Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Nicholas Strunk

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[edit] Nicholas Strunk

The result was delete. Bucketsofg 00:58, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

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I'm trying really hard to WP:AGF on this article, but the only reference is the myspace.com and the myspace.com uses this article as a reference. I can only find minor, minor references to this artist online . . . some sources suggest that he might indeed be working with Timbaland, but they aren't necessarily reliable sources. Amazon.com lists one single for sale, but no album. The kicker for me was that the article for the supposed album {The Long Road Ahead) claims that "The Album Is Certified Gold At The End Of It's First week ending January 23, Selling 120,000 units in the USA" and I couldn't find any chart mentions at all for Nicholas Strunk on billboard.com (note that his myspace.com reference lists MULTIPLE chartings for various songs). janejellyroll 03:21, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

*Given this, I'd say it's probably a hoax, and thus should be deleted. Natalie 03:24, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

• I plugged his name into google w/out quotations marks and a bunch of hits came back. He seems to have gotten at least one single out. So I don't know... Natalie 03:27, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

Comment I went through the first three pages of Google hits (with and without quotation marks) before I nominated the article for deletion. I certainly don't think this is a complete hoax. I believe that the subject does have at least one single. Notice, however, that the Google hits contain zero or virtually zero media mentions. Everything is either a lyrics site (and many of those are open-submission, aren't they) or some sort of message board posting. And billboard.com returned nothing when I searched for the subject's name. At the very least, the claims of notability are inflated. Also, one account has made all the edits for both the subject and the supposed album, which is very odd for an artist who is supposedly certified gold. With the absence of sources, I'd say that this fails WP:V. janejellyroll 03:39, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

• Delete unless reliable sources can be provided. At the moment there is far too much wrong with this article, e.g. the claimed five albums from an artist described as a 'newcomer from the uk' according to a number of sites. Nuttah68 08:59, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

Comment Newcomer from the UK? The article identifies him as being from Holland, MI. Further evidence that something is seriously wrong with the article. janejellyroll 09:01, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

• Delete due to serious WP:V concerns. He claims to be on the label NS Records (which already seems suspicious because his initials are NS), but the link in the info box goes to 19 Entertainment. The article can be recreated when and if verifiable information regarding his notability becomes available. --JaimeLesMaths ^(talk!edits) 09:29, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
• Delete unless evidence from reliable sources that WP:MUSIC is met is produced. MER-C 10:47, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
• Delete unless properly sourced and cited by end of this AfD Alf photoman 14:26, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
• Delete and Salt. Has anyone noticed that this article has already been deleted four times? Each and every one of those times someone has had to waste time digging through the mountain of fake postings this individual has put up on the internet, claiming to be a best selling singer (always singing somebody else's song, however). I know, because I did that search trying to verify one of the previous incarnations of this article. Enough time has been wasted on this individual's delusions of granduer. Pass the salt. -- Antepenultimate 19:16, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
• Delete (perhaps speedy?) -- per the guy before the guy before the end. Sdedeo (tips) 21:39, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
• Delete Claims to notability are dubious as a result of a lack of reliable sources. Leebo⁸⁶ 03:18, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
• Delete and salt with rock salt. Please see also Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Long Road Ahead; almost everything about this article and the related AfD are simply myspace-fancruft. None of the claims stand up to any reality check whatsoever. Also, it's nice to know that this article is the individual/band's official web site! SkierRMH, 03:19, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
• Delete and Salt as above users have already stated, this article has been deleted several times already. Fails WP:MUSIC--Jersey Devil 03:27, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
• Deleteand Hire a centurion to salt it old-school. ThuranX 04:52, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
• Delete per nom and salt. Robertissimo 08:31, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
• Speedy delete with salt. Seems real. May one day be notable. Not yet. Regards, Ben Aveling 08:47, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
• Delete and salt per pretty much all of the above arguments. -FisherQueen (Talk) 16:16, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
• Delete with a side order of salt and vinegar dressing. WMMartin 13:56, 29 January 2007 (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.