Talk:August Maus

This page was proposed for deletion by K.e.coffman (talk · contribs) on 2 July 2017 with the comment:
#REDIRECT List of Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients (M) -- pls see Talk
It was contested by PhJ (talk · contribs) on 2019-08-28 with the comment:
Restoring article oldid=787270352: August Maus is a - controversial - person of history and shoud not be reduced to the Knight's Cross

This is the talk page for discussing improvements to the August Maus article.
This is not a forum for general discussion of the article's subject.

Put new text under old text. Click here to start a new topic.
New to Wikipedia? Welcome! Learn to edit; get help.

Article policies

Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL

Daily pageviews of this article

A graph should have been displayed here but graphs are temporarily disabled. Until they are enabled again, visit the interactive graph at pageviews.wmcloud.org

Germany Low‑importance

	Germany portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Germany, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Germany on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.GermanyWikipedia:WikiProject GermanyTemplate:WikiProject GermanyGermany articles
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.

Military history: Biography / Maritime / European / German / World War II

This article is within the scope of the Military history WikiProject. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the project and see a list of open tasks. To use this banner, please see the full instructions.Military historyWikipedia:WikiProject Military historyTemplate:WikiProject Military historymilitary history articles

This article has been checked against the following criteria for B-class status:
Referencing and citation: criterion met Coverage and accuracy: criterion met Structure: criterion met Grammar and style: criterion met Supporting materials: criterion met

Associated task forces:
/
	Military biography task force
	Maritime warfare task force
	European military history task force
	German military history task force
	World War II task force

Biography: Military

	Biography portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Biography, a collaborative effort to create, develop and organize Wikipedia's articles about people. All interested editors are invited to join the project and contribute to the discussion. For instructions on how to use this banner, please refer to the documentation.BiographyWikipedia:WikiProject BiographyTemplate:WikiProject Biographybiography articles
	This article is supported by the military biography work group (assessed as Low-importance).

Capture and escape attempts[edit]

The Friedrich Guggenberger#Escapes article mentions August Maus and links to this article. The link does not guarantee it's the same person but presumably the sources about Guggenberger's escapes and capture could also be used as material for this article. --Marc Kupper|talk 08:01, 14 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Notability[edit]

Does not meet WP:SOLDIER & sig RS coverage not found link, just passing mentions.

A de.wiki article exists but is equally unconvincing for notability. Did not hold a significant command and topped out as Kapitänleutnant. Successful completion of missions is not part of SOLDIER. Please also see a note at MilHist Talk Archives for background behind the redirect. In summary, per the outcome of the discussion at Notability:People on notability of Knight's Cross recipients: permalink, certain recipients were deemed non notable and WP:SOLDIER has been modified accordingly: diff. The articles of these recipients are being redirected to alphabetical lists. K.e.coffman (talk) 05:18, 2 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

August Maus is mentioned in several reliable books and has his own chapters in the German-language Busch, Rainer; Röll, Hans-Joachim (2003). Der U-Boot-Krieg 1939–1945 — Die Ritterkreuzträger der U-Boot-Waffe von September 1939 bis Mai 1945 and the English-language Wiberg, Eric (2017). U-Boats off Bermuda: Patrol Summaries and Merchant Ship Survivors Landed in Bermuda 1940-1944, where information on his career, birth and death can be found (as listed in WP:SOLDIER). Aditionally, August Maus plays an important role in the stories covered by Moore, John Hammond (2006) and Lloyd, Keith Warren (2019), both on the Great Papago Escape. The old version of this article was very poor, but now, imho it shows clear evidence of notability of this person. He is probably (rearding the sources) even of more importance than, let's say, Horst Höltring, whose article has never been changed to a redirect. Furthermore, the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross is listed on Template:Highest gallantry awards, which qualifies the article for notability (for people who don't understand: "obsolete" in the template means, the award itself is obsolete - Nazi Germany has perished -, not the fact that it qualifies for notability of a WP article). -- PhJ (talk) 19:36, 28 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]