The result of the debate was keep. - Mailer Diablo 05:40, 4 January 2006 (UTC) reply
Not notable PatGallacher 19:15, 29 December 2005 (UTC) reply
The Ethiopian monarchy was deposed in 1975. Although Ethiopia has gone through various upheavals and changes of regime since then I am not aware that the monarchy seems likely to make a comeback. There are indeed "line of succession" articles for several other countries. However as far as I am aware they are all for reigning monarchies, this is the only one we have for a deposed monarchy. There are pretenders to the thrones of Romania, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, Greece, Italy, and probably a few other countries, should we have articles on all these lines of succession? The existence of a pretender to the Ethiopian throne is just about notable, but not this level of detail.
Also, this article is not sourced. It says that there are complex rules governing the succession to the Ethiopian throne, which could easily lead to disputes about who is the "legitimate" claimant. PatGallacher 19:33, 29 December 2005 (UTC) reply
The result of the debate was keep. - Mailer Diablo 05:40, 4 January 2006 (UTC) reply
Not notable PatGallacher 19:15, 29 December 2005 (UTC) reply
The Ethiopian monarchy was deposed in 1975. Although Ethiopia has gone through various upheavals and changes of regime since then I am not aware that the monarchy seems likely to make a comeback. There are indeed "line of succession" articles for several other countries. However as far as I am aware they are all for reigning monarchies, this is the only one we have for a deposed monarchy. There are pretenders to the thrones of Romania, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, Greece, Italy, and probably a few other countries, should we have articles on all these lines of succession? The existence of a pretender to the Ethiopian throne is just about notable, but not this level of detail.
Also, this article is not sourced. It says that there are complex rules governing the succession to the Ethiopian throne, which could easily lead to disputes about who is the "legitimate" claimant. PatGallacher 19:33, 29 December 2005 (UTC) reply