User talk:Gazbags

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Speedy deletion nomination of Gerhard Kaindl


A tag has been placed on Gerhard Kaindl requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about a person or group of people, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please read more about what is generally accepted as notable.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator, or if you have already done so, you can place a request here. red dog six (talk) 00:40, 27 July 2014 (UTC)

July 2014
You have been blocked indefinitely from editing because your account is being used only for vandalism. If you think there are good reasons why you should be unblocked, you may appeal this block by adding the following text below this notice:. However, you should read the guide to appealing blocks first. Bbb23 (talk) 01:37, 27 July 2014 (UTC)


 * Would you care to explain how it is that Google does not appear to confirm the details of your (deleted) article in any degree whatsoever?--Anthony Bradbury"talk" 19:34, 27 July 2014 (UTC)


 * ( Non-administrator observation ) I think the characterization of vandalism was unfair. However, I believe there are other issues with your edits, which do justify the removal of the information you provided. The biggest one is that you haven't cited any of your sources. Wikipedia needs references to reliable sources of information. There are indeed reliable sources of information for the information on Karl Albrecht, but the "common knowledge" is not. Reliable sources must be published in some way so readers can verify the information.  Anon 126   (notify me of responses! / talk / contribs) 19:40, 27 July 2014 (UTC)


 * The article you created gives a birth year of 1988, while your source gives 1986. PhilKnight (talk) 20:54, 10 August 2014 (UTC)
 * When I originally blocked the user, I found nothing to support the material he added. However, during the unblock discussions, I dug deeper and found some of these company websites he's referring to. They're hard to parse because you don't see the actual data, and they ostensibly represent primary sources, but it seemed that at least these people existed, and that one of the Kaindls was involved with the company. As best I could judge, he was a former director of the company, and I found nothing of any substance about the other fellow, the so-called "heir apparent". I've kept quiet until now because, at the end of the day, at best, what the user did was a mix of some truth and some hoax, or at least probable hoax. This is not uncommon with some vandals, so my hope was it would just fade away. That doesn't appear to be happening, so I'm commenting.--Bbb23 (talk) 21:42, 10 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Hi Bbb23, thanks for commenting. I agree that it does seem likely that Gazbags was creating hoax content. PhilKnight (talk) 13:44, 11 August 2014 (UTC)