Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bari Suzuki


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The result was speedy delete as blatant hoax. ··· 日本穣 ? · 投稿  · Talk to Nihonjoe ·  Join WP Japan ! 20:40, 14 May 2015 (UTC)

Bari Suzuki

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I have tagged this as a likely hoax but have not nominated this for speedy deletion because there is an IMDb page of this person--though with a bio written by a user of the same name as the one who started this page. Otherwise, most that appears in this article is incredible. It has him debuting with a single at age 9 and having a platinum hit at age 13. It lists some 12 ethnicities, and other facts that stretch the realm of possibility. I can find no record in Japanese of him or his record career (the song that's cited is just Rick Astley's "Never Going to Give You Up"). All that appears in English is the suspect IMDb page and other mostly user generated pages. There are pictures on the net that seem to be of the same person, but again no record of these supposed achievements. What seems to be his Tumblr page says nothing about his Japanese career. Even if this is not a hoax, I don't think there is enough to pass WP:GNG. I'd like other opinions on this. Michitaro (talk) 00:28, 12 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Japan-related deletion discussions. Michitaro (talk) 00:30, 12 May 2015 (UTC)
 * It's a hoax, an elaborate rickroll. His supposed album, "Akirameru Tsumori Wa Arimasen", is just a translation of "Never Gonna Give You Up". Cckerberos (talk) 00:52, 12 May 2015 (UTC)


 * Delete as hoax. No evidence of any actual third-party coverage or notability on the web outside the self-created IMDB page. --DAJF (talk) 01:15, 12 May 2015 (UTC)
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 * Speedy delete as hoax  —Мандичка YO 😜 05:07, 12 May 2015 (UTC)


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