Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tom Reidy

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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, for so many reasons... chief among them failure of WP:BIO and probable WP:AUTO, but also that the articles in question are complete bollocks. Orderinchaos 11:32, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Tom Reidy

Tom Reidy (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs) – (View log)

Google doesn't find anything on this. One would think it might turn up something if he really did shoot an umpire. I suspect that the two users who've edited this are one and the same. There are several other articles related to this, and I'll take input on whether or not they should be included here. Deranged bulbasaur 10:18, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

Does Australian rules football even have umpires? This entire walled garden smells of hoaxery. Deranged bulbasaur 10:21, 27 May 2007 (UTC)
  • Update The creator is now removing the Afd template from the article, which makes me even more suspicious. Deranged bulbasaur 10:25, 27 May 2007 (UTC)
  • Additions Now adding the following-
Joe Reidy (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)
Dad Reidy (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Deranged bulbasaur 10:33, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

  • Delete Very likely to be hoax. Google search for "Tom Reidy" Collingwood [1] brings nothing relevant. There are no sources at all so is completly unverified. Unless reliable and verifiable sources are provided during this discussion should be deleted. Davewild 10:31, 27 May 2007 (UTC)
  • Strong Delete Reviewing all the contributions by Reidy-5 (talk · contribs) and Ydier mot (talk · contribs) (note that it spells Tom Reidy backwards), I'm inclined to think that a. it's the same user and b. all their contributions are bogus. I am very close to just undoing all their contributions indiscriminately. Maurog 10:55, 27 May 2007 (UTC)
And I just did. Maurog 11:28, 27 May 2007 (UTC)
  • Speedy delete - born 1993 (i.e. a child), probably just a hoax or self-promotion Salaskan 10:49, 27 May 2007 (UTC)
  • Update The two who've been working on this mess (Reidy-5 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log) and Ydier mot (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log)) conspired to add to the article Brett Allen (umpire) that Tom Reidy is his favorite player even though he supposedly shot him. I reverted. Deranged bulbasaur 10:52, 27 May 2007 (UTC)
  • Speedy delete Absolute tripe and fantasy. While the umpire exists, he was most definitely not shot during that game or any other. I suspect this is an article by a person (child?) who was upset by Mr Allen's officiating of that game, which Collingwood lost (to the mighty Brisbane Lions :-)). -- Mattinbgn/ talk 10:59, 27 May 2007 (UTC)
    • Which criterion? Hoaxes are explicitly excluded. Deranged bulbasaur 11:02, 27 May 2007 (UTC)
      • WP:IAR and/or WP:SNOW. It is absolute fantasy and process should not be allowed to hold this up any longer. It is a waste of editors time to keep this alive. I say this as someone who watched the game in its entirety. No one, umpire or otherwise was shot.-- Mattinbgn/ talk 11:09, 27 May 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.