Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Prince Otto Heinrich of Hanover


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The result was   delete.  MBisanz  talk 01:23, 7 December 2012 (UTC)

Prince Otto Heinrich of Hanover

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Contested prod. PatGallacher (talk) 15:33, 29 November 2012 (UTC)

This is a case of "deposed-monarchy-cruft", one person endorsed the prod before it was contested. The Kingdom of Hanover ceased to exist when it was annexed outright by Prussia in 1866 (not just incorporated into the German Empire as some smaller kingdoms were around that time). This person is a rather minor figure even within the former Hanoverian royal family, he is the son of a younger son of someone who was the head of the house, as such he is not even a pretender to the throne and unlikely to become so. PatGallacher (talk) 15:55, 29 November 2012 (UTC)


 * Keep - Bunte published a piece on him earlier this year, the younger generation of the House of Hanover are becoming more public and Prince Otto has been accompanying his cousin to events recently that get reported on. Not sure what relevance Hanover being annexed in 1866 has but the Duchy of Brunswick which his family ruled "only" ceased to exist in 1918. - dwc lr (talk) 16:12, 29 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete The minor coverage is mostly fluffery and in no way the significant coverage required to meet the general notability guidelines. Rotten regard 17:24, 29 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep per dwc lr's comments above. In addition, he became the object of considerable interest when his parents died unexpectedly on the same day during his infancy, and there was coverage of his needs, prospects and surviving family during the bitter, public custody battle which ensued over him between his maternal grandparents, who won, and his paternal uncle, Prince Ernst August of Hanover in light of his father's desperate final plea to the latter to provide care for the about-to-be-orphaned child. Periodic coverage of his subsequent fate can reasonably be expected, so the potential for article expansion is substantial. FactStraight (talk) 22:44, 29 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Please do add all these additional sources to the article, I look forward to reading them. Rotten regard 23:48, 29 November 2012 (UTC)


 * Keep A legitimate Prince. Adequite secondary sources. Bunte is like Time Magazine in the USA. --Sue Rangell ✍ ✉ 23:32, 30 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete Not notable. --Shorthate (talk) 00:01, 1 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete I couldn't find much about him, not sure if his title is even legally recognized. Overall doesn't meet the WP:BIO guideline. Stowonthewolder (talk) 01:59, 1 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep per dwc, Fact, Sue; he is "a real Prince." Royalty are almost always notable; see WP:OUTCOMES. See also User:Bearian/Standards. Bearian (talk) 18:32, 1 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete The references as they are do not indicate notability, they are either about the death of his parents or brief mentions about his lineage. Morefoolhim 21:39, 1 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep Multiple notable sources discussing him, and legitimate nobility Deathlibrarian (talk) 08:20, 2 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete, references that exist mostly don't appear to be about him, those that are, just give brief mentions and pretty insignificant. Plaintive plaintiff (talk) 21:20, 2 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete Not up to the WP:GNG standards. Bruddersohn (talk) 23:17, 2 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Germany-related deletion discussions. — Frankie (talk) 18:06, 3 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. — Frankie (talk) 18:06, 3 December 2012 (UTC)


 * Delete I can't say he's notable, just another one of Europe's aristocratic nonentities. --Elongated shorty (talk) 22:57, 3 December 2012 (UTC)
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