Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Laurent Ronde


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The result was keep. SpinningSpark 18:25, 31 December 2014 (UTC)

Laurent Ronde

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I suspect the article to be a hoax. In fact, a Google search produces no good result. It says on the article "His most famous creation was the Crown of Louis XV" or are Claude RONDÉ / Augustin DUFLOS who are behind.

Original text because I'm french : Je soupçonne l'article d'être un canular. En effet une recherche Google ne donne aucun résultat viable. On indique sur l'article « Son œuvre la plus connue est la couronne de Louis XV » or ce sont Claude RONDÉ/Augustin DUFLOS qui en sont à l'origine. Gratus (talk) 16:45, 23 December 2014 (UTC)
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 * Keep. I can say with almost 100% certainty that it is not a hoax. The creator was a well-respected and prolific editor and an admin, but his hey-day was in the days when verifiability was not so big a thing as today. A number of articles that he created in good faith have since been deleted. However, Google Books has references to Laurent Ronde, and the crown of Louis XV, including this one that was also turned up by Google Scholar. The French Wikipedia article on Louis XV's crown has him as "Claude Rondé", as does the site linked to by the nominator. Here is a reference to a Claude and a Laurent, and here is one to a Claude-Laurent (d. 1723). Some research is called for, possibly followed by a page move.  Scolaire (talk) 18:10, 23 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Keep : I didn't found theses references when I create this page. Indeed, I havent got same results when I open thes Google Book page in french and with google translate. --Gratus (talk) 21:10, 23 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Comment: Here is another source, which says that Laurent Ronde was succeeded by his son Claude, who made the famous crown for the coronation of Lewis [sic] XV. And another one that says Claude. I am beginning to lean towards Move. At the very least, it should have the accented "e".  Scolaire (talk) 00:26, 24 December 2014 (UTC)
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