Talk:Mike Osborn

Contested deletion
This page should not be speedy deleted as an unambiguous copyright infringement, because... (your reason here) --Buzz26693 (talk) 17:25, 28 February 2012 (UTC) Due to the nature of events, and the high number of objective keywords, peoples and place names required for this article, there is essentially no way to adequately re-word the article to convey the required information without automatic detection of copyright infringement on the Telegraph obituary due to the nature of the word similarity check.

The article predominantly consists of objective place names and individuals. Meaning it is always going to bear a significant degree of similarity.

Copyright violation
The bulk of the article was a blatant copyright violation of two sources, from the The Telegraph and The Yorkshire Post - it was almost all just copied directly from the two sources. Removing the copyvio material has left it as just a stub and I've removed the photo too, which was copied from The Telegraph and is currently up for deletion -- Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 19:40, 28 February 2012 (UTC)

Facts out of sync
The main claim of notability of Osborn appears to be his role in the arrest of Heinrich Himmler, but the facts presented here (and in Osborn's Telegraph obituary ) do not appear to jibe with the generally accepted story of Himmler's capture.

In Osborn's obituary, Himmler is said to have surrendered to British forces under an assumed name, and have been identified by Osborn, whereas in other accounts, Himmler was captured disguised as a Sergeant (carrying ID papers for one "Heinrich Hitzinger") but was recognized by one Karl Kaufmann, a German ex-Gauleiter, or by Arthur Britton, a British soldier.

Can anyone clear up the disconnect? WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 19:43, 1 March 2012 (UTC)

I personally knew this man, albeit vaguely. The official Heinrich Himmler article states an officer named Major Sidney Excel arrested Himmler. Though, there is not one citation to back this up.

As for the former copyright violation claim, this should now have been fixed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 137.73.126.61 (talk) 15:38, 13 March 2012 (UTC)

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