Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Comte d'Alton


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The result was Delete. Waltontalk 14:31, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

Comte d'Alton

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An anon placed this message on the talk page of the article: "I can't create the sub-page for deletion as I'm not a wiki user; so I will give my arguments here. I think this article is a hoax. The creation of a count by Hugues Capet in the late 900's is extremely doubtful, as creation of titles of nobility (in their present form of giving a title to someone and not making a fief a county or else) were not made until the XIXth century in France. In fact such a family would be one of the oldest of the french nobility ! There are some french mistakes (as comte du Calais meaning count of the Calais no comte de Calais wich is the correct form). The references to an obligation of being catholic to inherite a title is pure nonsense as many great nobles of the XVIth and XVIIth century (beginning with King Henry IV himself) were protestants. The story of a "d'Alton" going in disguise as "Dalton" is rather pathetic : not a very subtle way to abuse his "debtors". There are several authentical counts d'Alton, namely an austrian general of the XVIIIth century of irish descent and a french dandy of the XIXth century.I think this article (created by an IP) is the work of a named Dalton which dreams to be a count. Forgive my mistakes, as english is not my maternal language." I have no stance. Sr13 11:27, 24 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete. After looking over the article's edit history, I agree with the talk-page poster's conclusion that it seems to be "the work of a named Dalton which dreams to be a count" if not an out-and-out hoax. (Note that the "Current Holders/Heirs" section was deleted rather quickly after this AfD popped up.) However, since that's not really a rationale for deletion, I'll use the utter lack of sources and consequent failure of WP:V. Googling for various names and terms used in the article produces nothing relevant. Deor 14:43, 24 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of France-related deletions.   -- John Vandenberg 06:35, 25 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of History-related deletions.   -- John Vandenberg 06:36, 25 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete due to lack of sources, and probable hoax. A search using google.fr offers no confirmation of any of the alleged facts here. EdJohnston 05:28, 3 July 2007 (UTC)
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