Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Stephen Burke

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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 of the debate was: Speedily deleted as apparent vandalism (hoax/attack page). - Mike Rosoft 15:35, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Stephen Burke

This page is ostensibly about an Australian footballer but turns out to be bizarre when read closely. Smells like hoax, but may also be attempt to attack little-known real person. The googles, they find nothing! Henning Makholm 23:00, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

  • Delete as non-notable biography (as Henning says, perhaps it's a hoax, perhaps it's an attack page, but in any case it doesn't belong). Joe 23:21, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete as mentioned, likely an attack page. Gwernol 00:07, 22 March 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete additionally, this pic looks too recent to be from this ~40-year old's youth. Brun8 00:55, 22 March 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete per nom -- Astrokey44|talk 02:00, 22 March 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete. If this article were true, he would be notable enough as a 200+ player in the VFL/AFL for the mighty North Melbourne Kangaroos. However, as a Kangaroos supporter I have never heard of him and a Google search for him comes up with nothing. [1] Capitalistroadster 02:47, 22 March 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep He is definitely real, it's slightly satirical but he did play for the Kangaroos. He didn't play 250+ games with the Kangaroos though he did play that many with North/Port Melbourne combined. The picture is of his son, but I've been told they are spitting images of each other. edit - it appears that it has become an 'attack page'. I will endeavour to fix it --Bobbertinho 04:17, 22 March 2006 (UTC)
Note: Bobbertinho is the creator of the page. First version not visibly better than the current one, and recent edits show no clear direction towards encyclopedic trustworthiness. Henning Makholm 10:23, 22 March 2006 (UTC)
Robert Dauth falls into same category. I'm also wondering if User:Burpengarry and User:Bobbertinho may be related somehow. - Ian ≡ talk 09:47, 22 March 2006 (UTC)
  • I fold Do as you please... --Bobbertinho 10:46, 22 March 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete as probable hoax, per nearly everybody else. -Colin Kimbrell 14:59, 22 March 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.