Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Richard Dewdney

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 speedy delete. – Rich Farmbrough. 21:52, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Richard Dewdney

Obvious spoof, dreamed up mostly by anon vandals. Google knows of few persons of that name and none connected with Rasputin. Flapdragon 16:41, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

I disagree the man known as Richard Dewdney and his involvement in Rasputin's death is clearly theoretical and it is clear that the editors of this particular article have done extensive research into him and his involvement and there appears to be evidence to support the theory. I believe the article should be kept. Superquiff 18:18 8th February 2006 (preceding comment by 81.132.102.172)

I note that someone posting from the very similar address 81.132.106.254 added these clearly spoof edits at 20:38 on 6 February 2006. Flapdragon 20:45, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

I concur with Superquiff. Susan 18:58 8th February 2006 (preceding comment by 82.5.231.22)

Again, checking the page history we find that Susan or someone posting from her IP address at NTL.com has added, and then deleted five hours later, an obvious piece of nonsense. Flapdragon 20:45, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

This is a valid article, anybody studying AS Modern European History will know the Infamous Richard Dewdney. This article is too extensive to have been thought up by 'vandals'. I recommend that Wikipedia disregard this request for deletion. - Bossmanuk (preceding comment by 172.216.151.142 at 21:38 on 8 February 2006)

We look forward to seeing some sources. Sorry to spoil your fun guys but I think it's pretty clear the game's up. Flapdragon 20:45, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

I think not i can prove that all charcters, Dewdney through to Mason, within this article are real. Superquiff 21:09 8th February 2006 (81.132.102.172)

I'm sure the names are real, in fact I fancy we have may already have heard from Mr Mason, but the little story featuring them is not. Flapdragon 00:13, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

i do not think this artical should be deleted the facts are real and i have also looked into the matter to see if this is true, and most is. Maybe some facts should be checked and some maybe got rid of but keep some of the artical that are clearly real.- robert brown. 09/02/06 8.55 (212.219.57.77)

212.219.57.77 is yet another author of hilarious spoof edits including Dewdney's presidency of the USA and Al Gore's invention of the internet (neither of which made the final cut). The whole gang is here! Flapdragon 12:25, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

• Speedy delete as Complete bollocks. --Ezeu 13:13, 9 February 2006 (UTC)
• Delete, please. Tonywalton  | Talk 13:25, 9 February 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per all above. --Terence Ong (恭喜发财) 13:31, 9 February 2006 (UTC)
• Delete I have restored the article to the stub version before the anonymous editors started adding to it. It should be noted that the Grigori Rasputin mentions Richard Dewdney as a possible assassin and that information was there prior to the creation of this article. However, I cannot find any collaborating information on the web regarding this information. Most items I found credit Felix Yusupov & Vladimir Purishkevich with the shooting. Unless someone comes up with a source, it should be deleted as unverifiable. But if deleted, the Grigori Rasputin article needs to have the info removed also. -- JLaTondre 13:54, 9 February 2006 (UTC)
  • The name to google for is Oswald Rayner. The nonsense was added to Grigori Rasputin on 18 January 2006 by the above "robert brown", or someone else at Cirencester College, using the simple expedient of swapping the names for those of (presumably) his schoolfriends. Of course, it's important to be wary of assuming that one Wikipedia article validates another. Flapdragon 15:31, 9 February 2006 (UTC)
    • Good work Flapdragon. I was starting to doubt my speedy vote and was all over the place searching for Dewdney. --Ezeu 15:49, 9 February 2006 (UTC)
  • Thanks. I've patched up the Rasputin article, though I fancy it could still use some checking by a specialist. A joke's a joke (though not in this case a funny one), but this kind of childish prank wastes people's time, misleads the innocent, and seriously damages the credibility of Wikipedia. Time for (yet) another block for 212.219.57.77 I think, and perhaps also a complaint to the college. Flapdragon 16:08, 9 February 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per Flapdragon. Reyk 19:44, 9 February 2006 (UTC)
• Strong delete Garbage Avi 21:17, 9 February 2006 (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.