Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mathghamhain O'Brien


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The result was   keep. (non-admin closure) Erik9 (talk) 16:19, 26 August 2009 (UTC)

Mathghamhain O'Brien
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No reliable third-party references to establish notability. Article is a mess, author repeatedly removed refimprove and cleanup templates at another article about an O'Brien. If article cannot be improved it should be deleted as it is not acceptable as-is. &lt;&gt;Multi-Xfer&lt;&gt; (talk) 01:14, 19 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep Being a king should be enough for notability, see WP:POLITICIAN. Sources at google books, for instance. Redirect to list at worst.John Z (talk) 06:23, 19 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Wondered about possible name confusions, but this book seems to be definitely talking about this Mathghamhain O'Brien.John Z (talk) 06:33, 19 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep. Google gives me enough to be assured this is no hoax. You can't apply the same standards of immediate referencing to medieval topics, not least because spelling variants can fool search engines. Charles Matthews (talk) 09:41, 19 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep Reliable sources exist and kings are clearly notable. Edward321 (talk) 23:57, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
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