Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jimmy Zafiriou

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The result was Delete. --- Glen 07:15, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Jimmy Zafiriou

Contested prod (i.e. the editor removed the prod I'd tagged it with). Basically, I smell a WP:HOAX here for a couple of reasons. Firstly, the player was born in 1989, making him 17 which seems a tad on the young side for playing professional first-team football in Europe at a top-notch club. Secondly, the article on his team was anonymously edited to replace a different goalkeeper with this gentleman. Thirdly, and most importantly, Google's never heard of a "Jimmy Zafiriou", as a footballer for any club or in most other contexts. BigHaz 08:39, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

As a side note, the "close friend" mentioned in the article - in a nicely self-referential way - bears a striking resemblance to the account name involved in creating and editing the article. BigHaz 08:54, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

• Delete for failing WP:V - no sources to document any of the article. At the point where the article claims that someone "tells" Wikipedia, WP is being used as a newspaper, which it is not. Appears to be original research, at best. Tychocat 11:04, 2 September 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per Tychocat Hello32020 17:17, 2 September 2006 (UTC)
• Delete hoax per [1], creator also added this nonsense to AC Sparta Praha. Angus McLellan (Talk) 22:05, 2 September 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per Angus. Also image [2], if possible. Sam Vimes | Address me 16:06, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

Fixed the link. Sam Vimes | Address me 15:54, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

• Delete per above. I'm pretty confident this is a joke which Jimmy's pals are playing on us. SIngle use account. No sign of this player on the club's website. Ohconfucius 06:01, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

Comment - I'm not sure it's just his pals, either. Recent edits are equally divided between attacking Jimmy and reverting to the neutral-but-hoaxy version. BigHaz Schreit mich an 11:49, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

• Delete per BigHaz and Tycohat. MyNameIsNotBob 11:48, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per nominator. RFerreira 19:23, 5 September 2006 (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.