Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Benjamin Gorbanson


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The result was speedy delete. Per WP:HOAX and WP:SNOW. The Bushranger One ping only 03:58, 31 October 2017 (UTC)

Benjamin Gorbanson

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Hoax, utterly unverifiable, even in the sources given. Exists since February 2017... Fram (talk) 07:37, 25 October 2017 (UTC)
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 * Delete. Fails WP:V. Name is also highly unlikely for a 16th century Englishmen, and is actually quite unpopular - less than 30 google hits - and you'd expect quite a bit more if this name were carved on the crow's nest of several of his/her majesty's ships......Fails WP:SOLDIER of course. A mast height of just 33ft sounds a bit small for the top of the mast for the ship he fell from. Becoming "lead ship builder" at the age of 29 after recovering from his injury and serving a-ship seems not too plausible.Icewhiz (talk) 13:24, 25 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Another inconsistency The HMS Vanguard was rebuilt in the Woolrich Dockyard still exists today and has the engraving on its crows nest. However, the ship is privately owned as an antique. - HMS Vanguard (S28) is a submarine and doesn't have a crow's nest. All previous Vanguards seem to have been broken up or sunk. So this potentially verifiable piece of information (go see the engraving/graffiti) fails due to the ship not existing.Icewhiz (talk) 13:38, 25 October 2017 (UTC)
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 * Delete - Fails WP:V. Smmurphy(Talk) 21:18, 25 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete even in the unlikely event that the information here was verifiable, it would still not add up to the individual in question being notable.John Pack Lambert (talk) 00:28, 27 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete Just documenting another failed attempt to satisfy WP:V. 24.151.116.12 (talk) 16:06, 27 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete as hoax. And WP:TROUT article creator for creating a hoax that is neithe rfunny nor plausible.E.M.Gregory (talk) 18:36, 27 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete - Clearly fails WP:V. Very likely a hoax. --Jack Frost (talk) 01:40, 28 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete Not only is the supposedly well-known phrase "Gorbanson Nest" not found through a Google search apart from this article, but the article creator has no other edits apart from this one - a classic red flag for suspected hoaxes. Calamondin12 (talk) 21:36, 28 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete --a NN common sailor. Peterkingiron (talk) 18:11, 29 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete No evidence of notability.  Hawkeye7   (discuss)  06:08, 30 October 2017 (UTC)


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