Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Edward D. Malone

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. DS 03:02, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Edward D. Malone

Probable hoax, (Ed malone is a character in the novel), and the article has no sources a brief google search found no evidence for the existance of this guy, but I did find lots of references to the character in the book. I took the unusual step of coming directly to afd rather than discussing this with the author because WP:HOAX requires it, and I agree with this. Arch dude 14:13, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

• Delete. This may be a confused article creator rather than a hoax. There appears to be a recent Italian novel Ritorno al mondo perduto (also published under the variant title Ritorno alla terra di Maple White), that purports to be a translation of a work by "Edward D. Malone". I have a feeling that the article contents are part of the fictional backstory of this sequel to Conan Doyle's novel, and the WP editor, who is Italian, took it all ad litteram. In any event, there's no reason to keep this in-universe material based on a nonnotable book. Deor 16:14, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

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