Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Balm

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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. --Coredesat 05:11, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The Balm

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Part implausible biography (a.k.a. hoax), part spam for upcoming internet video. Maybe a little bit of legitimate biography of a person of questionable notability (who is also apparently the article's creator). --tcsetattr (talk / contribs) 08:34, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

  • Delete - Personally I'd have speedied it regardless of any assertions. It's patent nonsense which a large dash of WP:BOLLOCKS thrown in for flavour.--WebHamster 11:19, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
  • NOT SPAM It is the background information of the main character of a new short movie currently in production. Many people are looking for information on the character so the producers of the movie made a Wikipedia page about him. It was not Seán Balmy himself who wrote the page, it was the writers of the movie collectively under the name of SeanBalmy. He is a real person who claims this is his story. It has every right to be a Wikipedia page as it has given many people information on the character.

--RickPope 19:47, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

  • NOT SPAM and CREDIBLE This article was very useful when I wanted to find out background knowledge on Sean Balmy. He is a real character who has a bit of a legendary status in the area of Cork, Ireland. This page tells his life story (which he claims to be true) which many people in my area seek to know. There is a movie now in production based on him.

If people still don't believe this I'm sure the writers would be willing to email the script to them.--Littlewood10 22:01, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

  • Comment - In that case it makes it a little easier. It now seems to be a speedy under WP:BIO, WP:SPAM, WP:MOVIE. --WebHamster 22:02, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Comment Entertainer - "Has a large fan base or a significant "cult" following." Sean Balmy has a significant cult following in Cork, Ireland as stated on the page. It is not spam for a movie as it is not a movie page. It simply states that a main character is based on him. If there is a movie being based on him then that gives him a cult following. --Littlewood10 22:19, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Comment This page is not written as spam for our movie. It is simply there to give fans of 'Sean Balmy' information on his background, which many have already found useful.

--Seanbalmy 22:28, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

  • Seems to be an awful lot of WP:SPA going on in here :( --WebHamster 00:17, 6 September 2007 (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.