Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Barnaby Adams

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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 was delete. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 08:42, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Barnaby Adams

Barnaby Adams (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

From the people who brought you Footbasket and the life story of Theodore Macus comes this charming anon-removed Prod. Once again, we're dealing with a hoax. That Jimmy Barnes appeared on Rove is proven (there was a source provided which tried to show that this entire thing was true, but all it showed was Barnes' appearance), but nothing else is. Given the "facts" being asserted here, one would think that one of the two TV shows would have made a big deal about it, but strangely enough they didn't. As a side-note, since anecdotal evidence doesn't really count, a friend who watches Rove religiously tells me that none of this happened either. BigHaz - Schreit mich an 12:01, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

  • Delete delete delete! And for God's sake block this editor! Can't someone just nuke all of User:Quillandpaper73's articles? Worst hoaxes ever not to forget the army of ridiculous sockpuppets. The best part about this is that now we get to hear the famous "I thought someone would add sources later" argument clearly indicating this persons amazing ability to know things he/she has no idea where came come from. Oh goodie!!!!. Proof of Jimmy Barnes on Rove was added, still trying to find the current Affair link of Barnaby Adams. When I do, I shall link that. Until then, please do not try to delete this article, unless you yourself have searched the Current Affair archives. Now where did we hear that crap before? MartinDK 12:31, 20 November 2006 (UTC)
    • Comment Didn't we establish last week that this editor is a four headed sockpuppet? MartinDK 12:55, 20 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Hoax + Obvious = Kill! -- Kicking222 14:22, 20 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete as hoax - The only "Barnaby Adams" I could find was somebody elected "festival chair" at the Imperial College Union [1]. Or if you're interested in renting a palatial French country home, you can contact Mr. Adams here [2] (looks quite nice, actually) --Oakshade 15:57, 20 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete and block user. This guy seems to be in the business of creating hoaxes on Wikipedia. --Charlene 16:29, 20 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete can't find any relevant Google hits. For "one of the major promotors of the campaign" he doesn't seem to be very well known. Hut 8.5 17:02, 20 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Speedy delete per CSD G3 and G5. Decapitate his sockpuppets and make smoking craters out of any other of his edits or articles, while we're at it. This really should've gone straight to speedy as blatant vandalism and intentional disruption, IMHO. Tubezone 18:14, 20 November 2006 (UTC)
It was created at around the same time as the Footbasket article, so none of them were necessarily proven hoaxes yet - which was presumably why the Prod tag was added. In retrospect, of course, it can't have been anything but a hoax. BigHaz - Schreit mich an 22:49, 20 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Note: This debate has been included in the list of Australia-related deletions. -- Longhair\talk 02:47, 21 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete. There is nothing about this on Google News [3], Google News Archive [4] or EBBSCO's Australia and New Zealand database. There are no sources provided to verify this and it seems to be unverifiable. Capitalistroadster 02:50, 21 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete--cj | talk 05:11, 21 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Speedy Delete - And ban this user from Wikipedia Firelement85 06:28, 21 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Speedy G3, and get rid of the guy. And make sure to throw his socks out after him. Seraphimblade 06:53, 21 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete, hoaxalicious. Lankiveil 02:36, 22 November 2006 (UTC).
  • Delete for all the reasons listed above. --Roisterer 00:54, 23 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete unquestionable hoax. Evilgrug 03:51, 23 November 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.