Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Arthur Brown (Poet)


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The result was   delete. Mark Arsten (talk) 15:04, 3 October 2013 (UTC)

Arthur Brown (Poet)

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Hoax article about a poet that was supposed to have died in 1991, complicated by the addition of sources pertaining to a real, living poet by the same name. I came across this last night (my time) at New Pages but unfortunately got sidetracked before I could do anything about it, and it has been expanded in the meantime. Of the sources currently offered, one (offered twice) refers to a living American poet and one doesn't mention the subject. The print source offered, "The Life of Arthur Brown" published in 1989, doesn't seem to have any existence beyond this article: no Worldcat listing, no Google results. And of course, there are absolutely no Google results in general that would match anything asserted about the subject.

While the history of article in itself shouldn't be a determining factor alone, this one is littered with single-purpose accounts, mixed in with bona-fide technical edits. While I was tempted to go for a CSD nomination as a hoax, there are reasons to go the AFD route: there is an existing PROD notice, which is unfortunately a BLP prod, which technically is incorrect, and the living poet may indeed prove to be notable, although obviously this article does him no favours. FlowerpotmaN &middot;( t ) 22:50, 26 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Poetry-related deletion discussions.  FlowerpotmaN &middot;( t ) 23:02, 26 September 2013 (UTC)
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 * Speedy Delete per nom. Obvious hoax. -- Green Cardamom (talk) 18:32, 27 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Delete - Fails verifiability spectacularly. -- Whpq (talk) 20:42, 1 October 2013 (UTC)
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