Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Edith de La Chevalerie


 * 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   delete.  Sandstein  16:51, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

Edith de La Chevalerie


led me to fr:Discussion:Avlor Landić de Hazelrof/Suppression which led to fr:Discussion:Édith de La Chevalerie/Suppression which led to this. BLP proposed deletion was contested on the grounds that the article has sources. It actually doesn't. It has citations. I can find no evidence that the first book cited has anything to do with this person. The second citation appears to be complete fakery. I cannot even find a catalogue listing for such an author. As pointed out on the French Wikipedia,, which might look like an alternative source at first glance, can only possibly be fiction, as people have pointed out in its comments. And no, I haven't turned up anything myself. This article is unverifiable, and part of a multiple-wiki pattern of hoaxery. Uncle G (talk) 11:51, 5 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete. Note that I've also nominated Xavier de La Chevalerie, by the same contributor. Fut.Perf. ☼ 13:40, 5 July 2012 (UTC)
 * fr:Discussion:Xavier de La Chevalerie/Suppression and what I found whilst researching this are why I didn't nominate that article for deletion as well. I found that person documented.  I could probably source two, possibly three, paragraphs there.  Although I don't trust the content there that I cannot source.  As the French Wikipedians have noted, fact and fiction have been mixed in this group of articles, in particular in that one. Uncle G (talk) 15:27, 5 July 2012 (UTC)
 * I have completely re-written the Xavier de La Chevalerie article to contain only information which can be verified by published reliable sources. The of the article had no inline citations, very dubious and vague sources listed, contained much original research and quite possibly many inaccuracies and "embellishments" (to say the least!). Voceditenore (talk) 11:51, 6 July 2012 (UTC)
 * You didn't even need the inspiration of, either. You've saved me some work.  Thank you.  Uncle G (talk) 17:36, 6 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete on grounds of un-verifiablity and non-notability. Note that the person claimed to be her brother, Xavier de La Chevalerie, definitely was a real person and was Chief of Staff of Charles de Gaulle, amongst other things. See Google books and charles-de-gaulle.org. However, the only source for this one is a somewhat embellished memoire on a geneology site by one of her family members. Even if the gist of the story is true, her only claim to fame is that she was a passenger on a ship sunk during World War II and died at the age of 22 before she could do anything of note. A personal tragedy but not a notable one. Voceditenore (talk) 14:17, 5 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Comment - Since Xavier de La Chevalerie is mentioned here, it is noteworthy to mention that Xavier de La Chevalerie was nominated for deletion by Fut.Perf., the same administrator who also closed that discussion within few hours of his nomination (by retracting). See also Xavier's talk page : "This article's AfD". Tamsier (talk) 17:39, 5 July 2012 (UTC)
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 * Delete, there appears to be insufficient reliable sources where the subject has received significant coverage for the subject to pass WP:GNG, WP:BIO, or WP:SOLDIER.--RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 17:32, 6 July 2012 (UTC)


 * Delete. I can't turn up anything reliable either. Mcewan (talk) 16:13, 12 July 2012 (UTC)
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