Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Briefsism

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The result was speedy delete (Liberatore, 2006). 12:48, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Briefsism

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I believe this article may be a hoax; there are other 'isms' out there we do not know of, but this one is a suspected hoax, I haven't found any reliable sources. Hence the nomination for AFD. HorroWiol 10:13, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

• Delete per above, as well as WP:V, WP:CITE as well as common sense. Killfest2—Daniel.Bryant 10:14, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep, article is genuine, verifiable, was mentioned on 2-TEN FM a few months ago. --JasonWHall1 10:16, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

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• Keep, verified, covered in many tabloids in the UK. --Bus Driver Matthew R 10:18, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

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• Still, it fails WP:CITE, WP:NOTE and WP:V. Also, it could be considered unencyclopaedic. Killfest2—Daniel.Bryant 10:19, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

• Speedy delete (CSD G3) as obvious vandalism. Deli nk 10:33, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep, Not nonsense, a topic of a paper by Roger Johanssen, not a joke, proper article. --SomersetWalkSand 11:10, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

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• Keep, genuine article, proof of it exists... I know! --LockAndKey12 11:13, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

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• This AfD nomination was incomplete. It is listed now. DumbBOT 12:46, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

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