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Austria

Hermann Erben

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To the extent this person has any notability at all, it is that he was a friend of Errol Flynn, and even that tenuous claim to notability only exists due to allegations in a 1980 biography by Charles Higham that Flynn was a Nazi spy. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Errol_Flynn#Charles_Higham_biography Higham is not even mentioned in this article, which is otherwise a hodgepodge of unsourced claims concerning the subject.

Merger to Errol Flynn is not warranted as the Flynn article already has more than enough detail on that subject matter. Coretheapple (talk) 16:47, 3 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: People, Military, Austria, and Germany. Shellwood (talk) 17:26, 3 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Medicine-related deletion discussions. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 20:40, 3 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Keep His coverage is indeed strongly related to Flynn, but it is not due to the 1980 book. There is an article from 1937, a short notice from 1946 (Flynn is not mentioned), an article from 1980, and one from 1989. Kelob2678 (talk) 22:47, 10 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ✗plicit 23:52, 10 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per WP:TNT - I've rescued over 200 articles in the past 6 weeks. When you fix the formatting and sourcing issues, please ping me. Bearian (talk) 18:36, 11 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Delete I found this with I think is interesting and mentions Erben from the CIA: ERROL FLYNN CALLED

A WARTIME NAZI SPY [[1]] and these released documents from the US department of state [[2]] but not sure it's enough to warrant a keep. Agnieszka653 (talk) 04:48, 15 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Keep The biography of Hermann Erben is not only relevant for Wikipedia because of his relation to Errol Flynn, but also because he was working for the German Abwehr, and also was an adventurer who accompanied Max Reisch on his famous trip around the world 1935/1936 (during the first leg of this expedition). His biography is extensively documented in 2 German books (see the sources of the lemma).Leontari1 (talk) 13:36, 15 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Keep because there are countless relevant references AnAstronautsPhotographsFromSpace (talk) 23:28, 16 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thomas Schiestl

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Absolutely no significant coverage or notability in any sources beyond passing or fully trivial information or routine game coverage. aaronneallucas (talk) 05:48, 27 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Sportspeople, Football, and Austria. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 07:15, 27 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete – He only played in lower leagues so far. ⋆｡˚꒰ঌ Clara A. Djalim ໒꒱˚｡⋆ 13:30, 27 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
- That's not true, he's currently playing the first division in Austria. Not that that's relevant to keeping him...--Ortizesp (talk) 16:31, 27 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, significant coverage such as this, this, this, and this.--Ortizesp (talk) 16:31, 27 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Are any of these sources really significant coverage? Three are brief articles about contract extensions and one is a short article about a fight on the field, and a comment about a sport injury. None of these show any significant coverage, in my opinion, but I would like to hear your perspective in justifying these as being significant. aaronneallucas (talk) 01:58, 28 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Keep meets WP:SIGCOV. TheInevitables (talk) 18:32, 27 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Keep – Plays in the first division of Austria, clearly passes in WP:GNG. Svartner (talk) 21:23, 27 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football-related deletions. Giant Snowman 21:34, 27 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per sources above which show notability. Giant Snowman 21:40, 27 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete – Fails GNG. None of the sources above contain sigcov of him. Dougal18 (talk) 14:47, 28 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, CycloneYoris ^talk! 01:22, 5 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, 🌸⁠wasianpower⁠🌸 (talk • contribs) 04:23, 12 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - Per above. Has sources and many fully pro appearances and ongoing career. Article needs improvement, not deletion. Thanks, Das osmnezz (talk) 06:54, 16 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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