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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. Hoax (as others) seicer | talk | contribs 19:28, 11 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Comte du Vérac

Part of the "Spring family" series of hoax articles. See Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Peerage and Baronetage#Baron Lavenham. Choess (talk) 03:26, 11 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Hoax. Kittybrewster ☎ 09:07, 11 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Question. I have no reason to trust any article created by the hoaxer concerned, but it's useful to do a second check if possible. Has anyone with access to any of the relevant reference works on nobility checked to see how this one stacks up? --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 15:15, 11 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Observation. A google search for "Comte du Vérac" -wikipedia throws up only 3 hits, all of which appear to be wikipedia mirrors whch do not acknowledge the source. This is very suspicious: there are so many peerage and nobility buffs out there that it's highly unusual for a genuine peerage not to get a number of other hits. There are also no hits on Google Scholar, which furthers points to this being a hoax. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 15:28, 11 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Note. The arms are not du Verac. Kittybrewster ☎ 15:44, 11 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Well spotted: they are File:Artois Arms.svg, the arms of the County of Artois. I'll hold off until someone checks the nobility guides, but this now looks like a clear hoax. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 16:26, 11 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

This AfD nomination was incomplete (missing step 3). It is listed now. DumbBOT (talk) 19:08, 11 March 2009 (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.

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-The result was    '''delete'''. Hoax (as others) <small>[[User:Seicer|<font color="#CC0000">seicer</font>]] &#x007C; [[User_talk:Seicer|<font color="#669900">talk</font>]] &#x007C; [[Special:Contributions/Seicer|<font color="#669900">contribs</font>]]</small> 19:28, 11 March 2009 (UTC)
+The result was    '''delete'''. Hoax (as others) <small>[[User:Seicer|<span style="color:#CC0000;">seicer</span>]] &#x007C; [[User_talk:Seicer|<span style="color:#669900;">talk</span>]] &#x007C; [[Special:Contributions/Seicer|<span style="color:#669900;">contribs</span>]]</small> 19:28, 11 March 2009 (UTC)
 ===[[Comte du Vérac]]===
 :{{la|Comte du Vérac}} (<span class="plainlinks">[{{fullurl:Comte du Vérac|wpReason={{urlencode: [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Comte du Vérac]]}}&action=delete}} delete]</span>) – <includeonly>([[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Comte du Vérac|View AfD]])</includeonly><noinclude>([[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2009 March 11#{{anchorencode:Comte du Vérac}}|View log]])</noinclude>
 Part of the "Spring family" series of hoax articles. See [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Peerage and Baronetage#Baron Lavenham]]. [[User:Choess|Choess]] ([[User talk:Choess|talk]]) 03:26, 11 March 2009 (UTC)
-*'''Delete''' Hoax. [[User:Kittybrewster|Kittybrewster ]] [[User_talk:Kittybrewster|<font color="0000FF">&#9742;</font>]] 09:07, 11 March 2009 (UTC)
+*'''Delete''' Hoax. [[User:Kittybrewster|Kittybrewster ]] [[User_talk:Kittybrewster|<span style="color:#0000FF;">&#9742;</span>]] 09:07, 11 March 2009 (UTC)
 *'''Question'''. I have no reason to trust any article created by the hoaxer concerned, but it's useful to do a second check if possible. Has anyone with access to any of the relevant reference works on nobility checked to see how this one stacks up? --[[User:BrownHairedGirl|<span style="color:#996600; cursor: not-allowed;">Brown</span>HairedGirl]] <small>[[User_talk:BrownHairedGirl|(talk)]] • ([[Special:Contributions/BrownHairedGirl|contribs]])</small> 15:15, 11 March 2009 (UTC)
 *'''Observation'''.  A  [http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=%22Comte+du+V%C3%A9rac%22+-wikipedia google search for ''"Comte du Vérac" -wikipedia''] throws up only 3 hits, all of which appear to be wikipedia mirrors whch do not acknowledge the source.  This is very suspicious: there are so many  peerage and nobility buffs out there that it's highly unusual for a genuine peerage not to get a number of other hits.  There are also [http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=%22Comte+du+V%C3%A9rac%22 no hits on Google Scholar], which furthers points to this being a hoax. --[[User:BrownHairedGirl|<span style="color:#996600; cursor: not-allowed;">Brown</span>HairedGirl]] <small>[[User_talk:BrownHairedGirl|(talk)]] • ([[Special:Contributions/BrownHairedGirl|contribs]])</small> 15:28, 11 March 2009 (UTC)
-*'''Note'''. The arms are not du Verac. [[User:Kittybrewster|Kittybrewster ]] [[User_talk:Kittybrewster|<font color="0000FF">&#9742;</font>]] 15:44, 11 March 2009 (UTC)
+*'''Note'''. The arms are not du Verac. [[User:Kittybrewster|Kittybrewster ]] [[User_talk:Kittybrewster|<span style="color:#0000FF;">&#9742;</span>]] 15:44, 11 March 2009 (UTC)
 **Well spotted: they are [[:File:Artois Arms.svg]], the arms of the [[County of Artois]].  I'll hold off until someone checks the nobility guides, but this now looks like a clear hoax. --[[User:BrownHairedGirl|<span style="color:#996600; cursor: not-allowed;">Brown</span>HairedGirl]] <small>[[User_talk:BrownHairedGirl|(talk)]] • ([[Special:Contributions/BrownHairedGirl|contribs]])</small> 16:26, 11 March 2009 (UTC)
 :*This AfD nomination was incomplete (missing [[:Template:AfD in 3 steps|step 3]]). It is listed now. [[User:DumbBOT|DumbBOT]] ([[User talk:DumbBOT|talk]]) 19:08, 11 March 2009 (UTC)