Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Heinz Leymann

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The result was nomination withdrawn. MER-C 01:57, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Heinz Leymann

Cannot see any reason to consider this person notable, almost entire text of article seems unverifiable? He has a website but it seems questionable. Hard to establish his qualifications too - this may just be a translation problem, might be helpful if native German or Swedish speaking editors went over it?Zeraeph 11:32, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

• Weak keep Seems reasonably notable. A Google search turns up multiple sources referencing him and his "mobbing" theory (which seems like BS to me, by the way). Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 12:22, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

Comment This is why I would love to see what a native German or Swede makes of him...on the English language evidence he looks really tacky, but he might be very genuine and well respected in the German speaking world. Even as a "keep" most of the article would have to be re-written for accuracy.--Zeraeph 13:22, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

Expert keep: The term "mobbing" (in the context of social science, not animals) usually refers to "bullying" or "workplace bullying" or "workplace harassment". Heinz Leymann was the originator of workplace bullying research. He was the one who introduced the term "mobbing" (in the meaning of bullying; Konrad Lorenz's meaning of the term "bullying" is quite unknown in the German-speaking area) in the German language (and consequently in several other European languages, such as Italian, Croatian). In Europe he is definitly famous. He has published several books and articles. Some of them were translated. To sum it up: Heinz Leymann had a very important impact as far as I know from the Swedish and Austrian perspective. --Sampi/€ 14:02, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

Btw, I have checked the article. There was much wrong-information, which I have already deleted. --Sampi/€ 14:11, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

• Speedy keep Withdrawing nomination, as per Sampi/€. I was overly hasty, sorry.--Zeraeph 14:26, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

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