Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Quennells

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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 - CrazyRussian talk/email 15:04, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] The Quennells and others

All articles apparently about a British band and its albums/EPs/singles, added by the user 6Z1X1W6: smells to me like a systematic hoax. The following articles are involved:

  • The Quennells
  • Quennells Discography
  • By The River
  • I Won't Forget EP
  • Who Decided?
  • Room 19
  • Ambition of the Heart

I've never read about this band in the British press, nor have I heard one of their releases on the radio or seen one in a music store. The only Google results are Wikipedia articles. The Quennells also contains demonstrably false information, e.g. it says 'the band was nominated for two awards at the 2005 Brit Awards' but this is not true. None of the articles cite any sources, reputable or otherwise.

Information about this 'band' has also been added to Island Records [1], 2004 in music [2], All I Have [3], Britpop [4] and List of Britpop musicians [5].

Delete all as a hoax. --ⁿɡ͡b Nick Boalch\talk 18:25, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

  • Delete - A 2004 album that sold 5.5 million copies? That would have been one major news story, but I can't find any references to it anywhere - delete as insidious hoax designed to discredit wikipedia and block creator permanently. exolon 18:33, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete as WP:Complete Bollocks - why do people bother? The pub mentioned (The Albion, Thornhill Road) is a tiny place noted for the garden being larger than the bar. Eddie.willers 18:41, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete ASAP, sanction creator, delete links in other articles. NawlinWiki 18:50, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete - Per nom, remove edits in other articles, and issue warning to user who wrote these. Wickethewok 20:05, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete. Speedy if poss. Clear hoax. Have begun cleaning up other articles. Ban/block user. You can't assume good faith on such a campaign of fiction. OK. I think I got all the incoming links, though it'd be nice if someone could check. -- GWO
  • Delete per nom. GWO, you were successful. --Dhartung | Talk 02:21, 23 July 2006 (UTC)
Don't forget to kill the images that go along with these articles if they are deleted. 68.39.174.238 12:40, 23 July 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.