Jump to content

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Henry Tudor (II)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by PatGallacher (talk | contribs) at 12:02, 1 June 2008 (tidy up). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Henry Tudor (II) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) (delete) – (View log)

Not sufficiently notable PatGallacher (talk) 23:54, 30 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia is not paper, but there are limits. This article was put up for proposed deletion, and was very near passing it before somebody objected. This article concerns a royal child who may only have lived for a few hours after birth. To compound the problem, it is not clear that this son of Henry VIII of England and Anne Boleyn was even a live birth, it may only have been a miscarriage, I will check sources. The article is also unreferenced. "Henry Tudor (II)" also seems like a bad title for this person, for a number of reasons. The alternative history novel mentioned is not relevant enough to make this person notable, since it is not clear that the author was thinking of this person, or any specific son of Henry VIII. PatGallacher (talk) 00:03, 31 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, you are right, if this person is notable then Henry, Duke of Cornwall is how Wikipedia should refer to him, as his highest title during his extremely short life. So we could say something about him there. However as a bad title which nobody would normally search for this article should be deleted, not just turned into a redirect. PatGallacher (talk) 11:29, 1 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • I have just checked the main Anne Boleyn article, which unlike this article seems reasonably well-sourced. There is some uncertainty as to how many miscarriages and stillbirths Anne had in her time, but I see no mention of the possible live birth of a boy, however short-lived. PatGallacher (talk)