Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Adrian McMahon


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The result was   delete. PhilKnight (talk) 23:57, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

Adrian McMahon

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Hoax; should be speeded.

How to tell:
 * Subject "died" in 1523 before his name was cleared of something he did in 1525—two years later.
 * Subject supposedly related to Lamia Michelle Bowen and Hemlock Coole, both of whose articles were deleted (for the same reason).
 * According to the literary criticism article, the "birth of Renaissance criticism was in 1498." If he was a "well-known" "French literary critic," he was the first (by far!).
 * He also would have been one of the very first Europeans to die of syphilis.
 * Can't find any references to him, anywhere. Dori ❦ (Talk ❖ Contribs ❖ Review) ❦ 03:42, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete - Per nom. It doesn't help that the only source in the article is made-up. The only other Ghit for "Moyen Age: Collection Litéraire" is a student essay the cites a book with that title, but with different author and publication information, nor is it in Gbooks. — LinguistAtLarge • Talk  07:06, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete - I smell a hoax here (and Wp:CSD exists for those, I believe). It doesn't help that he was supposedly captured at a war that happened two years after he died. (He was born in 1486 and died 37 years later. 1486+37=1523. The battle was in 1525.) DitzyNizzy (aka Jess) | (talk to me) | (What I've done)  09:41, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
 * No, WP:CSD explicitly excludes hoaxes. WP:CSD includes them, but only if they're really blatant, obvious at a glance. If they need a second thought or any research, it's better to use AfD to get some more eyes on - surprisingly improbable things can be true. JohnCD (talk) 11:08, 8 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Delete per nom. As well as all the other improbabilities, "Lamia Michelle Bowen" sounds a rather un-sixteenth-century name. JohnCD (talk) 11:08, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete I'd placed a hoax tag on it after it was speedied. Google Scholar and Books reveal nothing, for someone who was supposedly a notable French critic. This and Lamia Michelle Bowen and the blatantly phony Hemlock Coole appear to be nothing more than a little collection of interdependent hoax articles. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 14:16, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
 * BTW, good deduction and detective work, Dori. If there was a Sherlock Holmes barnstar, I'd award you one. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 16:12, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Something like this? Detective_barnstar.png — LinguistAtLarge • Talk  17:53, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Sweet! I sure wouldn't turn that one down... (and thanks!) Dori ❦ (Talk ❖ Contribs ❖ Review) ❦ 21:17, 8 April 2009 (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.