Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/"Happy Harry" Vagabondo

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 DELETE. — JIP | Talk 15:58, 27 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] "Happy Harry" Vagabondo

This article has verification problems. No articles link to it, and Google search for "Happy Harry" Vagabondo gives 1 hit whereas a search for Geraldo Vagabondo gives 0 hits. The article claims that he was convicted of the 1983 murder of Anthony Senter, but Senter lives today. Delete, hoax. Punkmorten 09:24, 20 November 2005 (UTC)

• Surely a hoax. "Geraldo Vagabondo" turns up nothing on Google, "Happy Harry Vagabondo" likewise (as well as being an unlikely name), sandwich shop bizzo reads like a bad joke (especially the motto bit). I liked your nomination, Punkmorten: it explained clearly and factually why the article should be deleted. Pity about the vote at the end. Ach, well. fuddlemark (fuddle me!) 17:24, 20 November 2005 (UTC)
  • Out of curiousity: Why didn't you leave a vote? Punkmorten 19:38, 20 November 2005 (UTC)
    • Oh, but I did. I just forgot to add "delete" in big bold letters. I trust I've made my arguments for deletion clear enough without adding a whopping great "vote" to the end of it, though, so I don't particularly feel like changing it. fuddlemark (fuddle me!) 03:58, 21 November 2005 (UTC)
  • Because it says in the step-by-step process on the main AFD page that when listing an article, is is usually an idea to present the first vote to begin consensus building. Saberwyn 03:34, 21 November 2005 (UTC)
    • Not exactly. That was added by one person, and removed by User:Kelly Martin not too long afterwards (see main AfD talk). Nominator voting, by the way, doesn't "begin consensus building" in the slightest. I do note that somebody's gone and re-inserted the "nominators should vote" bizzo, "to avoid ambuguity", or some such rot. fuddlemark (fuddle me!) 03:58, 21 November 2005 (UTC)
• Delete... this seems to be one in a series of hoaxes/vandalism by the same anon IP address (68.114.194.24) (from November 7, 2005 to November 8, 2005). See vandalism to Joseph Testa, Salvatore Vitale, and Phil Leonetti. Also subtle hoax article Daffodil Kingpin of Montana (snorting daffodils and 1,100 year sentence), which I will submit AFD. ERcheck 17:39, 20 November 2005 (UTC)
• Delete as probable hoax. -Colin Kimbrell 19:41, 22 November 2005 (UTC)
• Delete hoax. unless the author offers some form of verification. Cool3 19:32, 23 November 2005 (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.