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The result was delete‎. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 04:43, 24 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Rolf Gerstenberger[edit]

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All the sources given are primary sources from the subject's organisation, except for a mention in a local newspaper I am unable to verify. Gerstenberger's opinion is also cited in this CBC article as one of a plethora of Hamilton residents' comments on steel production. However, in my opinion neither of these secondary sources are notable mentions, and Gerstenberger's role as president of a local union and minor communist party do not seem to be notable enough on their own. Yue🌙 04:41, 17 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• Automated comment: This AfD was not correctly transcluded to the log (step 3). I have transcluded it to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2024 March 17. —^{cyberbot I}_{Talk to my owner:Online} 04:52, 17 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Politicians, Germany, Canada, and United States of America. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 06:17, 17 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete. Nothing stated in the article is "inherently" notable enough to guarantee him a Wikipedia article in and of itself — being president of the entire international union organization might count as a notability claim, but being president of one local chapter in one city is not — but the referencing is almost entirely primary sources that aren't support for notability at all, and one hit of local-interest media coverage in his own hometown newspaper isn't enough to vault him over WP:GNG all by itself. Bearcat (talk) 13:50, 17 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete per nomination. BottleOfChocolateMilk (talk) 20:07, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete per nom. and Bearcat. Fails WP:GNG and WP:NPOL. Sal2100 (talk) 17:29, 22 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Redirect to Communist Party of Canada (Marxist–Leninist). Suitskvarts (talk) 21:58, 23 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  Rolf Gerstenberger has one passing mention in that article. In my opinion it would be setting a bad precedent to give a non-notable person a redirect simply because the organisation they are / were a leading member of has an article (especially when that organisation itself just barely passes notability guidelines). I believe that such a redirect would be borderline spam or promotional (WP:R#DELETE) by not remedying the same notability issue. Yue🌙 23:19, 23 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.