Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hermann Kafka

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The result was redirect‎ to Franz Kafka#Early life as a viable ATD without opposition Star Mississippi 14:04, 17 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hermann Kafka

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Non-notable merchant. The page is all about his family relationships and what he was like, but there is nothing he accomplished. Being a father of a notable person does not make him notable, similar case like Kafka's sister (see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gabriele Kafka). Redirect to Franz Kafka#Early life could be a reasonable alternative to deletion. FromCzech (talk) 10:54, 3 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Businesspeople and Czech Republic. FromCzech (talk) 10:54, 3 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The article Franz Kafka says that Franz's relationship with his father Hermann had a great deal of influence on his works. Doesn't that count towards Hermann's notability? JIP | Talk 21:38, 4 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Influence on his work is a reason why Hermann should be part of Franz Kafka's article, but it does not make him a notable person for his standalone article. FromCzech (talk) 06:25, 5 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
It does not make him a notable person for his standalone article. Can you find any standalone articles for relatives of notable people? ⋆｡˚꒰ঌ Clara A. Djalim ໒꒱˚｡⋆ 11:16, 6 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Mary Todd Lincoln and I bet spouses of other famous people, even when they are not famous for their own accomplishments. I agree with JIP above. Hermann certainly is relevant to Kafka's Letter to His Father, The Judgment, and other works listed in Hermann Kafka. Also, I see no harm in retaining Hermann Kafka. It's of interest at least to some people who care about Kafka, and it's not as if it's crowding out another article of greater importance. Maurice Magnus (talk) 00:25, 9 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ✗plicit 13:20, 10 February 2025 (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.