Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Klaus Emmerich

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 keep. Nomination Withdrawn (non-admin closure) DARTH PANDA ^duel 13:11, 25 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Klaus Emmerich[edit]

Non-notable, especially in the English-speaking world. The article is merely the report of one incident. Steve Dufour (talk) 06:37, 21 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Keep, I believe the article should be given a chance, according to the German WP he has had a lenghty career as a foreign correspondent, and has published a dozen books. Punkmorten (talk) 07:31, 21 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. The German Wikipedia indicates he's done more than just be noteworthy for the one US election event. Also, notability does not depend on location or language. The English-speaking Wikipedia (and indeed all other editions) have an international character. Since international sources are allowed, he'd be just as notable in Germany or Austria as he is in the UK, Australia or the US. - Mgm|^(talk) 09:51, 21 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

If the article were to give more information about him I might vote to keep too. As it is it does not say why anyone should care what a retired Austrian journalist said about the President of the United States; any more than we would care about, for instance, what a retired journalist in Mexico said about the Queen of England. Steve Dufour (talk) 15:46, 21 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delete The article does not assert its subject's notability. It says he is known in North America but only cites a German magazine. Northwestgnome (talk) 16:19, 22 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. He's the former editor-in-chief of ORF news,[1], which, according to reliably sourced content in its wikipedia article, is "the dominant player in the Austrian broadcast media". He doesn't have to be known in North America or anywhere else in the anglosphere to be notable - English is the language in which English Wikipedia is written, not the language its subjects have to speak or write in to be included. Phil Bridger (talk) 21:27, 22 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for adding the second reference. That's an improvement. Steve Dufour (talk) 17:33, 23 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Keep, even the abassador to Austria reacted with an official responde. I added a reference, but I only have found it in German, en English would be better--85.178.109.156 (talk) 22:52, 24 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. Please consider the AfD withdrawn. When I posted it the article only said he was a retired journalist. Now his importance is made clear. Steve Dufour (talk) 01:46, 25 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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