Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rolf Steiner

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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) ~~ OxonAlex - talk 16:41, 3 October 2019 (UTC)

Rolf Steiner

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This person does not seem to meet Wikipedia notability guidelines. From a quick googling, most of the hits (besides this article) were him promoting his book. There is also a lack of citations providing any evidence of notability. BeIsKr (talk) 03:19, 26 September 2019 (UTC)

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• Hmmm. I clicked on the books link, above, and added four five additional references. That is just scratching the surface. Geo Swan (talk) 04:53, 26 September 2019 (UTC)
• Snow Keep, Steiner is one of dozen most well known mercenaries of the 20th century. There are plentry of references to support his notability. Geo Swan (talk) 04:56, 26 September 2019 (UTC)
• Keep. Indeed. One of the best-known 20th century mercenaries. -- Necrothesp (talk) 09:43, 26 September 2019 (UTC)
  • How does he satisfy WP:MILITARY? Assuming he doesn't (and I don't see him matching any of the 8 points there), why would being mentioned for a paragraph or two in a few books satisfy WP:GNG? If he had a chapter devoted to him in a book or two, fine, but the fact that he's mentioned in passing doesn't seem like notability. BeIsKr (talk) 23:41, 26 September 2019 (UTC)
    • Quite easily satisfies WP:SOLDIER #4 and WP:GNG. -- Necrothesp (talk) 09:39, 27 September 2019 (UTC)
    • Nominator BeIsKr, I left you a headsup, where I asked you if you were familiar with your obligations under WP:BEFORE. Your comment, above, very strongly suggests you are not aware of your obligations. Nominators are not supposed to evaluate the notability of topics merely by looking at the references already included in the article. They are supposed to look at ALL the available RS, or a reasonable seletion of the top RS. Your nomination says you did a "quick googling". Well, it was too quick. A more thorough web search will confirm what others here know. Steiner was one of the most active, well-known mercenaries of the 20th Century. Geo Swan (talk) 21:42, 2 October 2019 (UTC)
• Keep Steiner is one of the most well known mercenaries in the 20th century.Andrew Base (talk) 15:34, 26 September 2019 (UTC)
• Call for closure.
• Keep per WP:HEY - good work by Geo Swan. Bearian (talk) 19:54, 2 October 2019 (UTC)

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