Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Långrocken

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The result was delete. - Mailer Diablo 12:53, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

Långrocken

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The article needs sources to verify its information. A source is mention at the bottom but it is unclear to what extent that source is used or what that source says. I have not been able to find a mention of "Långrocken" through google searches (other than links to Wikipedia). Previous requests for additional sources have been reverted. [1] [2] If the best source is "The story of Långrocken is also mentioned in the autobiography of Ture Nerman", without further information, then the topic appears unverifiable.

It is also unclear whether this attacker is notable in any way. Is a person notable for attacking "several" women in 1893? Modern sources say nothing of him; possibly not all rapists are notable. Fred-J 17:41, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

• Delete hoax or non-notable. I was also planning to nominate after getting no response at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Sweden#Långrocken (where Fred J probably saw it). The article has basically only been copy edited [3] since creation by 80.217.161.77 in 2005. I haven't found any source independent of Wikipedia. The only alleged source is the autobiography of Ture Nerman which is in 3 volumes with around 1000 pages in total. No page, chapter or volume number is given. Even if Långrocken is mentioned, it seems insufficient for WP:N without other known sources. PrimeHunter 22:41, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
• Delete. I tried searching a few Swedish news paper archives, but came up with nothing. That itself may not be indicative of much, since the events took place over a hundred years ago and the name is not very distinctive. But I wasn't able to satisfy WP:V. If anyone had better luck, it'd be interesting to hear. henrik•talk 23:50, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
• Delete for failing WP:V. Simply stating "also mentioned in the autobiography of Ture Nerman" is insufficient to qualify as a verifiable source and a quick search of the internet (which doesn't say much since it's an incident that happened more than a century ago) didn't turn up anything except for this article and references to this article. –panda 20:00, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

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