Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Line of succession to the former Mecklenburg thrones

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The result was delete. Tone 17:47, 19 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Line of succession to the former Mecklenburg thrones

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Precedent is now in favour of deleting articles about lines of succession to thrones which no longer exist. PatGallacher (talk) 11:55, 12 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Lists of people-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 13:02, 12 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Germany-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 13:02, 12 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Delete As the nominator alludes to, 39 lines of succession to defunct thrones have been deleted recently (1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39). WP:CONSENSUS is clear that we don't want lines of succession that are a century out of date because the thrones are defunct (or even just over a decade out of date, as in the case of Nepal). This is not fixable by adding the "current line of succession"; if it were added, WP:DELREASON#6 would apply: Articles that cannot possibly be attributed to reliable sources, including neologisms, original theories and conclusions, and articles that are themselves hoaxes (but not articles describing notable hoaxes). It is impossible to attribute the current lines of succession to these thrones to WP:RELIABLE sources, because there are no current lines of succession, because the Grand Duchies themselves don't even exist anymore. See also WP:NOTGENEALOGY. TompaDompa (talk) 13:06, 12 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. This is a subpolity that was dissolved in 1918 alongside the abolition all official royal titles in Germany. The (poorly-sourced) fact that other rulers of defunct monarchies also recognized its post-1918 nobility at some point is irrelevant; it is no longer extant and therefore no longer has a verifiable line of succession. The succession in 1918 is covered in various Mecklenberg articles and so is an unnecessary fork. JoelleJay (talk) 15:59, 12 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.