Talk:Thomas Schäfer

absolvieren
Thank you. That is very embarrassing. I was thinking absolvieren and ended up with absolving in English, which I never would have written. I think I was the victim of autocorrection, but in checking the edit later I was distracted by some later changes and missed it. Jmar67 (talk) 22:54, 29 March 2020 (UTC)
 * You're welcome, always. Working together and correcting each others' small mistakes is what makes the wiki so successful. Cheers --RexxS (talk) 23:04, 29 March 2020 (UTC)
 * You're welcome, always. Working together and correcting each others' small mistakes is what makes the wiki so successful. Cheers --RexxS (talk) 23:04, 29 March 2020 (UTC)

Died because of COVID-19
His name is listed on List of deaths from the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic. Are we sure that he committed suicide because of stress related to the pandmemic? Iamreallygoodatcheckers (talk) 05:38, 30 March 2020 (UTC)
 * , we're not sure how he died at all. Because no autopsy has been performed yet. Police are in the business of speculating and collecting evidence about the cause of things, but per WP:BDP we can't label this cause of death as anything until we have concrete details from an actually reliable source. All the news is reporting is speculation. He is not eligible for categories, infobox fields, or prose that suggests a cause of death has been determined, until it is officially and definitively determined. OK? Thanks. Elizium23 (talk) 06:21, 30 March 2020 (UTC)


 * He should not be in that list. Pure speculation. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:36, 6 April 2020 (UTC)


 * Have notable others speculated? Eg “State governor Volker Bouffier linked Schaefer’s death to the virus crisis”. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-29/death-of-german-finance-official-linked-to-virus-crisis
 * Have any others? —SmokeyJoe (talk) 08:56, 6 April 2020 (UTC)


 * If he did die from stress related to dealing with the disease in his official capacity, would this category be valid? The list is for people who have died from the disease itself. Jmar67 (talk) 09:24, 6 April 2020 (UTC)


 * Same for me. + even if a Ministerpräsident speculates it's speculation. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:30, 6 April 2020 (UTC)