Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/James Stunt

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. Sr13 07:40, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] James Stunt

James Stunt (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs) – (View log)

non-notable person. Claims of notability can't be verified and appear more like speculation. The rest of it reads like a fan biography. Was WP:PRODed but the warning was removed by an IP address. Internet searches yield little to no results (most I could find was tabloid Daily Mail article calling him a "notorious man-about-town". -- moe.RON ^{Let's talk | done} 23:42, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

• Delete: Appears to be a hoax article. Father's page was speedily deleted under A7 [1]. --_Hdt83 ^Chat 23:48, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
• Delete perhaps I should say Speedy Delete No Google hits from both the father and son, so delete per false info.--JForget 23:56, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
• Delete Google searches done on the name and the companies he is supposed to be involved with bring up nothing. (And, yes, this article is just screaming "Hoax!") FlowerpotmaN (t · c) 00:49, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
  • Additional Comment And a search on his name and that of the the member of Girls Aloud he is supposed to have been linked with brings up nothing. FlowerpotmaN (t · c) 00:51, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

Leave it on: To propose this article for deletion for lack of verifiable information is just outrageous and based on personal criteria (jealousy) rather than based on objective research. Most of the information on this article is based on two articles and a TV show:

Source: 31st May 2007 Daily Mail

Source: Tramp Magazine march 2007

Source: CNBC Squawk Box 29th of March 2006

If you read those two articles you will find out that the entire Personal Paragraph is based on those two articles and therefore backed up by a serious national English newspaper and Tramp Magazine a monthly magazine targeting the English upper class. As a matter of fact most of the information is copy and paste from the Daily Mail, from his Lamborghini to his romance’s with Known members of the English upper class.

Further to that his business Paragraph is backed up by companies such as IGH and United World, if you did your homework would have found through the “Company house” that both companies are registered in the UK, and both confirmed the existence of James Stunt and acknowledges his merits. Further more I have taken the Time and initiative to contact both Alvaro Llaryora and Count Indoo Sella Di Monteluce (Both backed up in the internet as you should know) and they have both confirmed their friendship and business relationship with James Stunt. Should you require more proof of such communication, I would be happy to provide you with the exchange of e-mails or you can contact them directly.

I Truly believe that your petition to delete this article is not based on any Wikipedia policy as most of the information is backed up by reliable sources, but based on your own individual opinion which should not be considered when deciding whether to leave this article or not. I would imagine the editorial of such sources should be taken into account above all personal views including mine and therefore yours. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.144.198.189 (talk • contribs)

Afa-press, Intercom Ltd and United World: My name is Donald Trelford and as you can see on wikipedia I am the ex editor of the “Observer Newspaper”, for the past few years I have been working as a consultant for the Afa-press group and as you can see from one of their web pages (http://www.intercom-ltd.com/interviewstv.htm) I have conducted a series of interviews on their behalf with notorious politicians around the world such as actual President of Pakistan General Pervez Musharraf. This morning I came across James Stunt’s biography and even though I can not confirm all of the information on it I would like to confirm James Stunt’s involvement on the production of special report on Saudi Arabia distributed on the USA Today and his personal relationship with Alvaro Llaryora. I would also like to point out that James’s involvement was crucial for the success of the report.

Donald Trelford -- the preceding was original left by 86.144.198.189 (talk · contribs) [2], then 86.141.59.36 (talk · contribs) [3], and finally Donald Trelford (talk · contribs).

• Delete obvious hoax. A google search of ""James Stunt" billionaire -wikipedia" yields exactly one hit: myspace. Anybody with the claims this individual is making would be all over cyberspace, not just a couple of newspapers that, convienently, do not have on-line links. The attempt by the article creator to pass off a getty images photo (with the watermark all over it, no less) as being his own creation clinches it. Resolute 04:15, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

Speedy Delete agree with Resolute. Stevecudmore 05:16, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

Speedy Delete It looks like a hoax. The only thing on it was the myspace page and here. oysterguitarist~Talk 05:44, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

• Delete - the articles mentioned by the anon above are trivial mentions. The Squawk Box mention doesn't even appear to exist. I don't think it's a hoax, but he's definitely not notable - just some basically non-notable playboy. --Haemo 06:55, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

Leave article on "Interactive Gaming Holdings, plc" My name is Thomas Taule Executive Chairman of IGH and I can confirm James Stunt's involvement in the development and creation of the highly successful VIP program and his subsequent purchase of the Company. signed Taule user name igh123 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Igh123 (talk • contribs) , then edited by User:81.154.180.91, neither of whom have many edits outside this AfD. Resolute 13:33, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

• Delete if not speedy delete. Very dubious article; in addition to the non-appearance of his name when "James Stunt" and "Sarah Harding" Googled together (see above), the searches "Alvaro Llaryora" and "James Stunt" together yield nothing, the quote "Stunt, is the only man I know who has ever reached the limit on a Centurion Card" only comes up on this article. Half the links are only to the thing they are describing, not actually factual references. In short, this article is at best mostly unverifiable, and at worst made-up nonsense. It would be better to start again if this guy is notable at all. Fourohfour 16:42, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

• Comment Even the one reference link that works and gives a result is anomalous. Yes, it is on the Daily Mail site, but why is it the only mention of this supposedly "notorious man about town"? If he had come to the attention of the tabloid press, he would be generating a lot more than this one story. But... he doesn't. FlowerpotmaN (t · c) 18:09, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

'In responce' Flowerpotman you clearly have not checked the link properly on tramp magazine, if you had you would see that if you enter the tramp magazine link and then click on the subscribe today option you will see that it shows the front cover of their magazine and the name JAMES STUNT is clearly mentioned as being LONDONS TOP JETSETTER. So, Daily Mail is not the only mention of him in public media. Article is not a hoax, it should be perhaps edited not deleted. — 81.154.180.91 (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.

• Comment There is an image with that text on it, which a search engine wouldn't have picked up, indeed. However I should also point out that a backwards Google search, checking what links to a particular site is interesting. Checking to see what links to the home page of the Tramp Magazine website, and you can try that at home by clicking this link, generates all of two links, and one of them is a MySpace profile. FlowerpotmaN (t · c) 01:48, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
• Delete but only because WP:HOAX is not a speedy criteria -- Whpq 17:48, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
• Speedy Delete Obvious hoax. If it wasn't the people who showed up only for this Afd should have been able to provide reliable sources. Edward321 23:32, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

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