Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rudolf Boettger

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The result was redirect to Berlin-Tempelhof Airport. The planned closure of this airport is currently a big political issue in Berlin. I conjecture that this article was created as a result of that controversy.  Sandstein  17:42, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

Rudolf Boettger

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Non-notable military figure... was in charge of an airport during WWII, then killed himself... only reference made so far was a link to (and a one line mention in) the Berlin-Tempelhof Airport article, no other sources availabe online... prod was removed with the edit summary "This man was responsible for one great event in Second World War, we should not delete things. Lets wait for some more information about him."... only known for one event means he also fails WP:BIO1E... Adolphus79 (talk) 05:00, 22 August 2008 (UTC)

• Weak Keep if some better sourcing is found. One great historic event is enough. OneEvent is meant for recent news, for things that will not become history. DGG (talk) 05:13, 22 August 2008 (UTC)
• Delete, only brief mentions found in one book on the history of American air power. It's an odd story but does not seem to have been in any way militarily significant. The short mention in the other article befits the sourcing which fails WP:BIO. --Dhartung | Talk 07:25, 22 August 2008 (UTC)
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Military-related deletion discussions. -- the wub "?!" 08:47, 22 August 2008 (UTC)
• Delete. What great event? Saving an airport from destruction? Not exactly a pivotal action. And just how did his suicide stop that? Clarityfiend (talk) 09:40, 22 August 2008 (UTC)
• Weak Keep with more material and better sourcing. Johnrheavner (talk) 10:10, 22 August 2008 (UTC)
• Redirect to Berlin-Tempelhof Airport. All the info in this article is already there, at the present time. If someone is able to locate more information about him in the future (I couldn't with a cursory search), then it can always be spun back out as a separate article. I do think it'd have value as a redirect, as a plausible search string in case someone was looking for information on the wartime history of the airport. -206.193.226.51 (talk) 17:19, 22 August 2008 (UTC)
• Redirect to Berlin-Tempelhof as above. Buckshot06(prof) 11:18, 24 August 2008 (UTC)

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