Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rhoemetalces Philocaesar

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The result was delete. ✗plicit 02:36, 12 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Rhoemetalces Philocaesar

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Speculative and WP:OR-ish article that appears to fail WP:V. The single source that actually mentions the subject does little more than give a transcription of a damaged inscription with the name, and does not conclusively identify the man. A high-profile person of this name did exist, but basically everything said here is uncertain, put together through WP:OR and WP:SYNTH. No information exists on this man's life or accomplishments, aside from the name itself which appears in a damaged inscription somewhere. Avilich (talk) 21:35, 29 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of History-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 22:30, 29 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Royalty and nobility-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 22:30, 29 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Merge briefly to his father, as virtually nothing is known of him but his mere existence, which is not generally enough for an article. Peterkingiron (talk) 13:03, 30 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Again, we don't know who his father actually was, and the idea that we do is the article creator's original research/synth. I already fixed the notices on the king's article, but there's nothing from here that can be merged. Avilich (talk) 13:21, 30 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Qwaiiplayer (talk) 13:33, 6 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Delete, considering that the main source for this article doesn't even mention the name (Latin or Greek[1] version), it would be irresponsible to keep or merge it. The best I could find is a source where very briefly is mentioned the inscription "King Rhoemetalces, Philocaesar" (with comma!)[2]. Fram (talk) 14:11, 6 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, it shouldn't be kept or merged without reliable sources. Suonii180 (talk) 17:42, 6 January 2022 (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.