Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Will Guest

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 all articles deleted; user blocked for life. DS 00:01, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Will Guest

User:Put It Down Boy has been quite persistent in creating what are a string of hoax articles related to the fictional (or at the very least, extremely non-notable) band "Evil Chemistry." No substantial Google hits for the band, the albums, the members, etc. Quite interesting for a band that released an album that "has sold 5.4 million units in the US." Nufy8 17:11, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

These are all of the related articles listed for deletion:

• The Bedroom Sessions Volume 1
• Pete Stiller
• Nick Rose
• Liar (Evil Chemistry)
• Trash Records
• The Bedroom Sessions Volume 2
• Soldier (Evil Chemistry)
• Crossed Swords
• The Pursuit (Evil Chemistry album)
• Daniel Bourne
• Regain The Body
• Making My Mind EP
• The Way We Were: The Years With Pete - 1999-2001
• Everybody Hates
• The Devil's Factory
• Evil Chemistry Battle-Axe
• Trash!
• Trash Europe!
• Trash New York!
• Trash The World!
• Satanic Fantasies

• Holy shit that's an impressively elaborate hoax! Speedy delete the whole bunch of them and block this guy's IP. The Disco King 17:43, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
  • Yeah, my bad, guys. I was SURE that hoaxes qualified for speedies. At any rate, strongest possible delete. User:The Disco King (not signed in) 204.40.1.129 19:18, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
• Strong delete per WP:HOAX; not a single relevant google result [1]. Don't speedy delete, as the articles do have some kind of claim to notability (even though it may not be true). Also, please remember that hoaxes do not merit speedy deletions.--☆TBC☆ (aka Tree Biting Conspiracy) 18:36, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
• Delete but not speedy per TBC. M1ss1ontomars2k4 ^{(T | C | @)} 18:47, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
• Delete all as hoaxes, temporarily block author for vandalism (that's what introducing text noise to Wikipedia is). Sandstein 19:54, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

• Delete it all.... then block the author for vandalism. I'd suggest padlocking each of these after deletion as I'm sure this person will try again. B.Wind 20:00, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
• Strong delete per TBC. —C.Fred (talk) 20:13, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
• Delete hoax Jaranda ^{wat's sup} 20:32, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
• Delete very much hoax. Note that the Image:SKTSBA-m.jpg, the Evil Chemistry Battle-Axe, is now under speedy delete for copyvio. Kevin Breitenstein 21:10, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
• Speedy Delete as vandalism - according to WP:HOAX, "Hoaxes in Wikipedia are considered vandalism, and the originator of a hoax is subject to blocking and banning." WP:VAND clarifies that vandalism includes "insertion of bad jokes or other nonsense". Thus, the article can be speedied as G3. Or failing that, there's always WP:SNOW. BigDT 21:55, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
  • Comment, it depends on the type of hoax. Please remember that only hoaxes that are obviously patent nonsense can merit a speedy deletion (see WP:PN for details). However, I must admit that you are certainly correct about WP:SNOW, though its usually recommended that WP:SNOW should not be applied to most occasions, as one of the main purposes of Wikipedia is to make decisions based on community consensus.--☆TBC☆ (aka Tree Biting Conspiracy) 23:08, 29 May 2006 (UTC).
• Delete all. -- getcrunkjuice^contribs 23:48, 29 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.