Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ray Thomas

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 Speedy keep per rewrite. Kotepho 18:26, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Ray Thomas

I think this may be a completely fictional person. None of his records, nor the book he is supposed to have written, are on amazon.com. The article says Tammy Wynette was his third wife, but he isn't mentioned on her Wikipedia page, which has a section for such things. None of the links on his page point to anything that actually mentions his name. I can't find any trace of this "greatest living country singer" anywhere. It should probably be a disambiguation page, since there ARE Ray Thomases who warrant a page (such as one of the founders of the Moody Blues). But that isn't this guy. I don't think this guy exists. Carlo 03:23, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

• Delete Hoax. It's a modified copy of George Jones. Pretty much all the details, including the dates, the wives, and even the title of his autobigraphy, are from Jones. It's almost word-for-word from the Jones article as it existed last October: [1]. - Fan1967 03:36, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
• Warning: DO NOT CLICK THE SITE LINK. It is a linkspace for ads; there is no real site. Just a money generator. SPEEDY. TeKE 03:37, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

Oh, I didn't catch that. My pop-up blocker stopped the pop-ups and I thought it was just a dead page. I've removed the link from the page. Fan1967 03:44, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

Delete with vengeance. --Saforrest 04:17, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

• Delete --Ed (Edgar181) 09:20, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

Disambiguate. May I suggest deleting the text and turning the article into either a disambiguate page for the others, even though most don't have pages yet, or into a page for the stub for Ray Thomas (Moody Blues). Carlo 11:55, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

Comment Or just make this article about Ray Thomas of the Moody Blues. I don't know of any other notable people by that name. The other DAB notices at the top of the page (the US Senators) are not real people. They're modified copies of the DAB notices that were on the George Jones page, as there were two senators by that name. Fan1967 15:47, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

• Remove article text, then disambig. Excellent idea, Carlo! Andy Saunders 12:45, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
• Delete, WP:HOAX. --Terence Ong 15:17, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
• Disambiguate. Get rid of the Ray Thomas currently described on the page, and change into a disambig page between all the others. JIP | Talk 16:16, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

Comment Unless someone knows of one besides the Moody Blues member there is only one. The senators don't exist. Nothing to DAB. A Google search for the name finds this article, a lot of entries for the musician, and a bunch of scattered others. There's a lawyer, a few academics, a bit actor in old westerns, a catcher who went 1-for-3 in one game for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1938 (his total major league career), an aspiring artist, etc. Nobody who looks notable. Fan1967 16:31, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

In that case, if nothing is ever written about the others, this can be replaced with an article about the Moody Blues guy. JIP | Talk 16:39, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

I feel kind of sorry for the catcher. Reminds me of Moonlight Graham. You make it to the Brooklyn Dodgers, and get to play in just one game. Fan1967 16:46, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

Done. Is it okay to consider this one settled? Carlo 17:12, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

Agreed Article is now a stub about the flautist (I prefer flutist, but that's an old argument) for the Moody Blues. Recommend Speedy Close. Hopefully, some music fan can flesh out the article. Fan1967 17:28, 15 April 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.