Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Line of succession to the former Hessian throne


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The result was delete. Vanamonde (Talk) 00:05, 9 August 2020 (UTC)

Line of succession to the former Hessian throne

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This is an unsourced genealogical directory of people who hypothetically would have been Grand Duke or Elector (or Landgrave or Prince?) of Hesse (it's unclear to which of these long-abolished titles an individual is supposed to succeed) had the Grand Duchy not been dissolved in 1918, itself having been created (with its heads being considered "titular landgraves") after the Electorate dissolved in 1866. The textual info is a generic description of semi-Salic law and the years each former polity was annexed/dissolved, while the lineage info is included (still unsourced) in List_of_rulers_of_Hesse. There is no reason for this article to exist. JoelleJay (talk) 23:50, 1 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. JoelleJay (talk) 23:50, 1 August 2020 (UTC)
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 * Delete per WP:DEL-REASON 6: Articles that cannot possibly be attributed to reliable sources, including neologisms, original theories and conclusions, and articles that are themselves hoaxes (but not articles describing notable hoaxes). It is impossible to attribute the current line of succession to this throne to WP:RELIABLE sources, because there is no current line of succession, because the Grand Duchy itself doesn't even exist anymore. TompaDompa (talk) 23:54, 1 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom and the other comments above.Smeat75 (talk) 02:26, 3 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom --Devokewater @  10:44, 2 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete Unsourced and probably unsourceable, for the same reasons as other lines of succession to defunct thrones. PatGallacher (talk) 11:40, 2 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete: The article does not cite RS and I don't believe this could be verifiably sourced and not contain substantial WP:OR | WP:SYNTH.  // Timothy ::  talk  13:07, 2 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete per the comments and reasons above. Futurist110 (talk) 06:50, 3 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete per WP:OUTCOMES. While this could be sourced, the growing consensus has been to eliminate lists about successions of countries that don't exist anymore and monarchies that have been overthrown for one reason or another. Bearian (talk) 15:13, 6 August 2020 (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.