Talk:Eckart-Wilhelm von Bonin

This page was proposed for deletion by K.e.coffman (talk · contribs) on 24 December 2016 with the comment:
#REDIRECT List of Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients (Bn–Bz) -- see Talk
It was contested by Dapi89 (talk · contribs) on 2016-12-27 with the comment:
reverted re-direct. Total exceeds all but the highest scoring Allied night fighter Pilots. Only a handful 9less than 10) Allied pilots surpassed 37 victories.

This page was proposed for deletion by K.e.coffman (talk · contribs) on 19 August 2017 with the comment:
Reverted to revision 756509517 by K.e.coffman (talk): Restore redirect; pls see Talk page. (TW)
It was contested by Pudeo (talk · contribs) on 2019-08-17 with the comment:
Reverted to revision 779194979 by 1840fourpence (talk): Notable topic, if disagree use AfD (TW)

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Does not meet WP:SOLDIER & sig RS coverage not found link. The first result is the best one, providing a few sentences, but this is not sufficient for notability.

Please also see a note at MilHist Talk Archives for background behind the redirect.

K.e.coffman (talk) 19:50, 24 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Reverted re-direct. Total exceeds all but the highest scoring Allied night fighter Pilots. Only a handful (less than 10) Allied pilots surpassed 37 victories. Dapi89 (talk) 12:58, 27 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Notability, take 2

Successful completion of missions (sorties flown, # of enemy aircraft shot down, etc) is not part of SOLDIER. A MilHist RfC on this topic has failed to gain consensus in May of 2017:

MilHist:RfC on the notability of flying aces.

Please also see a note at MilHist Talk Archives for background behind the redirect. In summary, per the outcome of the discussion at Notability:People on notability of Knight's Cross recipients: permalink, certain recipients were deemed non notable and WP:SOLDIER has been modified accordingly: diff. The articles of these recipients are being redirected to alphabetical lists. K.e.coffman (talk) 21:52, 19 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]