Talk:Nicholas Van Rensselaer (military figure)

Latest comment: 11 years ago by Kraxler in topic Still workable

Still workable edit

Reason not to delete: Still able to be expanded (not doing bad for an article only a couple weeks old. A typo where it reads captain should be Colonel.

JGVR (talk) 04:28, 8 January 2013 (UTC)Reply

Notability has not yet been established, see WP:SOLDIER. Please do not remove the tag before discussing the issue here. Kraxler (talk) 12:36, 9 January 2013 (UTC)Reply
Says Who? When a tag says I can remove it.... who are you to tell me otherwise?....JGVR (talk) 14:33, 9 January 2013 (UTC)Reply

The MOS that you are waving around says: "In particular, individuals will almost always have sufficient coverage to qualify if they: Played an important role in a significant military event; or Commanded a substantial body of troops in combat.... Do you not know that Colonels command troops in significant battles?....JGVR (talk) 14:51, 9 January 2013 (UTC)Reply

The article currently says nothing about the role of the subject in any battle. It states that he was there. Ok. But what did he do there? He commnanded a regiment (as a colonel), the rule states "For the purposes of these criteria, a "substantial body of troops" refers to a capital ship, a division or larger formation, or their historical equivalents." A regiment is a fraction of a division. So, just being a colonel is not notable. Kraxler (talk) 00:06, 10 January 2013 (UTC)Reply