Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Heights of European monarchs


 * 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. ✗ plicit  23:48, 31 May 2022 (UTC)

Heights of European monarchs

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List does not meet notability guidelines: see WP:NLIST. Needs to have reliable significant coverage of the topic "Heights of European Monarchs", rather than just coverage of individual's heights. — rsjaffe 🗣️ 23:00, 24 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Lists of people and Europe. — rsjaffe 🗣️ 23:00, 24 May 2022 (UTC)


 * Keep - Academic attention has been given to the topic, as height has been commonly perceived as an influence in securing positions of leadership. Most notably, TALL KINGS: The Height of Medieval English Kings by Josiah C Russell. This is touched upon heavily in the article on the heights of U.S. presidents. User:Ageofultron 23:06, 24 May 2022 (UTC)
 * You should have made it clear that as creator of the article and major editor of it you have a vested interest in keeping it.  Athel cb (talk) 07:30, 25 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Apologies, I forgot to disclose. I have also added more information to the article in question. User:Ageofultron 05:32, 26 May 2022


 * Delete. As it stands the article doesn't make any serious case for notability, as there is no discussion of the relationship between height and power. The opening words, "European monarchs have varied greatly in height," set the stage for the triviality that follows.  Athel cb (talk) 07:36, 25 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete This article inherently violates what Wikipedia is not. A book on the heights of English monarchs in the medieval period is not the basis of discussion heights of all European monarchs. There is no good reason to chose this scope, as opposed to height of all heads of state, or even of all monarchs worldwide. The very existence of this article reinforces the overcoverage of Europe and European descneded people in Wikipedia. Not everything that someone somewhere has published an article on lends itself to be covered in an encyclopedia article, and this clearly does not lend itself to such coverage.John Pack Lambert (talk) 15:51, 25 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep per the sources already in the article, particularly TALL KINGS: The Height of Medieval English Kings. Height is commonly brought up in royal biographies, and it's often used as a point of comparison: e.g. Napoleon. 𝕱𝖎𝖈𝖆𝖎𝖆 (talk) 16:09, 25 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Royalty and nobility-related deletion discussions. –LaundryPizza03 ( d  c̄ ) 19:46, 26 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. Random listicles aren't going to do the job. There is the article about English kings only, one source listing the heights of about a half a dozen contemporary female royals and one from Ranker for British kings, none of which encompasses anywhere near the scope of this list. All the other "references" are for the heights of individuals only. Clarityfiend (talk) 23:10, 29 May 2022 (UTC)


 * Delete per snow and trivia. Bearian (talk) 20:18, 31 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete this trivia list per nomination. Read WP:NOT. Doczilla  @SUPERHEROLOGIST 22:25, 31 May 2022 (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.