Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Prom Wars

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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 delete. Proto::► 10:37, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Prom Wars

Prom Wars (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Delete Likely hoax that has no reliable sources (the IMDB entry is a fan-submitted hoax too) so unverifiable. This has been speedied twice already and is being recreated by sockpuppet accounts. I want this to go through a formal AfD so we can either verify its existence and keep it, or delete it properly and give grounds for future use of WP:CSD:G4 speedy deletion on the grounds of recreation of deleted material Gwernol 21:51, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

  • Delete The movie itself may actually exist. The main purpose of the article is to support the hoax article Stefan Faison (AFD'ed here). Last version of the hoax had him in the new Nancy Drew movie. That one failed, so this has been invented now. The IMDB credit has him listed as "attached" which makes no sense in a movie that has completed filming. Fan-1967 21:56, 1 December 2006 (UTC)
  • Comment If it's a hoax, it's a well-done one — apparently they've managed to extract money from the Canadian government, as well as fool several newspapers [1] [2] [3]. It seems to be a very low-budget movie, and there isn't any indication that it involves any of those actors, so maybe the hoaxers have hijacked the name of a real movie for their hoax? Demiurge 22:03, 1 December 2006 (UTC)
  • Comment I don't think the movie's a hoax, just the actor. The creator appears to be a sock of Saderocks (talk · contribs), previously identified as Sade Faison, presumably Stefan's sister. Fan-1967 22:07, 1 December 2006 (UTC)
  • Looking further into this, there seems to be a long history of hoaxes related to the "Faison" surname. Sade Faison the R&B singer, Stefan Faison the pop singer and Stefan Faison the star of Nancy Drew [4]. So I can see why the appearance of this name in a new article would set off alarm bells. Delete, appears to be a hoax using the name of a real film. Demiurge 22:20, 1 December 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.