Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bradford Dungeon (fan made)


 * 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. joe deckertalk to me 15:19, 10 October 2011 (UTC)

Bradford Dungeon (fan made)

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Delete I originally sent this article to AfD and argued it was a blatant hoax because no matter how stupid the average tourist may be, there was absolutely no way that you could make him pay for something that dumb. As it turns out, I'm wrong. So I simply retracted my AfD nomination. However, has asked me to renominate it. The main point is that even if this isn't a blatant hoax, the article still makes it clear that the tourist attraction doesn't exist yet and is set to open in 2012. No third-party references can be found to confirm this. Most suspicious however (and shame on me for not noticing the first time around) is, as DynamoDegsy put it, the "Great Fire segment, which tastelessly makes reference to the Bradford City stadium fire in which 56 people died." This is clear proof that the article is completely bogus. Pichpich (talk) 13:51, 3 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete Even if it's for real, Wikipedia is not a crystal ball. Yunshui (talk) 13:55, 3 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete No reference on Merlin Entertainments' The Dungeons site, and shame on me for not noticing the tasteless reference to Yorkshire Ripper/Peter Sutcliffe. DynamoDegsy (talk) 14:09, 3 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete Crystal Ball and hoax. There is no trace of this in the media announcements on the Merlin website, nothing on Google, and no location (Bradford is too vague and if planning were this far advanced the building would be chosen and at the least a planning application made). But DynamoDegsy is right - poor taste is no indication of authenticity. --AJHingston (talk) 14:19, 3 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete Seems to be hoax. Borock (talk) 14:30, 3 October 2011 (UTC)
 * For what it's worth, the actual franchise in question is generally considered to be pretty fun. Nevertheless this is a blatant hoax and not the only one by this users, whose edits should probably all be thoroughly checked. Chris Cunningham (user:thumperward) - talk 14:43, 3 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of England-related deletion discussions.  —Tom Morris (talk) 18:34, 3 October 2011 (UTC)


 * Snow delete, speedy G3 for being a hoax. - The Bushranger One ping only 18:48, 3 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete. I did find a "Bradford Dungeon" on Google, but it's not this one. And I really wish I hadn't read that page. Chris Neville-Smith (talk) 18:45, 4 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete per above. Does Wikipedia still have a BJAODN section?  This might qualify... "A noose drops in front and as the hangman pulls the gallows lever and guests drop into the dark. They then exit into a Gift Shop."  made me lol, anyway.Colon el  Tom 03:21, 10 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Initially this was my thought exactly. But as far as I can tell this is exactly what happens at the London Dungeon which appears to be at least popular enough to survive. Pichpich (talk) 05:32, 10 October 2011 (UTC)
 * ... strewth. A bad joke with legs.  Thanks.Colon el  Tom 09:21, 10 October 2011 (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.