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Alternate successions of the English crown

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This article fails WP's policies against original research. While I enjoy alternative history myself, WP is not the place to host what-if speculations. An article on the fact that some people enjoy this as a hobby might be possible, but not the alternative universe research itself. Kitfoxxe (talk) 13:13, 28 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Keep: The discussion is still ongoing. More sources have been added(though some deemed unreliable), and more can still be provided(other people such as the article's creator should be asked if they can provide more sources before deletion is even considered). Likewise, the issue that others have raised is NOT Original Research, but rather that the sources are unreliable. 41.133.47.252 (talk) 13:15, 28 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

My objection is not a lack of reliable sources, but that the sources are being used to create an alternative universe where someone else besides Elizabeth is the monarch of England. Kitfoxxe (talk) 13:36, 28 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: this article is an exercise in purely speculative alternative history (and thus falls afoul of WP:CRYSTAL). By its very subject matter it is lacking anything even vaguely resembling mainstream scholarship, and therefore has, and likely will continue to, offer an open invitation for WP:UNDUE weight to the 'tiny minorities' on the WP:FRINGE that promote this or that line of claimants. This leads to inevitable WP:POV-pushing and WP:BATTLEGROUND. Hrafn^Talk_Stalk(P) 13:33, 28 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- It is only turning into a battleground because some people have pushed their personal opinions, and made personal insults. Likewise, it is not "Creating an alternative universe". Every so-called "Alternative universe" has used sources to show why someone else may have a claim. Perhaps your objection is not to the article itself, nor its structure, but the concept of "someone else besides Elizabeth" having a legitimate claim to be monarch of England? 41.133.47.252 (talk) 15:33, 28 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]