Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lorenz Mack

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result was delete. Although copying content from another language Wikipedia is acceptable (provided the translation is accurate), in this case the consensus is that the German version also fails to demonstrate notability. JGHowes ^talk 02:07, 5 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Lorenz Mack

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This figure appears to fall well short of WP:GNG and WP:AUTHOR. I have not been able to locate any WP:SECONDARY source mentions of him beyond two publications from 1953 [1] and 1956 [2] supplied by the editor who created the article. Further, while the first is a review, the second appears to be an entry in a list-like "handbook". I see no indication that this figure was ever influential or widely commented upon by peers, or that his work was ever well known. The other refs supplied by the article's creator are simply primary bios like [3] and [4], and whatever this is: [5], as well as a passing mention in a 1955 bibliography: [6] In short, it does not seem that WP:THREE can be satisfied here. Generalrelative (talk) 15:29, 28 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. Generalrelative (talk) 15:37, 28 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions. Generalrelative (talk) 15:37, 28 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Austria-related deletion discussions. Generalrelative (talk) 15:45, 28 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Delete This was a bad copy and paste of the German Wikipedia article which contains no sources [7]. The article creator has merely copied that article and added any random source that mentions Lorenz Mack he could find. The sources are in German but some of them do not match the content and they are not reliable. It seems they are randomly scattered on the article which no care for accuracy. The only reliable source I could see was the book review on JSTOR. I don't think there are enough reliable sources to establish a biography for Lorenz Mack. One small review for one of his novels from the 1950s is not enough. It explains why the German Wikipedia article is entirely unsourced. I will also like to note that website de.zxc.wiki is a bad website filled with malware (it appears to be some sort of mirror of Wikipedia but is filled with adverts). It was linked on the article and I just removed it. I had to reboot my computer after clicking on that website. I do not think this article was written in good faith, it comes across as a quick copy and paste/spam job (even the links cited in the weblinks reads as spam) its almost like the article creator just wanted this article created on the English Wikipedia with no care for accuracy. I hate to be negative but this is not good editing. Psychologist Guy (talk) 13:14, 29 May 2021 (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.