Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Manfred Büttner


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The result was delete.  MBisanz  talk 01:12, 22 August 2016 (UTC)

Manfred Büttner

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Notability: significant coverage in RS cannot be found; fails WP:Soldier as the award is in dispute and no records of it can be found in the German Federal Archives. The subject does not have a de.wiki article. The subject is mentioned in a book by non-RS Franz Kurowski and appears to receive trivial mentions in similar works, such as ''German paratroops 1942-1945: On the battlefields in the East and West.

This article is one of over 1500 similar stub articles created by editor DocYako who had stated at a prior related AfD: "When I first created the article I thought that it met the basic guidelines of notability as he was a Knight's Cross recipient (...). I you want to delete it then be prepared to delete other entries about American and British servicemen who were also awarded decorations with less cites/references."

The topic of the notability of Knight's Cross winners has been extensively discussed here: Notability in Knight's Cross Holder Articles; the summary in this subsection (Part 3). This article does not meet the low bar of WP:Soldier for WWII Germany, as the award is questionable, however, PROD has been declined on the grounds that this needs AfD. K.e.coffman (talk) 01:02, 14 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Military-related deletion discussions. K.e.coffman (talk) 23:54, 14 August 2016 (UTC)
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 * Delete The good news is, we can get refunded should Wikpedians become able to track down citations to back up the Knight's Cross claims once this de-Nazification effort has ended. Chris Troutman  ( talk ) 00:33, 16 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete -- With 7321 awards and the majority of holders being a redlink, I do not think we should allow these articles. UK was (is) much more sparing in its awards of Victoria Cross, which may be the basis of this one.  Certainly we cannot keep such articles unless they have details of the citation.  Peterkingiron (talk) 18:29, 21 August 2016 (UTC)


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