Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sortenstjerne

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The result was delete. Ged UK 13:57, 29 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Sortenstjerne

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This article about a Danish family traced back to the mid-18th century gives no indication that the family (or indeed any of its members) were notable in any way. (The founder of the family was, according to the article, the slave of Frederik Christian Rosenkrantz, but notability is not inherited.) Google searches brought up nothing promising. הסרפד (call me Hasirpad) 00:45, 22 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Caribbean-related deletion discussions. הסרפד (call me Hasirpad) 00:49, 22 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Denmark-related deletion discussions. הסרפד (call me Hasirpad) 00:49, 22 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - Per nom. I've also tried to find any trace of notability by researching further, to my dismay I found nothing, only social networks, perhaps the article has a COI issue. There are no notable descendants from this family line. Eduemoni ^↑talk↓ 02:07, 22 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. Northamerica1000^(talk) 13:29, 22 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per WP:NOTGENEALOGY and WP:OR. The text and self-published reference indicates that this is only someone's original research into their family genealogy. — CactusWriter ^(talk) 14:46, 22 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Delete The history of a black slave being brought to Denmark to live as a free man in the 18th century is historical interesting, and might have been relevant for articles about Black people in Denmark or the History of Danish slave trade if the story had been sufficiently covered in reliable secondary sources, but the only source here is a homesite (which includes a reference to a historical primary source); in addition the story is said to have been mentioned in a docu-novel, but that is not a very good secondary source either. So per WP:GNG this can't be a stand-alone article (where the genealogy aspect would have been irrelevant anyway, it should have been a biography if kept), and per WP:OR it can't even be merged into other articles with the sourcing situation that is documented so far. Unfortunately. Regards, Iselilja (talk) 20:56, 22 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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