Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Otto von Fieandt


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The result was   keep. The Bushranger One ping only 00:44, 7 October 2011 (UTC)

Otto von Fieandt

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A7 speedy was declined. The article contains no evidence of notability. Of the two references, one doesn't work and the other also shows no evidence of notability. His promotion to Colonel appears to be his most noteworthy accomplishment, and that alone is not enough for an article. Powers T 01:09, 30 September 2011 (UTC)


 * Delete as not even vaguely meeting WP:SOLDIER notability guidelines. Mangoe (talk) 02:06, 30 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep Google books has a ton of information about Fieandt, including a whole section of a book, significant involvement in the war against the French, and even a poem named after him. Clearly meets WP:BIO Secret account 02:53, 30 September 2011 (UTC)
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 * That Runeberg wrote one of the poems in The Tales of Ensign Stål about Fieandt almost automatically makes him ultra-notable (this may be difficult to understand if you are unaware of the position of this writer and this work in Swedish and, in particular, in Finnish culture, but it's a bit like if Coleridge or Byron or Tennyson had written one of their most popular poems about someone). Oh, and Fieandt has a four-page entry in Svenskt biografiskt lexikon. Somebody should consider writing a Wikipedia article about him. --Hegvald (talk) 10:08, 30 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep Four pages in a national dictionary of biography is quite enough to prove notability. Moreover, from the Swedish and Finnish WP entries he appears to me to pass WP:SOLDIER (commanded a significant body of troops in battle, played significant part in prominent military event) and the Runeberg poem is good evidence of notability in his lifetime (once notable, always notable). --AJHingston (talk) 10:29, 30 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Comment I have added what I could using English sources. Unfortunately I cannot read Swedish. Mangoe (talk) 12:05, 30 September 2011 (UTC)
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 * Keep – he's the subject of a poem in one of the defining works of Swedish (as in the language) and Finnish (as in the country) literature. /Julle (talk) 20:46, 30 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Finland-related deletion discussions.  /Julle (talk) 22:32, 1 October 2011 (UTC)


 * Keep Very well noted in literature. --hydrox (talk) 23:27, 1 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep He is a high ranking Colonel, well noted in poems and the article has many citations.Vought109 (talk) 04:58, 3 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep Meets WP:BIO. Need more articles about people from Scandinavia. Hawkeye7 (talk) 21:07, 6 October 2011 (UTC)
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