Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bernd Dittrich


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The result was   delete. Tragic death, but aside from his death he didn't received significant coverage. Didn't pass WP:ATHLETE and WP:MEMORIAL applies. Fences &amp;  Windows  00:09, 12 December 2009 (UTC)

Bernd Dittrich

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Non-notable athlete. Does not pass WP:ATHLETE. While his death is tragic, it is not notable and Wikipedia is not a WP:MEMORIAL. Reywas92 Talk 23:06, 4 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep. Actually the main reason I created the page was based on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deaths_in_2009 listing where Bern Dittrich appeared as an entry for 11 November 2009 and stayed there as a red link for quite a while. When an entry for death of an individual stays there for almost a month without ever being challenged or deleted, it is an indication of its importance. He has also played in three different formations, in Vienna, in the States and in Vancouver, Canada werldwayd (talk) 06:22, 5 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Anyone can add an article to the Deaths list as long as there's an obit. I have complained about that on its talk page: not everything there is notable. I have multiple times deleted/challenged redlinks on that page, but its regulars claim pages should be there for a month once added, no matter how non-notable. Although the Vienna team may be semi-professional, high school and college playing sure as heck don't count. Just because someone dies and is listed there does not mean he passes notability. Reywas92 Talk  22:50, 5 December 2009 (UTC)


 * Weak Delete - Really? Almost a month? I thought there was a bot assigned to stop redlinks being added to these pages. Anyway, he still fails WP:ATHLETE. His death seemed to get some coverage, however, though I'm not sure if this is enough to assert his notability,  Lord Spongefrog,  (Talk to me, or I'll eat your liver!)  17:55, 5 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Weak delete per Lord Spongefrog. It would appear that he's only notable because of his death; sadly, Wikipedia is not a memorial. SMC (talk) 06:29, 6 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete. Not sufficiently notable as an athlete, and his death, while tragic, was not a genuinely notable one (cf. Jasper Howard), some news coverage notwithstanding.  --Glenfarclas (talk) 02:46, 10 December 2009 (UTC)
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