Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/William Everleigh

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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, and ban article creator. DS 12:55, 6 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] William Everleigh

Appears to be unverifiable. I couldn't find any trace of Everleigh's work anywhere and in fact I couldn't find any trace of a professor by the name of James Hargreaves at Leicester university. The whole article reads more like a hoax than anything. Pascal.Tesson 06:54, 4 October 2007 (UTC)

  • Delete. No evidence that this is anything but a hoax. Sentences like "A full bibliography of Everleigh's works is yet to be acknowledged amongst many scholars" (as well as the miserable bit of free verse, supposedly written by a Romantic poet) do not inspire confidence. Deor 10:51, 4 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete I looked at this article after seeing the AfD for his other article, Clair Coullon, and found the same suspicious lack of results for Everleigh or a James Hargreaves at Leicester. I didn't see an AFD tag, so I thought I would nominate it, but I see you've beaten me to the punch. I've added the AFDM tag. --Groggy Dice T | C 02:57, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete I actually was going to nominate this as a hoax myself and I contacted Pascal.Tesson about it after he (correctly) removed the speedy request since it's not patent nonsense. Patently false is a different story. Keegantalk 03:03, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete Typical hoax article with a bit of silliness/nonsense as well: "his work massively demonstrated his insight into the world of modern psychology..." Uh-huh. The included snippet of (really bad) poetry reads like a grade-school kids' idea of what poetry in ye olden days might have sounded like. Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 03:32, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete I have added {{hoax}} to the page. Cheers,JetLover (Report a mistake) 03:33, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete. No entry in Cambridge Guide to Literature in English suggests either hoax or non-notable forgotten poet. Espresso Addict 10:41, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Speedy Delete it is obviously a hoax of the creator (2 articles) :) Elmao 05:46, 6 October 2007 (UTC)
    • Unfortunately, hoaxes, and even obvious hoaxes, are not among the speedy deletion criterion. But by now WP:SNOW might be used to close early, instead. —David Eppstein 07:37, 6 October 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.