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This page was tagged for speedy deletion because the subject was considered to be too obscure by someone. Well, this isn't an article about somebody's high school garage band, folks. Here are three reasons it should stay.

1. John Mapes Adams is himself not obscure. He received the Medal of Honor, and that makes him a recognized figure in American military history and a member of a very exclusive club. In fact, earning the MOH in the 20th Century was a very difficult task.

2. Virtually every single MOH recipient who has an article on Wikipedia is completely obscure except for his MOH. Take Lucian Adams, for instance. A brave and good man, no doubt, but if he had never destroyed those German machine gun positions, would he have an article on Wikipedia? For every MOH recipient who is also famous for many other deeds (like John Schofield) there are ten or a hundred who are famous only for their MOH.

3. If John Mapes Adams and other "only won an MOH" combatants are too obscure to be listed on wikipedia, why is he on the disambiguation page for "John Adams"? If a person is important enough to have a red link on a disambiguation page, they are important enough for us to turn that link blue.

ChrisClukey (talk) 02:56, 25 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed. This should never have been tagged for speedy deletion. ----Ðysepsion † ^{Speak your mind} 05:34, 25 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Was he any relation with Pres. John Adams? It takes something special to earn the MOH and any recipient should be included. It would be nice if there was a little more information about each of these soldiers, sailors, marines, airmen, etc. Jtyroler (talk) 05:02, 25 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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