The result was speedy keep WP:SK#1. The nominator withdrew, and no delete !votes are present. (Non-administrator closure.) Northamerica1000 (talk) 20:29, 19 August 2013 (UTC) reply
A 1 sentence stub biography that doesn't tell us if the subject is alive/dead, without any sort of sourcing is not appropriate. Would have tagged with BLPPROD to force a sourcing (since the presumption is that a Biographical subject is living) but had to settle for PROD based on the fact that the article was created before the BLPPROD regime went into effect. Prodded on Unreferenced stub biography, but was deprodded by Necrothesp citing deprod; if he was a general then he is notable. Deprod did not address concern so now I'm calling the question as the article is so far below the minimum level for a Biography that we must delete until sources can materialize. I specifically note that a Unsourced template has been on this page since January 2008. Surely a source could have been found in over 5 years. Hasteur ( talk) 17:19, 19 August 2013 (UTC) reply
I withdraw this AfD. The purpose I had in mind of stimulating improvement to the article or deletion has been satisfied. Hasteur ( talk) 20:23, 19 August 2013 (UTC) reply
The result was speedy keep WP:SK#1. The nominator withdrew, and no delete !votes are present. (Non-administrator closure.) Northamerica1000 (talk) 20:29, 19 August 2013 (UTC) reply
A 1 sentence stub biography that doesn't tell us if the subject is alive/dead, without any sort of sourcing is not appropriate. Would have tagged with BLPPROD to force a sourcing (since the presumption is that a Biographical subject is living) but had to settle for PROD based on the fact that the article was created before the BLPPROD regime went into effect. Prodded on Unreferenced stub biography, but was deprodded by Necrothesp citing deprod; if he was a general then he is notable. Deprod did not address concern so now I'm calling the question as the article is so far below the minimum level for a Biography that we must delete until sources can materialize. I specifically note that a Unsourced template has been on this page since January 2008. Surely a source could have been found in over 5 years. Hasteur ( talk) 17:19, 19 August 2013 (UTC) reply
I withdraw this AfD. The purpose I had in mind of stimulating improvement to the article or deletion has been satisfied. Hasteur ( talk) 20:23, 19 August 2013 (UTC) reply