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Germany

Advanced thermal recycling system

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This is a proprietary technology that lacks information in reliable, independent sources. Without those independent sources I don't believe this article can meet the sourcing requirements to meet verifiability and notability guidelines.

There does not seem to be much difference between this trademarked system and a typical waste-to-energy + materials incineration process. I do not believe a redirect is appropriate in this case as the term is too generic and searching for "advanced thermal recycling" brings up a variety of recycling methods. Anonrfjwhuikdzz (talk) 02:31, 24 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Business and Technology. Anonrfjwhuikdzz (talk) 02:31, 24 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Engineering, Environment, and Germany. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 08:04, 24 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. In English sources there isn't much on this. However, if one googles by its German name (fortschrittliches thermisches recycling) more materials start cropping up. I am not particularly adept at sifting through German language materials, and evaluating coverage here requires that skill. Best.4meter4 (talk) 16:26, 24 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Richard Benigno

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Appears to have had a very short career and I couldn't find good sources to support notability. Appears to fail WP:GNG. Raskuly (talk) 04:20, 23 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete – Per lack of WP:V. Svartner (talk) 04:38, 23 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Delete - no evidence of notability. If sources are found which show significant coverage please ping me. Giant Snowman 09:51, 23 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Dennis Gehlen

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Little established notability. Sources are of dubious reliability; only source close to passing GNG is a Daily Dot article. Go D. Usopp (talk) 12:40, 22 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete, the only sources available are interviews, which are not secondary sources, or are otherwise unreliable Starcraft fan websites and the like. Even the Daily Dot article feels more like a disguised promotional interview than an actual secondary source. Devonian Wombat (talk) 23:33, 23 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thomas Puschmann

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Lack of notability. Sabirkir (talk) 07:53, 16 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete: As per nom. Despite having a decent amount of citations as per Google Scholar, (asaik) he has not made any foundational or major pedagocial publications. Neither does he hold any elevated academic positions which would make hime notable under the SNG ACADEMIC. There is also no secondary coverage of his person from outside of academia, so general noatbility is not cleared either. Pragmatic Puffin (talk) 12:25, 21 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Weak-keep. He is the top editor of a significant book series in his field published by Springer Publishing. While it doesn't exactly fit criteria 8 of WP:NACADEMIC; I do think the series is equivalent to editing a top journal in his field. Under the spirit of criteria 8 I would say he does meet NACADEMIC. Best.4meter4 (talk) 16:27, 22 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Left guide (talk) 07:17, 23 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Verlag Inspiration Un Limited

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Can find no sigcov, only citations to books they published. What brief coverage does exist is about 1 book they published, "50 Theses on the Expulsion of the Germans from Central and Eastern Europe 1944-1948", which should have an article because it was a big controversy, but not them. PARAKANYAA (talk) 02:51, 14 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Germany and England. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 23:43, 15 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 03:11, 21 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Riedlingen derailment

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WP:NOTNEWS. Point 4 of WP:EVENTCRITERIA - Routine kinds of news events (including most ...accidents...), whether or not tragic or widely reported at the time – are usually not notable. XYZ1233212 (talk) 15:45, 12 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete. Only news coverage, not sustained secondary analysis. Thebiguglyalien (talk) 🛸 02:22, 13 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
well there is at least one recent article with some secondary analysis Laura240406 (talk) 07:38, 13 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - This accident was a big deal and it went all the way to the top of German politics. The extensive German Wikipedia article, Eisenbahnunfall von Riedlingen cites 23 references. This article already had an {{Expand German}} tag on it before it was nominated for deletion. --A. B. ^{(talk • contribs • global count)} 21:00, 18 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Note that our deletion policy requires considering alternatives to deletion (WP:ATD). One is merging and redirecting; two possible targets are Ulm–Sigmaringen railway or Riedlingen. Another option is to draftify the article to see what further coverage comes up. However, from looking at the German article, we should expand our article, not remove it. --A. B. ^{(talk • contribs • global count)} 21:14, 18 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

~~leaning~~ keep The German article is much longer, and while I haven't had the time to look through it the accident does seem to have had significant impact. Mangoe (talk) 21:11, 18 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Given the improvements I'm upping my confidence here. Mangoe (talk) 14:33, 20 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Owen× ☎ 18:27, 19 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Keep I've greatly expanded the article by translating from the German one, and I intend to continue working on it. The incident has lasting coverage, such as this from yesterday and this from 10 August. Such train derailments are relatively rare in Germany, so I expect this to get more media coverage as the investigation into the deaths continues. Sincerely, Grumpylawnchair (talk) 03:56, 20 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
WP:HEYMANN award to Grumpylawnchair -- thank you! --A. B. ^{(talk • contribs • global count)} 14:12, 20 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Keep as this reminds me of the Stonehaven derailment in the UK in 2020, also killing three people on board. At the time, it was the first fatal train crash in the UK for several years. The latest one in the UK (with a Wikipedia article) was the 2024 Talerddig collision. It took a while for the RAIB to investigate the Stonehaven accident with the report concluding in March 2022. Idk what the German equvilant of the RAIB is, but there's no way an accident could be investigated within a month. Train accidents are rare, let alone fatal ones. Most fatal railway accidents (not involving level crossings) have a Wikipedia article, at least in the developed English-speaking countries. JuniperChill (talk) 11:11, 21 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
- The German equivalent of the RAIB is the BEU. Mjroots (talk) 16:44, 22 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - seems to be an accident that is comparable with Stonehaven. As said above, there are plenty of sources to expand the article with. Mjroots (talk) 16:47, 22 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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