Talk:Paul Schäfer

message: This is an unreferenced article on a living person. It contains defamatory material that must be deleted at once, according to BLP rules. Therefore, I am going to delete the sex offender material since it is defamatory and unreferenced and also remove the cat. Mattisse (Talk) 11:51, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: It is all referenced in the external BBC links, if you care to read them. Occuli (talk) 12:48, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

text: what or who are you trying to protect Mattisse?   Diplorable.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 134.131.125.49 (talk) 18:48, 18 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  BLP 

message: The Reuters news article - http://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-chile-sect-idUSBRE8480MN20120509 - is clear that Schäfer followed the teachings of William M. Branham
It specifically states:
:Schaefer followed the teachings of American preacher William M. Branham, one of the founders of the "faith healing" movement in the 1940s and ‘50s. Born in a log cabin in Kentucky, Branham said he had been visited by angels and attracted tens of thousands of followers with sermons that advocated a strict adherence to the Bible, a woman's duty to obey her husband and apocalyptic visions, such as Los Angeles sinking beneath the ocean.
I appreciated that followers of William Branham will not like this relationship but that is not grounds to remove the reference.   Taxee (talk) 21:11, 6 March 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Follower of William Branham

message: Note: According to his birth certification, uploaded in Commons but  deleted due to copyright restrictions from the archive of Bonn City Schaefer was born in the city of Bonn, and not Troisdorf (and also not Siegburg, which is another wrong alternative). Thank you.--KarlV 08:44, 30 July 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Location of Birth 

message: " In an accident with a fork, he lost his right eye. Schaefer tried to join the elite Nazi SS corps later, but was rejected because of this infirmity. " Cut that out. Even though Schaefer was a criminal, none of this made-up stuff (sounds like The Sun LOL) has been proven.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2003:C0:DF12:8100:ED22:97B7:D0D8:E422 (talk) 21:44, 16 October 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Wikipedia isn't in the business of "proving" things or taking sides; what we do here is to summarize the reporting in reliable sources. The incident of poking out his eye is reliably sourced, and I've added (another) source for this, including a quotation which backs it up word for word. Mathglot (talk) 21:44, 9 October 2021 (UTC)

text: The part about Schafer trying to join the SS is indeed false - there is no evidence for this, beyond repreated unsorced stories that are exaggerated by repetition and recirculation. Fact: Schafer did lose an eye as a child, and it was the reason why he was rejected for any combat role in the Wehrmacht, instead being consigned to the role of army medic. Peter G Werner (talk) 08:00, 24 July 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: There should also be some application form, if it was true. Or was that based on hear-say, story-telling and the like. Unbelievable what is all sucked out of the thumb trying to frame a benign church figure here. 105.0.6.195 (talk) 22:20, 22 May 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Unproven bull. 

message: In October 2021, Netflix released the original documentary series "A Sinister Sect: Colonia Dignidad". Lots of archival footage, and first-person accounts from people who were there and knew Schafer. See a review. Mathglot (talk) 21:17, 9 October 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: As I've said before, this documentary is indeed well-researched and would make a good source, both for this article and the Colonia Dignidad one. I have every intention of using it as such. Peter G Werner (talk) 08:01, 24 July 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Netflix series: October 2021 

message: I took this out:
"Nazi,"
 the fact some newspaper calls him a nazi does not make him one.  We need a better source. Carptrash (talk) 22:41, 20 March 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  I am removing the "Nazi" desognation . . ...again 

message: The first place I looked say this ,"· Example: Paul Schafer, devout anti-gay Christian cult leader".  That was MSN.com Carptrash (talk) 01:32, 11 November 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  The question has been asked, was he a Christian?