Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The zambrano family history


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The result was   withdrawn by nominator, with no dissension from only other voice in the discussion.

The zambrano family history

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This article appears to be an attempt to create a history of the name Zambrano and to trace the name through history. Unfortunately, it is in such a state of disorder that it is impossible to clean up to anything resembling an actual article. It appears to be mostly a collection of thought and ideas, and text copied from elsewhere (copyvio noted where appropriate), but with no real cohesion. There is no verifiable indication that the name Zambrano refers to a single family, or whether it is simply a common name. The one source that might have provided some useful information proves to be hopelessly confused, indicating that one member of the Zambrano family lineage served Philip I of France in his battle against the Huguenots (Philip reined from 1060 to 1108; the Huguenots did not appear until the 1560s), and goes on to state that the son of that Zambrano went on to serve Charles V of France who reined from 1364 - 1380 (meaning the son loved some 260 years after the father). With such discrepancies, the value of this source has to be seriously questioned, and without this source, this family history is just a collection of people who happen to have the same last name. WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 14:33, 13 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Spain-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 14:49, 13 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of France-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 14:50, 13 June 2012 (UTC)
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 * Redirect to Zambrano: Now that I have stripped down the article, it has become clear that the information would work much better in the article Zambrano, which would then also talk about the origins.history of the surname rather than just listing of examples. I think this is the best option.--Coin945 (talk) 22:40, 13 June 2012 (UTC)


 * Withdrawn Based on further investigation, I have re-evaluated the reliability of this source. When one realizes the source is talking about Philip I of Castile, not Philip I of France, the timeline falls into place.  With Coin and myself already looking to improve the article, and other editors welcome to join in, we may well wrestle an article from this yet.  WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 12:39, 14 June 2012 (UTC)
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