Talk:Regimental Pipes and Drums of The Calgary Highlanders

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Did you know... that the Regimental Pipes and Drums of The Calgary Highlanders mistakenly wore the Royal Stewart tartan until they arrived in England during World War II and were told to stop?

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Notability

I'm surprised, but pleased, there has not been a speedy deletion nomination for this article. The notability of the subject may be open to question, so let me state my case up front. I think the unique characteristics of military pipe bands may work in favour of keeping them as separate articles. In the case of the Canadian Forces, military pipe bands actually operated as their own units. They had their own Unit Identification Codes and district accounts and for all intents on purposes were separate entities unto themselves. I realize not every military unit in every army merits a Wikipedia article either, but in the case of this band, the community footprint is sufficient, I think (including not just standing in local competition, appearances in local community events, etc.), to justify inclusion of an article. If something so pedestrian as a local rapid rail transit station is sufficiently of interest to warrant its own Wikipedia article (see the articles on LRT stations of the Calgary transit system), surely the regimental band is sufficiently prominent in the fabric of the local community to also be considered at least as prominent or noteworthy. Certainly the Army thought the band important enough to grant Don Maxwell one of its greatest honours, admitting him to the Order of Military Merit, for his work with the band. If that doesn't signal some sort of notability, I'm not sure what does.Michael Dorosh^Talk 20:57, 29 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I think you're just putting ideas in people's heads by bringing up the question of non-notability :-). Seems perfectly fine to me, and a reasonable-sized article too. 81.187.153.189 (talk) 09:47, 2 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]