contents of this page and List of United States Navy SEALs are vulnerable to redlinking. This has been a problem for many years, even though both articles have editor comments about non-notable names. Many of these warriors really should have WP articles because they are WP:Notable. Wikipedia editing guidance WP:RED says "Add red links to articles to indicate that a page will be created soon or that an article should be created for the topic because the subject is notable and verifiable [emphasis added]." Okay, we also have the guidance in WP:LISTPEOPLE. When we enforce a blue-link notability requirement for a list of people we avoid the problem of cluttering up the list with narrative about notability and the supporting citations for the narrative. That material belongs in the individual articles, not in these lists. In other words, interested editors should WP:WTAF. (This comment is also posted on the SEAL-list talkpage) – S. Rich (talk) 22:09, 7 December 2022 (UTC)Reply

List

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Here is a list of the removed red-linked names, should anyone wish to create an article about any of them;

There may be other removed names found in the page history. - wolf 04:49, 8 December 2022 (UTC)Reply

References

  1. ^ "FORT BENNING U.S. Army Fort Benning and The Maneuver Center of Excellence Ranger Hall of Fame". Archived from the original on 2022-02-23. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch; 2022-02-24 suggested (help)
  2. ^ "Pete Blaber".
  3. ^ "DISTINGUISHED MEMBER OF THE SPECIAL FORCES REGIMENT Lewis H. Burruss Jr" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-09-16.
  4. ^ "ON THIS DAY, OCTOBER 3, 1993, BATTLE OF MOGADISHU (BLACK HAWK DOWN)". sofrep.co. 3 October 2017. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  5. ^ "Proposal to honor Portage war hero 25 years after his death". wkow.com. 11 February 2019. Retrieved March 12, 2022.
  6. ^ "J. Dunbar". stripes.com. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  7. ^ "Legendary Special Operations Leader Among Those Receiving New Awards for Battle of Mogadishu". Retrieved December 20, 2021.
  8. ^ "JSOC's former top enlisted soldier is one of 60 'Black Hawk Down' award upgrades". Retrieved December 5, 2021.
  9. ^ "Congress authorizes Medal of Honor for 5 soldiers and awards upgrade for 4 Black Hawk Down troops". Retrieved December 29, 2021.
  10. ^ "SFC Earl Robert Fillmore, Jr. | in Memoriam | Mogadishu Memories – Our Memories of Somalia".
  11. ^ Paul D. Shinkman (October 25, 2016). "Thomas Greer, aka 'Dalton Fury,' Elite Commando-Turned Author Dies". usnews.com. Retrieved October 18, 2020.
  12. ^ https://special-ops.org/kevin-holland-served-in-seal-team-6-delta-force/
  13. ^ https://www.unitedtalent.com/speaker/kevin-holland/
  14. ^ "This 'Black Hawk Down' special operator is still fighting, but on a different front". February 22, 2022. Retrieved October 18, 2021.
  15. ^ "Army Delta Force sergeant major dies during free-fall parachute training". Retrieved August 3, 2018.
  16. ^ "Special operations soldier dies in parachute accident". Archived from the original on 12 March 2022. Retrieved March 12, 2022.
  17. ^ "Distinguished Member of the Special Forces Regiment Sergeant First Class Eulis A. Presley" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-07-16. Retrieved July 13, 2017.
  18. ^ "DISTINGUISHED MEMBER OF THE SPECIAL FORCES REGIMENT Sergeant Major Walter L. Shumate" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-07-16. Retrieved December 29, 2016.
  19. ^ "Congress authorizes Medal of Honor for 5 soldiers and awards upgrade for 4 Black Hawk Down troops". armytimes.com. Retrieved December 24, 2021.
  20. ^ "Command Sergeant Major William F. Thetford". defense.gov. Archived from the original on 10 February 2022. Retrieved December 29, 2021.
  21. ^ Brad Thomas (April 17, 2020). "A Delta Operator Transitions from War to Music". havokjournal.com. Retrieved October 18, 2020.
  22. ^ "Brad Thomas: Rock Star and Delta Force". sofrep.com. 10 April 2021. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  23. ^ "SGM Dennis E. Wolfe". goordnance.army.mil. 31 October 2020. Archived from the original on 31 October 2020. Retrieved 23 February 2022.

WP Notable requirement for inclusion

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This list, and the SEAL list, contains in-line editor comments about the need for WP:Notability to be included. The editing rationales are manifold -- WP:5P1 is the starting point. When we limit the inclusion criteria we keep the list simple and useful for the reader. We avoid a clutter of references. (Such reference usually have little purpose other than to justify a non-notable name inclusion.) "Non-notable" Deltas (and SEALS) may have WP:NOTEWORTHY sources which document their lives and careers, but those sources do not overcome the need to WP:WTAF. This is simply a list article, not a listing of Deltas who have some (or more} mention in news media. – S. Rich (talk) 02:31, 15 December 2022 (UTC)Reply