Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ignacio Govere Colliport (iBoy)

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The result was speedily deleted as suggested and tagged. Elkman ^(Elkspeak) 18:56, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Ignacio Govere Colliport (iBoy)

Ignacio Govere Colliport (iBoy) (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs) (delete) – (View log)

A musician who claims to have been #1 on UK charts. Yet no google hits outside Wikipedia. Any chance whatsoever the claims of fame aren't simply made up? Weregerbil (talk) 15:50, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

• Delete Absolutely no sources check out on him. No charts list him, nothing found on everyhit.com, All Music Guide or anywhere. In fact the only ghits for the artist is to Wikipedia and mirror sites. If he hit #1 on the UK Singles Charts, I would've at least gotten something. And the fact the album went Gold in America? I've got nothing on that either. This is a hoax. Doc Strange^{Telepathic Messages}Strange Frequencies 16:01, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
• Strong DELETE. When I first saw this page I immediately noticed its lack of references and on that basis alone I would have moved for deletion. A further look revealed some fairly incredible claims such as having sold a total of almost 2.3 million albums and having an RIAA certified gold record which led me to think the page might be a hoax. Then I noticed that there were refernce numbers next to some items but no references at the bottom of the page. I looked into it and found that the page had references but there was no {{reflist}} tag to allow them to appear. I fixed this problem and began to check these references only to find it is a complete fabrication. The MSNBC and Washington Post articles cited do not contain the quotations and/or titles listed and make no reference at all to this supposed artist. The Soundscan numbers that supposedly back up the claim of having sold 799,400 albums are actually about another album and artist, and the RIAA database of gold albums shows no certifications for this artist or any of his supposed works. This is most definitely a complete hoax. OlenWhitaker (talk) 17:11, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. —Pixelface (talk) 16:20, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
• Delete — Blatant hoax. Citations don't pan out. — ERcheck (talk) 16:56, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
• Speedy Delete WP:HOAX--Torchwood Who? (talk) 17:41, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
• Speedy delete G3 as hoax per everyone above. So tagged. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • ^{(Broken clamshells•Otter chirps)} 18:30, 9 March 2008 (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.