Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jacinta Palmer

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 of the debate was delete. -R. fiend 21:06, 14 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Jacinta Palmer

No entry at IMDB, and Google search on "Jacinta Palmer"+Patrick turns up empty despite supposedly famous criminal case. Likely hoax, and other articles contributed by Slimy earthworm (talk • contribs) such as Stephen Silvapulle should be looked at. -- Curps 17:51, 6 October 2005 (UTC)

• Doesn't show up on iMDB because she is not reknowned for her acting or screenwriting prowesses (and this is a service you have to pay for) but rather non-fictional stories in australian newspapers, judge on the australian young writer's guild. iMDB also does not show many actors in small television series. Not a strong argument.
  • ^{Above edit by Slimy earthworm.--CastAStone 18:33, 6 October 2005 (UTC)}

• Not a famous criminal case, as it never went past police proceedings. Just a funny anecdote told in the "you'll never guess what happened" columns.
  • ^{Above edit by Slimy earthworm.--CastAStone 18:33, 6 October 2005 (UTC)}

• Unverifiable information doesn't really belong in an encyclopedia, and pranks among a small circle of friends aren't really encyclopedic or "famous". -- Curps 18:12, 6 October 2005 (UTC)

• the information is actually verifiable. Quite a famous name in Australia, due to her loss of the role of Samara. For this information to be considered a prank between a small circle of friends, that would assume that i actually know the people in question. Just regurgitating the information found in various magazines and columns. As you can tell, i'm a fan of their work.
  • ^{Above edit by Slimy earthworm.--CastAStone 18:33, 6 October 2005 (UTC)}
• Most of the information can be googled successfully. If you're in the right area, some of the information regarding awards can still be found on major newpaper archives before they become for paid users only. --Slimy earthworm 18:20, 6 October 2005 (UTC)

• Delete. Maybe there should be a "WP is not a collection of funny anecdotes" policy. --Trovatore 18:41, 6 October 2005 (UTC)
  • oh, of course not. But it's nice to read some light-hearted material about people you like to read about. Wikipedia is about publishing all aspects of a person's life. I'm sure you'd appreciate it if you were in a position to. The story behind it is much more complex which i was hoping to detail when i found the article again. It inspired her thematically based book of short storiesSlimy earthworm 18:46, 6 October 2005 (UTC)

• Speedy this as patent nonsense. Googling "Jacinta Palmer" turns up one hit in AU... for a girl in primary school: [1]. Similar situation with Stephen Silvapulle, though in this case it is a kid who was apparently wrongly arressted for public drunkeness at that Australian Open. I'm not trying to bite the newbie, but it would appear these articles are a systemic series of hoaxes using the names of real people, possible known by the author.--Isotope23 19:18, 6 October 2005 (UTC)
• Not patent nonsense (alas), but an almost certain hoax. Delete with extreme prejudice unless Simply Earthworm can bust out some solid verification. Lord Bob 19:41, 6 October 2005 (UTC)
• Delete as per everyone else. Slimy earthworm, please take note that the bar for inclusion of actors on both IMDb and Wikipedia is quite low (in my opinion), and yet this person still fails to meet that. The claim that "iMDB also does not show many actors in small television series. Not a strong argument." is patently false. Hall Monitor 20:20, 6 October 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. I am Australian and have never heard of her. ImDB does cover Australian television problems and there are severe verifiability problems. Capitalistroadster 01:49, 7 October 2005 (UTC)
• ummm, why can't this be Speedily Deleted since the information is unverifiable and almost certainly invented? Dottore So 07:04, 7 October 2005 (UTC)
  • Because that is not a speedy deletion criteria, no matter how hard I wish it was sometimes. Lord Bob 14:40, 7 October 2005 (UTC)

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.