Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rani Romanov, Grand Duke of Russia


 * 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 was Delete most likely a hoax. Note deletion discussion being skewed by sock/meat puppetry, BLPPROD and AFD deletion templates removed from article, inaccurate/baseless claims of article having been approved by an administrator. The article itself has deficient sourcing, suggestions abound this is a hoax and it generally fails WP:N, WP:V and WP:BLP policies. Nick (talk) 11:52, 13 May 2014 (UTC)

Rani Romanov, Grand Duke of Russia

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The sources are very poor quality for a WP:BLP. It's not clear, even from the bloggy sources, what this person's lineage is, and that's the only claim to notability given in the article (he's only 14 or 15?). He's not listed in Line of succession to the former Russian throne. Although Russian isn't my language, so I could easily be missing something. Grayfell (talk) 06:02, 12 May 2014 (UTC)

Delete But Why Didn't you just Request a BLP:PROD? Dudel250 (talk) 06:07, 12 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Although the sources are poor, they do exist. BLPPROD can only be used if there are no sources at all (or if the sources aren't about the subject of the article). Also, the article was already prodded, right? I hope someone will correct me if I'm wrong, but my understanding is that if a prod is removed a different method of deletion should be used. Grayfell (talk) 06:58, 12 May 2014 (UTC)

The information found on this page are 100% true and legit. Although, the sources are poor but that doesn't mean they are fake or should proposed for deletion. I'm a Russian, and I remember when there was a small event at the Winter Palace in St.Petersburg and Rani attended and he was honored as an official member of the House of Romanov although this page's tag says pretender. so my point is that this page shouldn't be deleted, also his name can be found on international wikipedia pages as well... and I also found this link which was posted back in July 2013 http://woahmagazine.net/history-the-romanovs-dynastic-succession/ ..... 02:53, 12 May 2014 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.66.119.234 (talk)

This page should stay up and not get deleted — Preceding unsigned comment added by Claudialev (talk • contribs) 13:06, 12 May 2014 (UTC)

I agree to this page and I want it to stay on Wikipedia because it's true and reliable. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 178.191.210.32 (talk) 16:55, 12 May 2014 (UTC)
 * "Delete" as hoax.--Yopie (talk) 19:26, 12 May 2014 (UTC)


 * See also Talk:House of Romanov, where the sources have already been discussed. This eliminates any doubt I had that this is a hoax. Grayfell (talk) 21:21, 12 May 2014 (UTC)

I see the site like any other memorable site for the Romanovs which included Rani's name. If you see the content as fake, then it's the problem with the website nor Rani and his family. And that doesn't mean it's fake or Rani's article is a hoax. Content contributing needs wise thinking. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Demetriaauthor (talk • contribs) 03:17, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Except that Wikipedia is based on verifiability. If the only sources supporting something are fake, then there is nothing to build an article on. So far the only sources are websites made up of copy/pastes of other websites with this person's name inserted into them clumsily. There's also this useless bit from iReport. There is no reliable proof this kid even exists. Grayfell (talk) 04:01, 13 May 2014 (UTC)

This deletion discussion is closed and the page will not get deleted. The page has been approved on and been fixed by one of the administrators. Thanks for sharing your ideas. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Demetriaauthor (talk • contribs) 11:03, 13 May 2014 (UTC)


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