Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tauatomo Mairau

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The result was keep. (Non-administrator closure) NorthAmerica¹⁰⁰⁰ 11:21, 15 July 2014 (UTC)[]

Tauatomo Mairau[edit]

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Non notable claimant who is dead and likely to not receive anymore news coverage. The only notable thing found in reliable sources is his death. Nor do we have articles about the other Tahitians claimants at this point. He isn't even from the Pomare family line. KAVEBEAR (talk) 20:52, 19 June 2014 (UTC)[]

Comment He seems to be a descendant of Tahiti’s Queen Pomare IV. "Tahitians Push for 'Customary' Senate". Pacific Island Report. 31 October 2005. --Bejnar (talk) 05:02, 11 July 2014 (UTC)[]

That source doesn't state how he is a descendant. Mairau is not a name common in the Pomare Dynasty and matches Queen Pomare IV's brother-in-law instead, who was only a minor Raiatea chief.--KAVEBEAR (talk) 06:50, 15 July 2014 (UTC)[]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of France-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 22:40, 19 June 2014 (UTC)[]

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Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, j⚛e decker ^talk 02:17, 27 June 2014 (UTC)[]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, j⚛e decker ^talk 18:02, 5 July 2014 (UTC)[]

Keep He was the prime (in terms of activity) claimant during his lifetime, and he made real efforts to right what he considered the wrongs that the French had wrought. There was coverage of his efforts during his life, as the article demonstrates, and, as is normal, his obits are a good source of information, especially since his death occurred during the Information Age and hence the obits are readily available. I rectified one book citation in the article that did not present the source page properly, and fixed a dead link. --Bejnar (talk) 05:02, 11 July 2014 (UTC)[]

There are many claimants to the Tahitian throne: Joinville Pomare, the most active today, Leopold Pomare, Pakumotu and many more probably not mentioned by English sources.

Keep The coverage in the article is sufficient to meet the main notability guideline in my opinion. Davewild (talk) 19:19, 14 July 2014 (UTC)[]

Speedy Keep notability is WP:NOTTEMPORARY. LuigiToeness (talk) 06:31, 15 July 2014 (UTC)[]

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