Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Genesis Plague

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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 Speedy delete per WP:SNOW and more or less CSD:G3. Stifle (talk) 22:29, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] The Genesis Plague (and Image:Donna-Wilkes.JPG, Image:GENESIS-Virus.jpg)

Almost certainly a hoax, with some personal attacks at the end. I would have speedied it, but hoaxes don't qualify, and this isn't quite patent nonsense. Danny Lilithborne 03:56, 19 May 2006 (UTC)

  • Delete A Google search turns up nothing; I suspect this is a hoax as well. joturner 04:09, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete along with Image:GENESIS-Virus.jpg and Image:Donna-Wilkes.JPG, uploaded for it. (Unless a, Donna Wilkes [1] needs a page, and b, someone can confirm that that's actually Donna Wilkes.)  –Aponar Kestrel (talk) 04:19, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete - Richardcavell 04:20, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep - Genesis - I heard about this on the news recently. It most certainly isn't a hoax.I don't see how the fact that Miss Wilkes herself is a lesbian is a personal attack. It's her life choice. And if you google her, yes, that is in fact her photograph. AlaxandriaDuvval 04:30, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep It was, in fact on the news. http://www.answersingenesis.org/creation/v24/i3/eisegesis.asp also mentions a virus with a similar name. Although I am not quite sure they are talking about the same one. anyway yea, if i was intending to create a hoax, i think i could have made something a bit more humorous than something like this. my best friend is really sick and in the hospital now because of it, and i thought people should be aware of the threat that is being posed here.ShadowOfAGirl 04:43, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
    • Comment The above comment was left by the creator of the article. Danny Lilithborne 04:47, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
Comments
  1. User:ShadowOfAGirl created The Genesis Plague.
  2. The website answersingenesis.org is not a news site or a science website but a creationist website which describes its mission as "upholding the Authority of the Bible from the Very First Verse". WP:RS
  3. the alleged link appears to be broken. WP:VERIFY
  4. ShadowOfAGirl (talk · contribs) and AlaxandriaDuvval (talk · contribs) are single purpose accounts. WP:SOCK.WP:RS
---CH 07:15, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
Or, of course, they are new editors, who have an interest in the subject, but are being scared off writing any more by the attitude of others' seeming attack-dog mentality -- SockpuppetSamuelson 08:36, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
Of course they're interested in the subject, since they made it up. (And by "they", of course I mean "she".) Danny Lilithborne 09:08, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep!! Since when is it alright for Wikipedia to discriminate against something simply because Donna Wilkes was mentioned in it? That certainly doesn't destroy the validity. And Alaxandria is right! I saw this on the news as well. Although they were calling it "G109-Plague" - it doesn't make the fact any less true. People really need to be notified of this horrible risk. Definately keep! SimplyMagical 04:38, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
I try to WP:AGF but here I must suspect sockpuppetry. There is no SimplyMagical (talk · contribs); the previous comment was added by an anon using 69.237.1.157 (talk · contribs), aka the irvnca.pacbell.net anon from Los Angeles, CA---CH 08:56, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete --GeorgeMoney T·C 04:53, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete, hoax. Sandstein 05:25, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete as likely hoax. SchuminWeb (Talk) 05:46, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete what manner of WP:SOCKpuppetry is this! also, article is WP:CB. -- stubblyhead | T/c 17:08, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete as complete bollocks. TheMadBaron 07:07, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
  • Speedy delete as obvious hoax. The figure is also an obvious hoax and should be deleted.---CH 07:09, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
The author of the alleged virus image, Deathbyswitchblade (talk · contribs), more or less admits he made it on his computer! Compare interests and contribs of ShadowOfAGirl (talk · contribs). ---CH 09:01, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete, most likely a hoax, if it isn't the article isn't salvagable anyway. I added the two images to this AfD, as they aren't used in any other article. +Hexagon1 (talk) 08:43, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete as a non-notable pack of lies. --Nydas 09:00, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete - Why Don't You Just Switch Off Your Television Set and Go and Do Something Less Boring Instead?. Vizjim 11:05, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
  • Strong Delete as super-obvious hoax; answersingenesis.org characterizes the virus as "causing its victims to incorrectly interpret the Word of God." If this isn't POV, call me a monkey. -HubHikari 12:00, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete - I'm sure if this thing is so insidious and notable, the article contributors should have no problem citing some references. Oh, and "I saw it on the news!" is not a citation. --cholmes75 15:16, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete. Oy vey. -- Kicking222 15:33, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete, (lengthy) hoax. Docether 20:10, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete, nonsense hoax. Stifle (talk) 22:28, 20 May 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.