Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Carl Gerbschmidt

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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 merge into Dan Barreiro. KrakatoaKatie 17:37, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Carl Gerbschmidt

Carl Gerbschmidt (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs) – (View log)

Likely hoax - the only reliable reference can't confirm existence and article refers to this person as possible fictional character Toddstreat1 23:09, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

How is it a hoax? It would be a hoax if it was making the claim that everything written was not fictional when it may very well be and is stated as such in the article. The fact is he does exist in some form and is a very popular well known charecter on the radio.--E tac 23:39, 15 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Merge with Dan Barreiro or some other KFAN-related article. Definitely not a hoax, though. Into The Fray T/C 23:42, 15 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Question/comment: is it a BLP? If so, then BLP rules apply. If fictional, then others. Maybe hoax isn't the right word. Is this encyclopedic? Toddstreat1 00:12, 16 October 2007 (UTC)
  • comment The newspaper article states that

"While all of the officials strongly suspect Gerbschmidt is a fictitious character created by the radio station to poke fun at Packers fans, they hedged slightly by saying it’s conceivable such a person lives in the rural area outside of the village and still uses an Elk Mound address.

Further research revealed that Gerbschmidt’s authenticity is a widely debated topic in some Internet chat rooms, with some people swearing he’s a persona made up for a radio comedy bit and some insisting they’ve been to Elk Mound and seen his name on a mailbox.

Still others admit they don’t know if Gerbschmidt — like Bigfoot and the Loch Ness monster before him — is real or imagined."

So as of right now it is up for debate.

Carl Gerbschmidt joins Dan to talk about the Packers.

Carl Gerbschmidt joins Dan to talk Packers football.

Phunn, Roufsie and special guest Carl Gerbschmidt pick week 6 NFL games.

Here is some of his more recent guest appearences.--E tac 05:48, 16 October 2007 (UTC)

  • Delete, borderline speedy, per WP:BIO. Stifle (talk) 19:50, 16 October 2007 (UTC)
    • comment After some further research it would appear that it is a bit and he is played by Minneapolis Star Tribune writer Kevein Seifert, although I cannot be 100 percent on that and would like to believe that it is not.--E tac 20:28, 16 October 2007 (UTC)


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