Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Barony of Caux

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. This deletion has no bearing on the potential notability of the historical Barony of Caux, or this title's suitability to be redirected somewhere. -- Patar knight - ^chat/_{contributions} 00:31, 8 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Barony of Caux[edit]

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Not, of itself, worth an encyclopedia entry. Should possibly be merged to micronation, along with several others. Anmccaff (talk) 17:47, 30 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Geography-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 17:53, 30 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of France-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 17:53, 30 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of England-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 17:53, 30 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Being a micronation is usually an indication of non-notability. This article does not establish that this micronation has received "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject" to qualify as notable per the WP:GNG. (I don't consider two pages in a Lonely Planet book about micronations to meet that criterion, and the "barony"'s own web site certainly isn't independent; no other sources have been provided.) --Metropolitan90 (talk) 05:26, 1 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Not enough independent references. Zhangj1079 (Saluton!) 19:41, 1 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, but expand to include the historical Barony of Caux (based in Pays de Caux, Normandy, and Caus Castle, Shropshire). The micronation claims to be a restitution of that medieval barony. As for micronations in general, some certainly warrant their own articles if they have gained enough notoriety (certainly, for example, Sealand or Molossia), but the Barony of Caux seems to have just one legitimate book reference and a handful of scholarly references. The medieval Barony of Caux is better documented.

Note: I created this article in 2011 with the thought that those micronations featured in the Lonely Planet book were notable in comparison with others listed in the book but not featured in detail. I may have been too generous. Goustien (talk) 22:40, 2 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - not sufficiently referenced. Absolutely do not conflate a modern micro-nation with a historical entity. power~enwiki (π, ν) 21:28, 3 October 2017 (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.