Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Marius, father of Colius I

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The result was delete. DS (talk) 05:21, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Marius, father of Colius I

I think this article is a hoax for the following reasons:

1. Article Claims that Marius is the father of Colius I King of Britain in 125 AD, but

A. Britain was under Roman rule in 125 AD. (see Roman Britain)

B. There is no article on Colius I.

C. Colius I is not mentioned at List of legendary kings of Britain.

D. Colius I is not mentioned anywhere else on Wikipedia.

E. Marius, father of Colius I is not mentioned anywhere else on Wikipedia.

F. There are no red links to Colius I.

G. The only link to this article in the main namespace is at Marius (a disambiguation page) which link was created by the author of this article and deleted by me today.

H. The only Google hits I get for Colius I are this article, Old King Cole, (see below) and some self-published claims at genealogy websites.

2. The claims of Colius being an ancestor of both Charlemagne and Edward III are not mentioned at either of those articles.

3. The claim of Colius being a source of the Old King Cole story was not mentioned at that site until 12 November 2007 with this edit, made by 66.166.10.173 (contribs) probably the IP for Sdccc (Talk | contribs), creator of this article. (Note that they are both primary contributors to this article and to Dave Mitchell), a possible CoI article. I deleted that reference today due to my hoax suspicions.

If this isn't a hoax, it's certainly non-notable.

--Steven J. Anderson (talk) 02:21, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

• Delete per nom as a hoax. Bearian'sBooties (talk) 18:37, 23 December 2007 (UTC) -- P.S. King Coel was a real Celtic king of Britain, who is the source of the Old King Cole stories & song. Bearian'sBooties (talk) 18:39, 23 December 2007 (UTC)
• Delete Nom says it all, this article is a hoax with a capital H. The evidence is quite clear here. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • ^{(Broken clamshells•Otter chirps)} 01:05, 24 December 2007 (UTC)
• Delete This article is a hoax. Masterpiece2000 (talk) 03:21, 24 December 2007 (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.