Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Graeme Lawton

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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 of the debate was consensus to delete all articles; Graeme Lawton speedied by JesseW. Johnleemk | Talk 10:48, 30 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Graeme Lawton plus

Samuel w phillips, Controversy At Belmont, Poésie Sans Frontieres, Sachburg, Daphne Crumble, The Poetry of Graeme Lawton and Ragtime Ragman Back In Rags.

A linked collection of articles all entirely hoax. All, I suggest, written by Graeme Lawton who studies at the School of Economic Science, Belmont House, Stockport. -- RHaworth 01:29, 25 November 2005 (UTC)

  • Delete the lot. Hoax Dlyons493 Talk 03:08, 25 November 2005 (UTC)
Note 72.36.253.66 changed Dlyons493's vote to 'keep' in this edit.--Spondoolicks 13:22, 25 November 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep; your suggestions regarding the authors of these articles are entirely unsubstantiated. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.11.18.61 (talk • contribs) 10:21, 25 November 2005 *(UTC)
  • Speedy delete the lot as nonsense (hoax = nonsense in my book) Proto t c 11:09, 25 November 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep - maybe there should be some more stuff on Graeme Lawton in your 'book', and fewer overused clichés. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.11.18.61 (talk • contribs) 13:21, 25 November 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete all, per nominator. At the risk of stating the obvious, the two unregistered users (the articles' only contributors) have had two votes each; 86.11.18.61 traces to Manchester and 216.222.200.2 appears to be an open proxy. Stifle 11:36, 25 November 2005 (UTC), updated 13:40, 25 November 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep - its as if no one here knows or even understands poetry! Just because it's not in Star Trek!!!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.222.200.2 (talk • contribs) 13:17, 25 November 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep - I am a 3rd year literature student at Trinity College, Cambridge and I've just completed my dissertation on the works of Graeme Lawton. He is little known I admit, but he does exist. A visit to the Bodleian library would confirm this —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.222.200.2 (talk • contribs) 13:23, 25 November 2005 (UTC)
    • Online visits to the catalogues of the Bodleian, the Cambridge University Library and the British Library all fail to confirm the existence of any works by "Graeme Lawton". --rbrwr± 18:34, 25 November 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete all per nomination. Ignore the silly "keep" votes. Logophile 13:18, 25 November 2005 (UTC) Note: 86.11.18.61 made this edit to Logophile's signature. A warning has been placed on his talk page. Spondoolicks 16:48, 25 November 2005 (UTC)
  • Speedy delete: Had these just been a hoax set, it would be possible that this was a Swiss Knight mistake/high spirits. However, the flood of "votes" from the author above show that it's vandalism. Vandalism can be reverted/deleted on sight. Just more graffiti. Geogre 13:38, 25 November 2005 (UTC)
  • Speedy keep: Maybe the flood of votes from the author is the result of a desperate academic only trying to preserve the literary history of the world, rather than have it wiped clean by the digerati? To delete would be a crime of the greatest magnitude. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.11.18.61 (talk • contribs) 14:07, 25 November 2005 (UTC)
  • Speedy Delete Almost certain hoax since the creator and defender of this article is clearly editing in bad faith given his contributions here. --Spondoolicks 16:53, 25 November 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete them all. · Katefan0(scribble) 17:40, 25 November 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete all, speedy if possible but doesn't quite meet any criteria. Block the anon IP for vandalizing this page. Turnstep 19:38, 25 November 2005 (UTC)
  • Speedy delete those that meet criteria, delete the rest of the lot. NSLE (讨论+extra) 08:41, 26 November 2005 (UTC)
  • Speedy delete all as hoax. *drew 09:11, 30 November 2005 (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.