Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Thorbjorn Paternò Castello

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was delete. czar 04:59, 13 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Thorbjorn Paternò Castello

(Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL)

Judging by his website (www.orderofmaltaosj.com/the-grand-master.html) he appears to be the self-appointed "grand master" of one of the countless fake/self-styled "Orders of Malta". I also note that he is born in 1976 and that all the "sources" in this article were published (mostly years) before he was even born, and that they don't seem related to him in any way. I believe this article is a hoax about a non-notable individual that mainly serves to promote a non-notable, obscure, fake "Order of Malta." Also, the article doesn't really convey any encyclopedic information. Tataral (talk) 00:20, 6 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The lack of relevance of the references is partly my fault. The article used to have a lot of material about the arrival of the family in Italy in the 11th century, and a lot about a disputed claim to something-or-other that was poorly explained and just seemed out of place in a biography. I removed both, but without inline citations, I couldn't tell which of the references should also be removed. I don't think it is a hoax, but I do think the subject is completely non-notable, and its lack of relevant references would cause it to fail WP:BLP except that it hardly says anything about the actual subject that needs referencing. Delete. Agricolae (talk) 02:26, 6 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Italy-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 03:00, 6 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - This is an article that doesn't talk at all about the non notable individual in the title. The family is definitely notable and has its own article. The person really exists and indeed makes the ludicrous claims mentioned by Tataral. Then again, there are tons of fantasy claimants out there and all but a small handful merit their own article. --Kimon^talk 14:59, 12 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.