Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/A Company

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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 Delete, without prejudice to someone being WP:BOLD and creating a redirect in line with any of the suggestions below (of course). Carlossuarez46 04:52, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] A Company

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While recently created as a stub, this article seems to have been created based on a misunderstanding. "Able" Company is the generic designated name for the first company in the first battalion of any given regiment during the Second World War. Assuming good faith, I believe the editor has mistaken "Able Company" to be a unique entity and identified it as the 116th Infantry Regiment (United States), with the only "source" being the computer game Company of Heroes, which is loosely based on the 116th Infantry Regiment, among others.

There are precedents for articles for individual companies, the most notable being E Company, 506th Infantry Regiment (United States), which has established notability through a book and television miniseries (Band of Brothers). However, A Company of the 116th Infantry Regiment does not have the same notability, which I believe fails WP:N Mention of A Company's contribution to the Omaha Beach landing is summarised in one sentence at Omaha_Beach#Infantry_landings, outside of which there appears to be no notability.

Should the article not be deleted, it will need to be distinguished from the countless other A Companies. Scottie_theNerd 09:19, 6 October 2007 (UTC)

  • Comment How about creating an article for 'Able Company' with the correct definition and redirecting this article there? Nick mallory 09:49, 6 October 2007 (UTC)
    • That only article that has such a page is Easy Company, and there's barely any reason for it to exist when the most notable E Company is E Company, 506th Infantry Regiment (United States). "Able Company" by itself fails WP:N, and there is little purpose in creating a general "definition" article. Also consider that Companies are, in theory, named all the way from A to Z. Should we be creating separate pages for these definitions? --Scottie_theNerd 11:26, 6 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete and redirect to company (military unit). It isn't even specifically American. --Dhartung | Talk 10:31, 6 October 2007 (UTC)
    • The military unit isn't specifically American, but the article was created to refer to the American unit that formed part of the 116th Infantry Regiment of the United States. There's little in common between this "Able Company" and company (military unit), so would a redirect be necessary? --Scottie_theNerd 11:26, 6 October 2007 (UTC)
      • Deletion normally means that the existing content of the article is obliterated. Thus any connection is based solely on the interpretation of the title alone. --Dhartung | Talk 23:55, 6 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete per nom. NASCAR Fan24(radio me!) 12:34, 6 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete, incorporate any necessary information to Omaha Beach and 116th Inf Regt articles. Buckshot06 18:07, 6 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Comment You are proposing a merger, which under the GFDL requires either merging the history or keeping a redirect. --Dhartung | Talk 23:55, 6 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete per nom. STORMTRACKER 94 18:37, 6 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete delete per nom. this isnt hard guys--NightRider63 02:00, 10 October 2007 (UTC)


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.