Deletion of Bernhard Wöstheinrich

Comment: The article has had a {{tl|merge to}} template on it for nearly three years, but seemingly without the required discussion being started. Is there any reason why the nominator didn't simply follow up on that tag by starting a talk page discussion or simply |boldly redirecting this? Merging and/or redirection don't require an admin to hit the "delete" button
Stance: comment
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Be bold (WP:bold)