Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/'Bolg an Ísil-Aicme'

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The result of the debate was delete. – ABCD 22:57, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)

[edit] 'Bolg an Ísil-Aicme'

Fake television show, also an article for its fake presenter, Brian Reddy, is listed seperately. Delete. Kiand 20:07, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)

• Delete hoax. I'd recommend a speedy deletion on nonsense grounds. Fire Star 20:23, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)

• Delete probable hoax. Note, as well as the Brian Reddy article which is linked to this nomination, the creator of the article was from the same IP address as the creator of the Simon hollingsworth article which has also been nominated for deletion; (134.226.1.136 [1] & see also User_talk:134.226.1.136 with history of blanking out unfavourable comments). --AYArktos 21:06, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)

on reflection, the debate as to whether the show is real and therefore the article is a hoax is a red-herring. Notability has not been established; quite the opposite since no-one has heard of or remembered it.--AYArktos 00:17, 8 Apr 2005 (UTC)

• Comment: I think this should be allowed the full VFD time. It's readable so not nonsense. It's an old show, so I don't expect much Google hits. Can you otherwise prove it doesn't exist?

They claim it was shown as recently as 1987. Not terribly long ago. We have Irish versions of TV Ark over here, and they don't have anything on it. Its against the ethos of RTE. Its not on RTE's site, which has a lot of old material (even some of it in realmedia these days). Theres NO Google hits for it.

If you want me to mail RTE, I will. But *I* can assure you its not real. Kiand 21:22, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)

I didn't think Google hits were reliable in this case. I know of enough TV shows that are completely misrepresented on the net, most of them children's programs. But if the station that showed it doesn't have a record of it, I'll have to delete as well. Mgm|^(talk) 08:01, Apr 7, 2005 (UTC)

Delete suspicious themes. Djegan 21:53, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)

• Delete hoax. --Angr/_comhrá 04:49, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)
• Delete, hoax. Megan1967 06:33, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Again, I don't know what the problem with this page is. I can assure you it was one of my favourite programmes when I was a young man in the late 1970's. That said, I may have spelt the name wrong as my Irish isn't very good.This might explain the google hits thing. I hope you keep this site up. Thanks, Paul Fitzgerlad (I also wrote the article on Brian Reddy, and am starting to get very confused about how to write entries up in good faith that will stay there)

I've just contacted RTE. We'll see how long they take to respond - its usually an hour or so when I contact them to bug them about reception... Kiand 15:00, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Delete: bogus in the extreme. I was a kid in the '70s in Ireland too & there was nothing like this. Nor that Brian Reddy character, either. BTW, why did the original author deface this page? - Pete C ^(talk) 15:08, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC) Delete: I have never heard of this programme and there is no evidence to prove that it ever existed. Not notable if it did. CatCrofts 13:35, 12 Apr 2005 (UTC)

• The issue seems to be the IP address allegedly originates in a college (see VFD Brian Reddy). It may not be the same author. My recommendation to Paul Fitzgerald (if he is a real person) is for him to get a log in and then he will be separate from other users of the IP address. This recommendation has been made several times in the IP user talk page and that talk page has ben defaced from the IP address - ie some users know enough to look for the talk page and edit it. I have also made the recommendation on the Brian Reddy talk page in response to Paul Fitzgerald's query. --AYArktos 22:37, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)

I have now created an account. I hope this will sort out some of the confusion. Have RTE gotten back to you yet about the programme? Take care, Paul ( by the way my account name is paulfitz if you need it)

• Delete hoax created by a bored student of Trinity College in Dublin. He also created a few others, such as Paul Brennan, which got speedied as patent nonsense. Lupo 16:03, 14 Apr 2005 (UTC)

• I got Reddyb speedied already today. Same IP address - Pete C ^(talk) 16:09, 14 Apr 2005 (UTC)

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