Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kushmire

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. DS 21:10, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Kushmire

No references. High on a tree 07:58, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

• Merge and redirect to Kush if references can be found else Delete. Google returns just one hit, and I can't seem to access the site. Looking at the URL it would seem that the one possible hit was created in August of 2007 anyway. I suspect that a lack of WP:RS is going to kill this unless someone can cite it from printed works. Pedro |  Chat  09:02, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
• Comment not sure about kushmire, but kentake, the other bolded term in the article's lead, gets a relevant hit on GBooks [1]: Van Sertima, Ivan (1984). Black Women in Antiquity. Transaction Publishers, p. 27. ISBN 0878559825.  cab 09:13, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Africa-related deletions. -- John Vandenberg 14:51, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
• Comment Making a similar search, I finished ending on the same book. It seems clear in any case that the title is kentake, not Kushmire, latinized Candaces, and appears to be have applied especially to 4-5 queen-mothers that became indipendent rulers. Also the Historical Dictionary Of Women In Sub-Saharan Africa has a voice under "Candace", as an apellative of four ruler-queens in Meroitic Kush. That said, the wikitext seems to be pretty povish.--Aldux 16:29, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
• Sorry for having overlooked this earlier: The entire article has been copied and pasted (violating the GFDL) from Kandake. I suggest a speedy deletion now. If someone finds reliable sources that "Kushmire" is indeed another name for this, a redirect can be created later. Regards, High on a tree 18:05, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
• Delete fast - I've controlled Google print, Google scholar and the web and this name seems to be a pure hoax.--Aldux 19:36, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

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