Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Pherotone

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. —Kirill Lokshin 02:27, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Pherotone

Delete: hoax, original research at best: no corroborating Google results [1], sole edits by the two creators User:65.205.39.146 and User:Pherotone PhD, no efforts to cite sources in the month it's been tagged as unreferenced. Supposed blog of a researcher, which links to article, clearly supports "original research" theory. See talk page for viral marketing speculation -c3o 15:23, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

• Delete, primary research, protologism, fake information, etc. - CorbinSimpson 02:24, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
• Comment: Google results have multiplied since listing, after the pherotones.com site (that the creators of the article seem to be connected to) was linked to from Boing Boing. Discussions of this as a viral marketing campaign are at [2] [3] [4] etc. The current article is beyond a doubt misinformation that does not belong in Wikipedia. If this keeps spreading, one might consider turning it into an entry on the viral marketing campaign itself similar to the Haunted Apiary ("I love bees") entry, although it doesn't appear to be sufficiently notable for now. -c3o 12:18, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
• Delete, article is unsubstantiated and contains statements that I strongly suspect are, ahem, 'marketing'. There is no scientific study on "pherotones" and I would not be at all surprised to find out that the 'Dr' involved in this bought theirs from a diploma mill. If not deleted, should be rewritten to make it clear that this is scientifically unsubstantiated, unreviewed and unverified. Average Earthman 12:40, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
• Delete, spam. Pwinn 16:35, 20 January 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.