Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lord Ligonier Uprising


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The result was   delete. Secret account 01:21, 21 February 2013 (UTC)

Lord Ligonier Uprising
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The ship itself existed, but there is no indication that the uprising happened. Kunta Kinte is a fictional character, and all of the events in this article are from the series, not reality. See also this interview with Alex Haley (the author of the book), which does not mention anything about this rebellion. FunkMonk (talk) 13:27, 14 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Delete Not only is the slave uprising fictional, it made its first appearance in the TV miniseries Roots, not the book. — Malik Shabazz Talk/Stalk 13:48, 14 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Delete. I did a search but outside of the TV show, this fictional uprising just isn't notable except for in the confines of the television show. I'm not sure if this is something that should be used as a redirect or not, though. There's absolutely nothing out there to show that this actually happened. Other than links back to this Wikipedia article and mentions of it in relation to Roots, there's nothing out there.Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡)   14:22, 14 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Delete. The rising is presented as fact (also in the article Lord Ligonier (slave ship), which I will clean up), but is fiction from the TV series, not even mentioned in the book Roots (which is itself now regarded largely as fiction). As a fictional event, not notable enough for a redirect, much less an article. JohnCD (talk) 16:14, 15 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Television-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 15:11, 19 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Fictional elements-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 15:11, 19 February 2013 (UTC)


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