Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Alfred Jansa

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The result was keep‎. Star Mississippi 17:38, 9 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Alfred Jansa

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Although I could find some mentions, I couldn't find enough to show he meets WP:BIO or WP:GNG. Boleyn (talk) 14:46, 2 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Strong keep. I am puzzled by this nomination, as this is not really an obscure figure and a quick search should give several interesting hits. In English we have this short entry from the House of Austrian History [de] on the "Jansa Plan", Austria's pre-Anschluss defensive strategy in case of a German invasion. Also focused on defense against Germany we have this MA thesis from McGill University, which also devotes a lot of space to Jansa. Minor coverage of Jansa's postwar role can be found here. Unfortunately my knowledge of German (or the lack of it, to be more precise) does not allow me to dig too deep, but there definitely are sources available in that language. These are his memoirs, preceded by a 16 page introduction by the editor, Peter Broucek [de], which definitely counts and should be useful. A doctoral dissertation about him was written in 1990 at the University of Vienna: Johann Hafner, "Feldmarschalleutnant Alfred Jansa Edler von Tannenau". There's also a short bio by Ludwig Jedlicka [de]: "Alfred Jansa 1884-1963", in Neue Österreichische Biographie, volume XIX, 1976, pp. 77-87. A section of this history of the Austrian general staff is also devoted to Jansa. Here is an article on the Jansa Plan in Die Presse. I am sure someone who is fluent in German can come up with a lot more. Ostalgia (talk) 17:56, 2 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. Neue Österreichische Biographie, among others, is a very promising source. Geschichte (talk) 08:12, 3 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Subject is notable. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 03:51, 4 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Clearly notable. Easily meets WP:GNG. -- Necrothesp (talk) 11:09, 6 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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