Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Palmstruch
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The result of the debate was cleanup. – ABCD 16:07, 9 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Palmstruch[edit]
The Vicefield article reminded me of this one which I saw a while ago. It is partly about Johan Palmstruch, Swedish 17th century financier, and partly about the bank he founded, which was the origin of the present Bank of Sweden. I am not sure if it is intentionally anti-semitic, but it claims that both Palmstruch and an unnamed Chancellor of Sweden at the time were Jewish, which appear to be the type of claims often made to reinforce the idea of the unproportional influence of Jews over finances and politics. Palmstruch, originally (before he was raised to the nobility) called Witmacker, came from a family of Dutch protestant origin which had been settled in Riga for a generation or two. No chancellor of Sweden in the 17th century was Jewish or of Jewish origin. The article has other POV issues as well, but very little factual content. Palmstruch might be used as a redirect to Johan Palmstruch, when that article is written or as a disambiguation whenever somebody writes a real article about the Palmstruch Bank, but I see no reason to keep this in the history or to further distribute it to Wikipedia mirrors. / Uppland 05:05, 3 Apr 2005 (UTC)
- This seems more suitable for Wikipedia:Cleanup. - Mustafaa 12:56, 3 Apr 2005 (UTC)
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