Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Weatherspoon

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. Sr13 22:50, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Weatherspoon

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This is an odd one. There are cited, though very hard to track down, sources. It appears legitimate at first glance. However, the author has apparently been playing silly buggers here and there; leaving aside where he claims to be an obviously nonexistent academic, he has told us a pope resigned for cheese. Other than this, pretty much all his edits were to change one participant in the Babington Plot to link in to this article.

The article has some suspicious details; a "Viscount of Killiecrankie" is the most dubious, a title which never existed as far as I can tell. It might be legitimate, but it all seems just a little spurious and suspicious given the context... Shimgray | talk | 23:48, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

• Embellishing this, there was an earlier version. It had four cited footnotes; the current footnote 1 was "Stewart (2002), passim.", the current footnote 2 was "Dobson (1998) 27-9, 317", and the others didn't directly correspond. So it certainly looks like some sources were made up somewhere... Shimgray | talk | 14:49, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

Delete. Looks like a WP:HOAX. I don't see how "Roger de Viyarspuin" could have affected the Battle of Falkirk (1298) as claimed. The mention of the hedgehog also undermines its credibility. Clarityfiend 03:23, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

• Delete as a hoax. User:Zscout370 ^{(Return Fire)} 03:35, 29 May 2007 (UTC)
• Delete the successive name changes are a little too cute. None of them are in DNB. Neither is any lordship of Kiliecrankie, (a true place & the site of a famous battle.)DGG 07:52, 29 May 2007 (UTC)
• Delete and recreate as a disambiguation page for the many notable people named Weatherspoon (multiple basketball players come to mind). Then, it would be no different than any other dab. -- Kicking222 16:09, 29 May 2007 (UTC)
• Delete. While the sources cited sound credible, Archaeologia Aeliana 4th series vol 35 does not contain an article by the title used in the first and third source (although it does contain other articles by the same author cited as having written the source). JulesH 18:03, 29 May 2007 (UTC)
• Delete - I have searched databases (particularly the RHS bibliography, and none of the article cited appear to exist. This appears to be a hoax and should be deleted. Furthermore administrative action should be taken against the creator to prevent repetition. There is an article by Meekings C.A.F.: Roger of Whitchester. Archaeologia Aeliana 4th series vol 35, 100-128. This must be the basis of the hoax reference. If the article is to survive, it should be retitled Weatherspoon Family. Peterkingiron 14:34, 30 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.