Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Patrick Moore (actor)

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The result was speedy delete and a touch of salt as well. Secret ^account 19:08, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Patrick Moore (actor)

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This is the third time that this hoax article has been created so I am taking it to AfD so that it will qualify for speedy on future creations. Article describes an actor and asserts notability by suggesting that a number of academy awards (best actor, Best adapted screenplay, best picture) have been won for a non-existent film in 2004 when the subject would have been 14. nancy ^(talk) 18:49, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

• Speedy delete. Article consists of nothing more than an info box. No assertion of notability (nothing about Academy Awards in the current version, either). However IMDB lists several actors with this name; I've no objection to an article being created about a verifiable, notable actor with this name. Pburka (talk) 19:06, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
• Comment - The article does assert notability - the academy award claims are in the info box but you need to click on 'show' to see them nancy ^(talk) 19:14, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
  • You're right -- I hadn't noticed that. I'll argue, though, that an infobox isn't the right place to assert notability and that even if it is, the assertion is so easily falsifiable that it should be ignored. Pburka (talk) 22:45, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
• Speedy delete - No assertion of notability, no reliable sources. Rudget. 19:21, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
• Speedy delete per WP:CSD#A7 and Salt to prevent another creation. No assertion of notability and fails WP:BIO. —Travis^talk 19:48, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
  • (starting over after reading Nancy’s comment again) Strong Delete - No evidence of notability could be found. This smells of a hoax and should be salted to prevent further creation. —Travis^talk 19:56, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
• Delete for non-notability/vandalism - who cares which? Author has created only one other article, William H. Christopher which has been ProDded. Springnuts (talk) 21:07, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
• Speedy Delete this article, although with no prejudice against any of the other Patrick Moores getting an article. But this one: actually it isn't the third creation, it's the seventh creation of the substantive article. The other four were at Patrick A. Moore. I remember the article, partly because of the name - which would be familiar in another context - but also for the infobox that had to be clicked. I just checked my old watchlist, which I cleared out last year, but saved as a text file, and found the earlier versions. All speedied, for various reasons (but all good :O)) FlowerpotmaN·(t) 01:15, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
• Speedy delete as vandalism in the form of an obvious hoax, and no claim to notability once the hoax content is ignored. Do not salt, because there are other actors by this name; instead, block the article creator if he tries to create this hoax again. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 04:31, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
• Speedy delete empty. Salt the earth, please. ^_^ JuJube (talk) 08:33, 13 January 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.