Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Agrippina, Countess von Zarnekau


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The result was   speedy delete. Speedy deleted per G3 & G5 Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 12:36, 30 January 2014 (UTC)

Agrippina, Countess von Zarnekau

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Procedural nomination: this article is tagged as a hoax and I've been unable to establish that the listed references verify the article's content. I've started sorting through ProQuest trying to locate the article's references. I've been able to locate one so far ("Militant Princess without a Country," Washington Post) and it doesn't mention the existence of the article's subject. The article contains two openly accessible references, both in Georgian; one of the refs is unreliable as it's hosted on a site that accepts user submissions. See also a factual error pointed out on the talk page. The article's primary contributor is indefblocked sockpuppet. A lot of red flags here. Muchness (talk) 07:10, 30 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete. I've tagged it with a hoax speedy, as I can't find any reliable sources that show that this person actually exists. A search for her name brings up nothing. The article shows sources, but I can't actually find where these sources mention her. All of what I am finding seems to stem from this Wikipedia article. I'm also a little leery of the photographs since some of them look like they're different people. I'll put a notice in on Wikimedia Commons that they'll likely want to delete the photos since this seems to be a very blatant hoax, so the photos aren't representing the right person(s). Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡)   08:12, 30 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Comment. Duke Constantine Petrovich of Oldenburg was certainly married to this woman. If you browse the Google Books for "Oldenburg" and "Zarnekau", some 19th-century references will pop up. Their kids are listed here. Her purported involvement in the marriage of Grand Duke George Alexandrovich of Russia is a hoax, however, because the tsesarevich never married. (He knew that he was mortally ill and tried to limit his contacts with women). Much of the article needs to be checked against sources. Unreliable stuff should be excised. --Ghirla-трёп- 09:03, 30 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Comment. Thanks for confirming her existence. I've also found an obituary of Duke Constantine Petrovich of Oldenburg that mentions her: Marquise De Fontenoy. "Kings Servants of the Poor To-Day". The Washington Post. 12 Apr 1906: 6. She is mentioned at thepeerage.com here. Perhaps the article should be provisionally redirected to Duke Constantine Petrovich of Oldenburg while interested parties work on establishing her notability and verifying all of the article's content? --Muchness (talk) 09:42, 30 January 2014 (UTC)
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