Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Comte du Vérac


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The result was   delete. Hoax (as others) seicer  &#x007C;  talk  &#x007C;  contribs  19:28, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

Comte du Vérac

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Part of the "Spring family" series of hoax articles. See Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Peerage and Baronetage. Choess (talk) 03:26, 11 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete Hoax. Kittybrewster  &#9742;  09:07, 11 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Question. I have no reason to trust any article created by the hoaxer concerned, but it's useful to do a second check if possible. Has anyone with access to any of the relevant reference works on nobility checked to see how this one stacks up? -- Brown HairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 15:15, 11 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Observation. A  google search for "Comte du Vérac" -wikipedia throws up only 3 hits, all of which appear to be wikipedia mirrors whch do not acknowledge the source.  This is very suspicious: there are so many  peerage and nobility buffs out there that it's highly unusual for a genuine peerage not to get a number of other hits.  There are also no hits on Google Scholar, which furthers points to this being a hoax. -- Brown HairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 15:28, 11 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Note. The arms are not du Verac. Kittybrewster  &#9742;  15:44, 11 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Well spotted: they are File:Artois Arms.svg, the arms of the County of Artois. I'll hold off until someone checks the nobility guides, but this now looks like a clear hoax. -- Brown HairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 16:26, 11 March 2009 (UTC)
 * This AfD nomination was incomplete (missing step 3). It is listed now. DumbBOT (talk) 19:08, 11 March 2009 (UTC)


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