Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Stephen Norrim Lackey

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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 delete. King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 04:33, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Stephen Norrim Lackey

Prodded, then the page was blanked, so a contested prod. Seemingly a hoax; the phrase "Henry Walter Noble" gets no google hits, and Norrim Lackey without quotes also gets no g-hits. Probably vanity if not a hoax. Morgan Wick 00:14, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

  • Comment: "Stephen Lackey" (in quotes) gets 821 g-hits, but the top result is on imdb. The article says he's an investor. Invitatious 00:23, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
    • 821 g-hits is still not enough for notability by Wikipedia my standards. Morgan Wick 00:28, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
      • 70 google hits is enough to get you a "keep" if you've created a flash animation, believe it or not. - Motor (talk) 09:57, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete as almost certainly a hoax. Among other things, both the company ("Tapo's Industry") and the organisation he supposedly founded ("Center for Responsible Faith") get zero Google hits apiece. We get these "I'm a really rich guy" articles now and then, and I always wonder exactly what the point of them is. Possibly some sort of scam, or a way to pick up chicks. Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 01:09, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete certain hoax. "Stephen Norrim Lackey", "Henry Walter Noble", and "Tapo's Industry" get zero Google hits. Aplomado talk 01:34, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete as a hoax. Andrew beat me to it for the most part and only unlikely problems are left instead of almost impossible ones. His great grandfather died when he was about 20, but he was supposedly a junior business partner. For how long, one or two years? Without going to business school or college? Also, since the family is not very famous and is supposedly so secretive, it is unlikely that there would be multiple kidnapping attempts. -- Kjkolb 01:47, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete as a hoax, per the nom, Andrew and Kjkolb. -- Vary | Talk 02:26, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete per Vary. --Starionwolf 03:39, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete, WP:HOAX. --Terence Ong (talk | contribs) 03:44, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete for failing WP:HOAX. --Coredesat 04:07, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete per above. —Khoikhoi 04:41, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete, WP:HOAX. --Charlesknight 08:25, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete, the article states that he is also known as "S. Norrim Lackey". A google for "Norrim Lackey" gets no hits at all. Henry Walter Noble gets nothing useful, and neither does "tapo industry". It smells like hoax, so supply some reliable references for it or it gets a hoax/delete from me. - Motor (talk) 09:57, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete per nom. --Xyrael T 14:24, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete In addition to questions about whether this is even true or verifiable, I'm detecting racist overtones in it. If any of the information can be verified as true, then I may change my mind to keep, but right now, delete. ONUnicorn 18:32, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
  • You people actually care about this stuff? You are wayyyy too serious!! But it's funny reading.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 170.190.199.18 (talk • contribs)
  • And by the way, google and the internet do not have all the information in the friggin world. I sit and read comments on the deletion pages when I am bored at work, and the people who write this stuff are amazing. "Only 5 million g-hits...certainly not enough to verify that 'tissue' wipes a butt." Let's call for an immediate deletion my friends! LOL. It's funny and it gets me through my work day.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 170.190.199.18 (talk • contribs)
  • Delete hoax. skorpion 10:29, 16 June 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete Seems like a clear cut case of WP:HOAX. --Auger Martel 07:51, 17 June 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.