Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Blackpoin

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. Titoxd^{(?!? - help us)} 03:28, 27 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Blackpoin

This is either a hoax or incredibly non-notable. Blackpoin gets only one hit on Google - this article. I also tried Jeeves and Yahoo. Nothing at all. I can't find any evidence that there was ever a pirate, or even a cocktail, by that name. Completely unverifiable. Delete. Kafziel 07:23, 21 January 2006 (UTC)

• Comment: More support that this is a hoax is that the article says his ship was sunk by the HMS Dauntless in 1796; the first HMS Dauntless was launched in 1804. It also makes the insane claim that Dauntless had 120 guns, three or four times more than the most well-armed ships of that time (I'd say probably more than any ship that ever sailed). Kafziel 07:38, 21 January 2006 (UTC)
  • "First-rate was the designation used by the British Royal Navy for its largest ships of the line, those mounting 100 guns or more, typically on three gundecks," so I don't think you're right about the number of guns. But the article does look very much like a hoax, so I'd also say to delete. GeorgeStepanek\^talk 09:16, 21 January 2006 (UTC)
• Comment: The HMS Dauntless, according to the Blackpoin article, was a British frigate. 'Fraid not. It was a sloop, and in fact according to what I have read it was not even built until the turn of the 19th century. If this article is legitimate, (I doubt that...) then it should at least be corrected. I cannot find anything on the Blackpoin pirate, though, so I am thinking delete.
• Delete as unverifiable, probable hoax. —Quarl ^(talk) 2006-01-21 07:48Z
• Delete as hoax. search only brings up this article and wikipedia mirrors. -- Astrokey44|talk 11:26, 21 January 2006 (UTC)
• Delete {{hoax}} as per comments on HMS Dauntless above. References required to disprove this hoax notion.  (aeropagitica)  11:59, 21 January 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. For the records, ships of the line did go up to 120 guns, but a 44-gun frigate was considered powerful in the age of sail. In any case, article is not verifiable as it stands, and can be treated as a hoax. Sliggy 13:08, 21 January 2006 (UTC)
• Delete hoax, no evidence of existence outside of Wikipedia. Just zis  Guy, you know? ^[T]/_[C] AfD? 23:26, 21 January 2006 (UTC)
• Delete, aharrr, send 'im to Davy Jones' Locker. Shiver me timbers, aharrr, etc. etc. --Squiddy | (squirt ink?) 11:28, 22 January 2006 (UTC)
• Delete as hoax. Stifle 23:42, 22 January 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.