Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Line of succession to the Ethiopian Throne


 * 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 of the debate was keep. - Mailer Diablo 05:40, 4 January 2006 (UTC)

Line of succession to the Ethiopian Throne
Not notable PatGallacher 19:15, 29 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, there's lists like this for many countries. -Andrew 19:26, 29 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep as above and to counter systemic bias. Just zis Guy, you know? [T]/[C] AfD? 19:30, 29 December 2005 (UTC)

The Ethiopian monarchy was deposed in 1975. Although Ethiopia has gone through various upheavals and changes of regime since then I am not aware that the monarchy seems likely to make a comeback. There are indeed "line of succession" articles for several other countries. However as far as I am aware they are all for reigning monarchies, this is the only one we have for a deposed monarchy. There are pretenders to the thrones of Romania, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, Greece, Italy, and probably a few other countries, should we have articles on all these lines of succession? The existence of a pretender to the Ethiopian throne is just about notable, but not this level of detail.

Also, this article is not sourced. It says that there are complex rules governing the succession to the Ethiopian throne, which could easily lead to disputes about who is the "legitimate" claimant. PatGallacher 19:33, 29 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Abstain. Retracting previous Delete vote due to lack of sufficient knowledge of the former Ethiopian monarchy. Possibly rename article to include the word former. -Andrew 19:47, 29 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. At least as notable as your average Pokemon character! jengod 19:51, 29 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep per the comments made above. NeoJustin 20:05, December 29, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, see Category:Pretenders. Gazpacho 20:11, 29 December 2005 (UTC)
 * keep Jcuk 20:45, 29 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep Mcjsfreak07 13:38, 29 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Counters systemic bias, and if the succession lines to the Eastern European royal families do not have articles, then it's about time someone did something about that. Let's face it, the Bulgarian royal family is still involved in that country's politics, despite abdicating 60 odd years ago. Grutness...wha?  00:17, 30 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep Valentinian 21:51, 30 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep Oh no you didn't! ፈቃደ (ውይይት) 19:53, 31 December 2005 (UTC)


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Africa-related deletions.  -- Humansdorpie 23:07, 29 December 2005 (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.