Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/William de Coburn

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. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 23:49, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] William de Coburn

• DELETE : Seems to me that this entry is a self promoting article about the said person—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Ageo020 (talk • contribs).
• Delete. Seems to be a hoax, along with Manu de la Playa (AfD here) about French schoolkids in New York who are supposed to be up and coming soccer stars, yet appear nowhere outside Wikipedia. Fan1967 00:51, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
• Delete No sources to support notability anywhere that I can find. Appears to be a hoax page. DrunkenSmurf 02:54, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

I'm from the lfny and i know these kids. I mean i've heard of manu but because I'm younger I know william, trust me he's the school's best, we went far in the academic league thanks to him.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 66.192.203.3 (talk • contribs).

• Delete. The above comment is unsigned. The article seems to be a hoax. No relevant search came on google. Also in the article Converts to Islam his name has been added first in the list instead of in D--Ageo020 03:04, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

• That was based on his AKA of Abdelaziz Boutifaya Kamar Al-Ouak Anmar, a redirect which will also need deletion. I've removed the link in the Converts article. Fan1967 17:28, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

• FOR REAL Fan-1967 why would you delete it? are you crazy? i know him perfectl we went to schoold together but then he repeated a year... poor guy lol now hes getting million.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 66.192.203.3 (talk • contribs).
• KEEP I know these guys wow that's crazy, I never knew they would make it to the top.... Call the french school these guys are real! Wow - T.Fillebeen—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 66.192.203.3 (talk • contribs).

• Comment If he had signed a contract with any major professional team, it would have been in the news. Hasn't happened. When he actually plays professionally, feel free to come back and create the article. Fan1967 23:42, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

• Delete unless verifiable sources can be provided with a quickness. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 19:35, 21 June 2006 (UTC)
• No need for deletion I know these guys too, well I've heard of them from my brother who goes to the LFNY. I have great doubts about these articles being hoaxes. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 198.16.0.203 (talk • contribs).
• DO NOT DELETE. I am Patrick Mixter, I know these guys they're fabulous soccer players and I heard they got drafted. That's pretty cool!—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 67.101.31.80 (talk • contribs).
• DO NOT DELETE dont delete these guys, i've seen them on TV, half-time report of one of france game for the world cup! they seem awesome! why would you delete them? has ronaldinho been deleted yet? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 66.65.156.230 (talk • contribs).
• Delete when they actually made it to the big boys someone can come back and write a proper article. BTW. you guys would be taken more seriously, if you signed your comments and actually had a wikipedia account. Now it just looks like a HOAX. - TheDJ (talk • contribs • WikiProject Television) 03:58, 23 June 2006 (UTC)
• DUH do you need a wikipedia account to defend yourself? Duh... You think you're so cool because you have a wikipedia account. We don't all have time to waste to create a wikipedia account. Plus many of us are from the Lycee, we know these people... And you think Google is gonna tell you all this shit.. You're out of your mind bro and too much in the wikitrip....PapiChulo (talk • contribs • WikiProject French-American)

• Note Above was entered by 66.192.203.3 (talk • contribs). There is no Wikipedia user named PapiChulo. Fan1967 23:18, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

• Delete looks like a hoax because it is a hoax. Angus McLellan (Talk) 10:00, 23 June 2006 (UTC)MESSAGE TO FAN-1967, IMPLICATING HIS VIOLATIONS OF SEVERAL RULES OF WIKIPEDIA. Even before it can be proved that these guys do not exist, which is an abberation, you have started removing them from other pages and links, commenting "pointless reference to high school player", an unfounded remark that will be reported to WikiAdmins. You have cheated us, now we solemenly ask you to apologize and let these guys' pages. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 66.192.203.3 (talk • contribs).

• Response You have not yet provided one single verifiable reference that either of these two are anything but players at a small high school most people have never heard of. If either had been featured in L'Equipe or Sports Illustrated, it would show up in a web search. If either had been drafted by any professional team it would show up. Fan1967 23:08, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

• Just took a look at the article; it mentions People magazine and Sports Illustrated. If People and Sports Illustrated really have written about him, then I think that establishes notability enough to keep the article. However, the references to People and Sports Illustrated are not proper citations; making it impossible (or at least difficult) to verify. They could be made up just to give the article a venieer of truthfulness; but someone ought to verify before deleting. ONUnicorn 19:16, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

• If they had been featured in the listed publications they would show up in a web search. Fan1967 23:08, 23 June 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.