Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Maksim of Orenburg

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The result was Delete. —Quarl ^(talk) 2007-02-08 22:10Z

[edit] Maksim of Orenburg

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This appears to be a spoof article. I've looked, and I dont't think that Maksim of Orenburg existed. The reference given, "Riasanovsky, Nicholas V. and Mark D. Steinberg. A History of Russia. 7th ed. Oxford University Press, 2004, 800 pages. (ISBN 0195153944)", certainly exists, but Maksim of Orenburg is not in the index. ArglebargleIV 13:09, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

• Tentative delete. Nothing I have been able to find, either. The stub article makes this sound like Maksim was a city-level ruler (a mayor or something like one), which makes his titling as "Czar" suspect in my eyes. This city history gives some names of provincial governors and the like, but nothing from 1757-1800, inconveniently enough. Maybe This would have some information for someone who reads Russian? However, this link in a wiki for NationStates makes me wonder if this isn't a WP:WAF problem rather than "just" a hoax. Even if not, he seems little more than a late 18th century mayor or provincial governor, and I don't think that meets WP:BIO anyway. Serpent's Choice 14:02, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
• Delete as hoax, I try to find Maksim in the book A History of Russia but Maksim is mentioned nowhere. --MaNeMeBasat 16:04, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
• Delete as hoax. All edits by creator of this article is nonsense or adding false information to articles. Hevesli 18:52, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
• delete I too have looked for both Maksim of Orenburg and Maksim romanov and combinations thereof. The fact that the article states he was a prince, doesn't that mean he wouldn't be "Czar" anyway? But nevertheless seems to be an article on a fake topic, either intentionally or accidentally. SGGH 23:37, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
• Delete hoax, created by vandalism-only account. --Henrik Ebeltoft 02:34, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

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