Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Wilhelm Ernst Peekhaus

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The result was Delete. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 08:48, 11 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Wilhelm Ernst Peekhaus

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German designer of Nazi military medals. That sums up everything that is known about him, apparently, and as a result I don't think he meets WP:N.

The article (which I briefly tried to copyedit before giving up) has or had basically one line about the man, and the rest is fanwankery about the Nazi medals he designed (a particularly disturbing topic to fanwank about). Coverage of him found in Google appears limited to passing mentions in the vein of "medal X designed by Peekhaus". References in the article are to such quality sources as "wehrmacht-awards.com", an apparently self-published, er, fan site. The reference to the book by Williamson is also a one-line passing mention, according to Google's preview: "Top designers, such as Wilhelm Ernst Peekhaus of Berlin, were ...". There's just not enough material here for a biographical article. Sandstein 20:09, 3 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Artists-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 20:24, 3 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Military-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 20:24, 3 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Germany-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 20:24, 3 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - quite a lot of Google Books sources about the guy, but none of them really say more than mentioning him while describing the medals he designed. Not voting yet but I lean towards deleting unless some really good sources turn up about his life and work. Blythwood (talk) 20:28, 3 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Delete -- sources do not suggest notability, and the content of the article is not really about the subject, as described. K.e.coffman (talk) 15:48, 4 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Delete not notable enough for a stand alone article given the only "passing mentions"; with that said, his name should be mentioned/noted in the articles where it is known that he designed those specific awards and badges. Kierzek (talk) 16:32, 4 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Delete as still nothing convincing for independent notability. SwisterTwister talk 23:18, 4 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Delete There don't appear to be any published sources that say anything about Peekhaus beyond which medals he designed. Mduvekot (talk) 18:07, 10 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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