Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bill van Rij


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result was   delete. Courcelles 23:07, 3 November 2010 (UTC)

Bill van Rij

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BLP(?), extremely questionable notability, no RS that I can find. T. Canens (talk) 21:59, 27 October 2010 (UTC)


 * Delete - based on the find searches above, there doesn't appear to be significant coverage in reliable sources. PhilKnight (talk) 22:11, 27 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of New Zealand-related deletion discussions.  —StAnselm (talk) 22:24, 27 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete due to lack of reliable sources. There is sufficient coverage in the Christian Heritage Party of New Zealand article, anyway. StAnselm (talk) 22:30, 27 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete as the only sources I can find are mirrors of this article or a couple of passing mentions, no reliable sources support notability, and the issues covered go over ground covered in the Christian Heritage Party of New Zealand article. . . dave souza, talk 23:08, 27 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete as non-notable and inadequately sourced. Doczilla  STOMP! 10:00, 28 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 22:30, 28 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Christian Heritage Party of New Zealand. harej  23:11, 28 October 2010 (UTC)
 * If we can't prove this person even exists, merging would be furthering a hoax. Sven Manguard  Talk  02:34, 29 October 2010 (UTC)


 * Delete Possible WP:HOAX. Despite claims of importance, this is the single longest uncited BLP on Wikipedia, and when I looked for citations I found... nothing. Wikipedia seems to be the only place that mentions him. There's a teenager with a facebook page, and a few sites for a buisnessman who did a web interview, but nothing on a politician or Christian leader. Zero news hits, image hits do not show any individual consistently, in other words, I can find nothing to prove he exists. Sven Manguard  Talk  02:28, 29 October 2010 (UTC)
 * By the way, without even seeing this, I just AfD'ed this person. Oops. I'll get rid of the duplicate. Sven Manguard  Talk  02:28, 29 October 2010 (UTC)


 * Comment The Christian Heritage Party of New Zealand article lists these two references:
 * Arjo Van Genderen: Religio-Moralism and the Politics of Cultural Defence: The Christian Heritage Party of New Zealand: BA (Honours): Long Essay, Political Science and History: 1991 (University of Canterbury, New Zealand)
 * Martin Freeman: Christian Political Parties of New Zealand: Thesis 99/J94: 2001: University of Auckland, New Zealand
 * These are both unpublished theses. They may still be reliable sources, but it explains how we have so much info in the article(s) without anything coming up on Google. I doubt very much this is a hoax, and I'm happy for the Christian Heritage Party of New Zealand article to stay, but this unreferenced BLP as to go. StAnselm (talk) 03:20, 29 October 2010 (UTC)


 * Delete per the lack of reliable sources. Armbrust  Talk  Contribs  11:42, 29 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete, unable to find any reliable sources to verify the article, does not pass WP:GNG or WP:POLITICIAN. J04n(talk page) 23:43, 29 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete for now I agree I can't tell if this is a hoax or not, so out it goes. The claims are however really strong and we should recreate this if they turn out to be true (and sourceable!) Hobit (talk) 01:09, 30 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete Fails WP:V. Probable hoax. Ray  Talk 06:05, 1 November 2010 (UTC)
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