Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jonathan eng

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 delete. -- Drini 04:38, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Jonathan eng

Tagged for speedy deletion; contested. Contains mild assertion of notability--sending to you guys for discussion. No vote. Chick Bowen 01:41, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

• Delete. No Google hits in a search for his name in conjunction with "Bushanomics," so I must assume that this is a vanity page. Aplomado ^talk 01:58, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
• Delete Appears to be hoax. A number of guys by that name, but none match the details. Random House has not published any such book. Fan1967 02:03, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

• Note: Based on [this], which matches the name of both his grammar school (middle school?) and high school, he's still in high school. Fan1967 03:00, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

• Speedy delete fewer than 2000 ghits, and it's possible that they're not even related to the subject M1ss1ontomars2k4 | T | C | @ 02:03, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
• Delete If it's not a hoax, it's self-promotion. Or it's both. Probably both. -- Kicking222
• Delete The publication info is written in future tense, but dated in the past, so I guess the publication didn't happen Kevin 02:11, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
• Delete - Richardcavell 03:04, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
• Comment. Does the assertion here strike you as saying that David Kennedy mentions Eng or that he mentions people like him? This was the original confusion that led me not to speedy this thing. Does anyone have the current edition of the book at hand? Chick Bowen 03:44, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

• To me it reads like a very carefully worded evasion. Reading that, you could read it as Kennedy mentions Eng, and Eng has been on those TV shows. Or, more likely true, Kennedy mentions US citizens and Eng is one, and Kennedy has been on those shows. It could be read either way. Fan1967 03:50, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

• This edit [1] convinces me he's still a high school student, and made up the rest after the {{db-bio}} tag was put on the article. Fan1967 03:56, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

• Delete - looks like I-wuz-here graffiti to me. ND 04:00, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
• Delete Someone's making self-reference here, which is frowned upon by the Wikipedia Community. Even if it wasn't self-reference, it sure would be a non-notable bio/hoax. Funnybunny (^talk/_{Counter Vandalism Unit}) 04:40, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
• Delete, a better than average vanity salvage job, but not good enough for WP:BIO. Rockpocket (talk) 07:34, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
• It fits under A7. According to the talk page, Jonathan Eng has appeared on 20/20 (Nothing relevant on google to suggest this is the case, or this) and the Today Show (Nothing here, too). For that matter, there's no relevant results when searching for Jonathan Eng. Finally, there's nothing on his future autobiography ("His Life" "Jonathan Eng" Random House, amusingly enough, gets an old deletion log page). I think it should be deleted, possibly speedy per A7. Jude (talk,contribs,email) 12:02, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
• Delete Hmm... Vanity article. WP:BIO Beno1000 18:58, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
• Delete I've seen this hoax before. ⇒ SWATJester ^Ready Aim _Fire! 22:52, 17 May 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.