Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Prince Christian Oscar of Hanover

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The result was keep. John254 01:57, 21 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Prince Christian Oscar of Hanover[edit]

Unverifiable article - no sources cited, the only Google hit for this name is this article. Also, even if he existed, how is he notable? He seems to have no significant coverage in reliable sources. Sandstein 06:58, 16 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Come to think of it, the same could probably be said for several entries in List of members of the House of Hanover. Wikipedia is not a genealogical database. Sandstein 07:07, 16 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comment He certainly exists; you may just be having issues with the English transliteration. See for instance this; look for "Christian Oskar" etc. Whether he's notable is a different question. One mention points to Life magazine of May 3, 1954, p. 49 as having a story about the Prince capturing two purse snatchers. I don't have access to the reference to judge whether it can be considered nontrivial coverage. See also a passing mention here, here. He also seems to have played an active role in the management of Durisol Werke GemBH [1]. (Durisol is an organic building material.) Choess (talk) 19:19, 16 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Conditional Keep If the person exists (per User:Choess's research), then keep. Otherwise, delete. Courtesy titles do denote at least some notability. JRP (talk) 00:29, 17 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
keep close descendant of ruling monarchs are notable. DGG (talk) 01:34, 17 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Christian Oskar Prinz von Hannover was a prominent member of the House of Hanover, the former ruling house of the United Kingdom. His notability is especially relevant with concerns to post-World War II Austria. The article on the prince has enough sourcing and detail to be kept, and more will develop as more sources become available. There are stubs all over Wikipedia about less notable things with one sentence and a stub template at the bottom--this article is obviously not one of those. --Caponer (talk) 10:34, 19 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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