Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Nicholas Gresham Cooke

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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) –Davey2010^Talk 01:09, 28 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Nicholas Gresham Cooke

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Article appears to be about a WWII RAF pilot without indicating the person's notability. References appear to be only routine coverage. KDS4444^Talk 18:13, 21 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Military-related deletion discussions. Everymorning (talk) 21:07, 21 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Aviation-related deletion discussions. Everymorning (talk) 21:07, 21 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Keep: I hope I'm in the right place here to make a comment, this pilot is a decorated Royal Air Force flying ace who is rated as a double ace due to the number of aircraft he shot down. He is mentioned in a number of books and websites due to his achievements and was decorated for these. R44 Researcher1944 (talk) 21:23, 21 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Keep: G'day, I believe this one meets the requirements of the WP:GNG. As a flying ace, there is also likely to be more coverage than what is currently in the article. Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 23:14, 21 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Keep: Notable ace pilot, coverage in books as recently as 2012. Probably more coverage as stated above. Rainbow unicorn (talk) 03:27, 22 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: Please excuse me returning, I wrote the article, I'm a newbie here only active about 2 weeks. I just received "a cup of tea" from an editor for a near identical article, yet this one is being nominated for deletion ?? Respectfully I find this confusing. Wikipedia has a section for flying aces - as such I believe that these rare airmen are considered notable, Cooke is an "ace" as defined by Wikipedia and Allied Air Forces (ie: 5 victories to achieve the status), as such I believe he belongs in there, the fact that he is actually a "double ace" who was an ace and then achieved 5 more kills in one mission suggests that he is in fact a notable ace. The "aces" section has a large number of German aces and US aces but relatively few of other nationalities and I believe it might help to offer a more balanced selection for anybody working on school projects or similar.user:Researcher1944 420:19, August 22, 2015‎
Keep: BLPs don't come much more notable than this - and extremely well sourced. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 14:03, 22 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - subject clearly seems to have significant coverage in multiple reliable sources so looks notable to me per WP:GNG. Anotherclown (talk) 05:20, 23 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - And I recommend that this matter be closed soon. CoffeeWithMarkets (talk) 23:51, 24 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - notable per WP:GNG with multiple reliable sources. Skeet Shooter (talk) 02:49, 26 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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