Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hermann Weiss

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The result was keep. ✗plicit 12:45, 28 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hermann Weiss[edit]

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This person was a non-medaling competitor in the Olymnpics who lacks and coverage that rises to the level of significant coverage. John Pack Lambert (talk) 14:28, 8 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Sportspeople, Ice hockey, and Austria. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 14:34, 8 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Comment I was able to find this article from Der Standard, I'm still looking for more referencing but apparently Weiss was the goalie for the Wiener EV championship teams in the late 1920's and 30's and sadly had to flee Austria due to being of Jewish ancestry. Best, GPL93 (talk) 19:34, 8 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Modussiccandi (talk) 08:59, 16 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 03:39, 23 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Keep per sources found by GPL93. Insufficient WP:BEFORE. No Great Shaker (talk) 10:04, 23 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Olympics-related deletion discussions. No Great Shaker (talk) 10:04, 23 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Per the sources found, above. Looking at his bio, he had a lengthy career, winning golds at the European Ice Hockey Championships, and played for the national team. Lugnuts ^{Fire Walk with Me} 13:59, 23 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - while the sources available now are a bit skimpy, this is a century old subject from a non-English speaking country, so we would expect that not all the contemporary sources are accessible online now. Given the sources that exist, the indicators of likely notability from his bio, plus the fact that the German Wikipedia considers him notable, I am comfortable that he is notable enough to be kept. Rlendog (talk) 14:41, 23 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Keep: As presented, the sources are scanty, and I place no reliance on the German Wikipedia, which over many such discussions demonstrably has a weaker standard of notability than we do. But: the references to the subject doing something so heinous at the 1928 Winter games to merit a suspension of nearly a year from the national team strongly suggests that there are contemporaneous media accounts saying why. I normally don't place any reliance either on the hoary old fallacy of "sources may exist," but it seems in this case they must. Ravenswing 17:49, 23 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per the sources found by GPL93. Ejgreen77 (talk) 07:02, 24 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Clearly WP:BEFORE hasn't been followed here. Sufficient notability as presented by other above. - Darwinek (talk) 14:11, 25 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

In the defense of the nom, sourcing was not easy to find and it wasn't until I searched under the alternate spelling of the subject's name (Weiß) that I found anything. Best, GPL93 (talk) 15:19, 25 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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