Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hitler family of Ohio


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was delete. Liz Read! Talk! 19:34, 18 January 2023 (UTC)

Hitler family of Ohio

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I do not believe that the family is notable enough to warrant a separate article. The user who created the article reverted my proposed idea of deleting the article on the page with the reason, “The two news article sources in the article and some others and enough for a WP:GNG pass”. I do not believe that two news articles about a family means that the family needs an article. The family is briefly mentioned on the Hitler (name) article as being a family with the surname Hitler that is not related to Adolf Hitler. What does everyone think?--Abdul Akter (talk) 18:38, 11 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: History and Ohio.  Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 19:57, 11 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete The family is not notable or related to Adolf Hitler. JRed176 (talk) 20:05, 11 January 2023 (UTC) Struck !vote of sock.--Bbb23 (talk) 20:59, 16 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete. Agreed, I think notability could be argued if the family lived post WW2, but that isn't the case and just seems to a generic family from Ohio with a notable last name. - Epluribusunumyall (talk) 20:06, 11 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete no relation to Adolf, it's just another immigrant family to America with an unfortunate last name. I'm sure they're a fine bunch of folks from Ohio, I don't see GNG. Oaktree b (talk) 21:23, 11 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete, no relationship to Adolf Hitler. No clear indication of passing GNG. Sarrail   talk  23:25, 11 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Obvious delete I can't even believe this was ever an article in the first place. Estar8806 (talk) 23:27, 11 January 2023 (UTC)
 * I'm pretty sure that this was created, and the family made it into a couple of local newspapers, because someone thought that the unfortunate naming coincidence was interesting or amusing. I don't find it so, but people differ. Phil Bridger (talk) 11:15, 12 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete fails WP:GNG. Hekerui (talk) 23:33, 11 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Comment - borderline notability, and not sure if it makes it over the bar. There is this, this, this brief mention, Jacob's obit (which I only include since it appeared in several papers, but it's so short, it wouldn't count for notability for the individual, then there's Gay's obit, which contrary to the info in the current article, he never changed his name, and never moved away.  Then there is this about his estate, and Mabel's (Gay's wife) obit.  Definitely not enough for any one of them to be individually notable, but thought I'd throw these out there to add to the discussion. Onel 5969  TT me 21:55, 12 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Comment A subject that's not obviously less notable (or, if it mattered, less interesting) than are the various "noble houses" of European republics that, however improbably, get solemnly written up for en:Wikipedia articles. (And yes, I'm aware of WP:OTHERCRAPEXISTS.) -- Hoary (talk) 23:42, 12 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Comment. The family is mentioned in the Circleville, Ohio article. There are streets named after them so they seem somewhat notable locally, particularly Nelson. On the surface, that's as far as it goes.
 * However, the placement of this source in the article evokes a wider issue that hasn't been developed. Rupples (talk) 00:47, 13 January 2023 (UTC)


 * Delete A shared name but no relation is not notable in itself. TH1980 (talk) 23:43, 14 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Comment I reviewed this for DYK, and I was not convinced that this meets our standards of notability. The additional sources listed above do not change that assessment. TompaDompa (talk) 05:05, 16 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete, nothing here to establish notability. Chiswick Chap (talk) 19:03, 16 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete per WP:GNG. I just can't see how this family meets our notability standards. Bearian (talk) 20:05, 17 January 2023 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.