Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Nicholas Burkhart

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The result was delete. Drmies (talk) 02:39, 26 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Nicholas Burkhart

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No sources have been found that features or mentions this person, at least as a member of the House of Keys, so I'm suspecting this as a hoax. Interestingly, for years from the article creation there was a piece of information about a supposed affair scandal that led to his elimination from Tynwald. That was removed few years ago because it's not sourced. In September 2006 the first mention of his servants was added, starting with two. July 2009 adds another one, but by August 2009 the servants are five with none from the first three, which lasted until the unsourced text removal. Article was also left with vandalism for nearly a month in July and August 2009, not counting the servants that lasted. TheGGoose (talk) 16:15, 19 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Delete I was unable to verify his existence, never mind notability. Boleyn (talk) 17:11, 19 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Appears to be a long-lived hoax, used chiefly as a platform for assorted vandalistic edits. No references for the subject anywhere outside Wikipedia and mirrors. The Tynwald includes a list of House of Keys members that is thought to be complete from 1585 onward, and no individual named Burkhart is mentioned there. Calamondin12 (talk) 17:42, 19 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - If this hadn't been nominated now, I would've sooner or later and my searches simply found nothing good with this family history link briefly mentioning him through a list the best link I found. Although sources for history subjects aren't always easily accessible, there would've certainly been something for this one. It's also amusing User:Listmeister attempted to "de-orphan" this but could not...hmm, I wonder why. SwisterTwister talk 19:37, 19 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete -- I also suspect a HOAX. Burkhart sounds like a German name, and most of those who came up on a book search were in America. The Isle of Man is about the size of an English county, though it has legislative powers. County Councillors are generally NN. I would have thought that mere members of the legislature would also be NN, or close to it. Peterkingiron (talk) 16:21, 20 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Not ~~notable~~ verifiable. Hawkeye7 (talk) 21:44, 20 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. not verifiable, but I think our consistent practice is to consider all member of the House of Keyes notable. The size of the administrative unit has nothing to do with it. Its official status is the factor. DGG ( talk ) 05:07, 21 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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