Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/County of Rouen


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was redirect to Duchy of Normandy. (non-admin closure)  CAPTAIN RAJU  (✉)   11:13, 21 April 2017 (UTC)

County of Rouen

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This article is a content (and possibly POV) fork of Duchy of Normandy. There is no consistent scholarly distinction between an earlier county of Rouen and a later duchy of Normandy. Some scholars, notably K. F. Werner, have argued for it, but it is hardly consistently employed and others have objected to it (cf. Robert Helmerichs, "Princeps, Comes, Dux Normannorum: Early Rollonid Designators and their Significance", Haskins Society Journal 9 [1997]: 57–77). The article on the Duchy of Normandy can handle the issue of the nature of the grant to Rollo, the theory of K. F. Werner, how the power of the counts/dukes changed, etc. The confusing titulature (and non-titulature) of the Norman rulers is covered at Duke of Normandy, to which Count of Rouen redirects. The article County of Rouen as I found it dated the end of the county to 996 and spent most of its time talking about the 11th century. I excised the material that didn't fit, but my attempts to redirect it to Duchy of Normandy have been resisted. Srnec (talk) 00:36, 15 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of History-related deletion discussions. Srnec (talk) 00:38, 15 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Europe-related deletion discussions.   CAPTAIN RAJU  (✉)   01:08, 15 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Geography-related deletion discussions.   CAPTAIN RAJU  (✉)   01:09, 15 April 2017 (UTC)


 * Redirect as per nom - there is no scholarly consensus that these were distinct temporal entities and not an evolving style used to refer to the same entity, as with the lords of Pamplona becoming kings of Pamplona becoming kings of Navarre, which we all treat in a single article. Agricolae (talk) 01:14, 15 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Redirect (and protect against reverting) -- When I saw the title, I was expecting an article about a small fief, probably about a much later period. Peterkingiron (talk) 14:45, 16 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Redirect - nom is clear, redirect makes sense. Smmurphy(Talk) 22:51, 16 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Duchy of Normandy as per nom. Regarding protection, I think it is unnecessary for now, I am sure the user that resisted will accept any decision taken by the community with consensus. After all there was an urge to AfD if the nominator thought there is such an issue. --Kostas20142 (talk) 10:09, 21 April 2017 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.