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The result was delete. – Joe (talk) 19:40, 14 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Werner Herrmann[edit]

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Please see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hans Peter Dengel which proposes the deletion of another article created by the same editor (who has been banned for chronic fabrication of content and sources, and copyright violations). The same author added material connecting the characters in Das Boot to real-life crew members of U-96, but it was all completely unsourced and I can't find any reliable sources.

This article is sourced solely to one newspaper article which is conveniently not online - I can find no articles looking similar to the title on a Google search. And I find it hard to believe that one newspaper article (even if it did exist) would support the entire content of this article.

Notability seems to depend solely on the Das Boot connection, and that is all looking like OR at best at the moment (and fabrication at worst). Even with that, notability would be debatable, and without it this is just a non-notable U-boat officer. The only reliable source I can see here is his service history, but that doesn't make him notable. Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 14:34, 7 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Delete, as not shown notable for stand alone article and lack of shown RS citing ~~and Re-direct name to German submarine U-2510, where he held a command.~~ Kierzek (talk) 14:44, 7 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Military-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 18:23, 7 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Germany-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 18:24, 7 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Delete, patently non-notable. I don't think we should redirect it either; "Werner Herrmann" is too frequent a name to warrant such a specific treatment. There might be dozens of other people of that name with equally weak claims to notability. Fut.Perf. ☼ 19:02, 8 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Delete doesn't meet GNG, marginally meets WP:SOLDIER, but as the sub he commanded didn't do any combat patrols, probably not. Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 09:46, 11 September 2018 (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.