Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Prince Charles underwear heist

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 was speedy delete as part of a pattern of ongoing vandalism and massive sockpuppetry, all apparently spilling out of Third briefs (AfD discussion), and including Anita Barone and the ASDA Theft Scandal (AfD discussion) and a long parade of disruption-only accounts. There's no need to waste any more time of real editors with this. Uncle G 00:29, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Prince Charles underwear heist

Is this encyclopedic?? This is nominated for deletion as a possible unencyclopedic article, even if it is real. Blangibillock 21:35, 5 October 2006 (UTC)

• Keep Notable incident, well-known, raises questions about Royal Family. Not unencyclopedic in any way. --XFowl4 21:37, 5 October 2006 (UTC) — XFowl4 (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.
• Delete no sources to verify authenticity. -- Hawaiian717 21:38, 5 October 2006 (UTC)
• Delete lack of sources, unencyclopedic in scope, tone and content. (aeropagitica) 21:40, 5 October 2006 (UTC)
• Keep Plenty of sources, and it is not unencyclopedic in any way. It should be a WP:GA but this is a stub that needs cleanup and a lot of work to make it a WP:GA. Take this to WP:ANI --Dertdad 21:41, 5 October 2006 (UTC) — Dertdad (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.
• Delete. Probable hoax. And, even if it were true, I find it hard to believe that the event would satifsy our notability standards. Stealing knickers, even if they're royal knickers, isn't noteworthy. -- Merope ^Talk 21:54, 5 October 2006 (UTC)
• Comment: The two "keep" !votes both participated in an AFD concerning an article about a schoolboy prank, which also concerned pants. My guess is that this is similar childish nonsense. -- Merope ^Talk 21:56, 5 October 2006 (UTC)
• Comment It's a real incident, not a hoax. It should be a WP:GA not a stub, and it ain't childish nonsense! Oh, and men do not wear knickers - well not charles anyhow. --Dertdad 22:00, 5 October 2006 (UTC)
• Delete Possible hoax, even if it was real it's not encyclopedic. TJ Spyke 22:04, 5 October 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per TJ Spyke. --KFP (talk | contribs) 22:28, 5 October 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. Definite hoax. I have checked and no UK newspaper articles have mentioned "Martin Hanssen" nor any such dismissals from the personal staff of the Prince of Wales. David | Talk 22:38, 5 October 2006 (UTC)
• Delete with extreme prejudice and ban the socks from the underwear drawer. This site gets disrupted enough without this kind of idiocy adding to the mix. Sorry, but no wiki-love this time. - Lucky 6.9 22:41, 5 October 2006 (UTC)
• Delete Pavel Vozenilek 22:42, 5 October 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.