Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bodo Sandberg


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The result was   keep. (non-admin closure) Armbrust, B.Ed. Let's talk about my edits? 12:59, 10 January 2012 (UTC)

Bodo Sandberg

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No indications of notability. This article appears to be based entirely on a memoir written by the subject's son and self-published on webs.com. WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 23:03, 3 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Comment Found a mention on Google Books and one in NRC Handelsblad (behind paywall). Not conclusive though to show notability. SpeakFree (talk)(contribs) 23:15, 3 January 2012 (UTC)
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 * Keep. I don't really understand this nomination: there is plenty of indication of notability. Sure, the article is a memorial and needs to be rewritten; it is unsourced and needs to be sourced. But he looks like a war hero to me, and the Dutch don't have many of them. The "Vliegerkruis" is the Airman's Cross (snippet here), and they couldn't have handed out many of them for actions during World War II, considering that the Dutch Airforce consisted of a couple of Fokkers and a dozen bicycles. I have no doubt sources can be found, and I'll try to find them. Drmies (talk) 14:39, 4 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep. I found a 950 word obituary in NRC Handelsblad, a major Dutch newspaper, which should establish notability. It's 28th October 1998, p.20. Unfortunately I can't add it because I don't speak Dutch. Scratch that, he appears to be the author of the NRC article, not the subject!--Eklektikos (talk) 00:17, 5 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep. Just have a look at his medals, several of them are from other countries then the Netherlands. Today was decided to keep the article on the Dutch Wiki. Dqfn13 (talk) 09:47, 5 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep I actually saw this article at new page patrol and decided not to do anything about it, not knowing enough in this area, although the article was clearly problematic. Since then, it has come a long way and now actually looks like something that belongs in an encyclopedia. Unless someone has evidence that his medals/awards were made up, I think this establishes notability. The article still needs sources, which may not be easy as for biographies of people that were know in earlier days are not always easy to find online (Back To Paper! Burn Your Kindle!). Perhaps it would be possible to find an obituary. --Guillaume2303 (talk) 18:55, 5 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep per Guillaume2303 SpeakFree (talk)(contribs) 00:58, 10 January 2012 (UTC)
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