Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Buy short


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The result was   speedy delete. Delete as hoax  DGG ( talk ) 20:37, 21 February 2014 (UTC)

Buy short

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While feeling that this is a hoax, as the names referred to only Google to here and similar, there are apparent mentions in connection with Elon Musk. I think that discussion is needed on this rather than CSD. Peridon (talk) 13:13, 21 February 2014 (UTC)


 * delete Ironically, "short buy" seems to be a legitimate poker term. However, I see no evidence for a real financial term, and the highly individualistic name of its supposed creator only hits here. I'm convinced it's a hoax. Mangoe (talk) 13:18, 21 February 2014 (UTC)


 * delete such a transaction would be a "sham financial transaction" as described, and has no sources other than itself. Collect (talk) 14:02, 21 February 2014 (UTC)


 * Speedy delete, blatant hoax. There are no actual references. "A purchase of the exact shares that are already held by the individual" is nonsense. There are no listings for a lawyer named "Blayre Hiern". There are no listings for a financial firm named "B. B. Levin & Co.". "Sir Marcus Peterson" was last noticed, alongside Henry Ward Beecher, giving a campaign speech for the rather late James A. Garfield. "Iron Eagle Spreads" is not a recognized financial concept. The supposed Elon Musk tweet is not documented by any non-wikibased sources, reliable or unreliable. The "Nigerian Options Exchange" does not appear to exist, except perhaps in emails from an exiled member of the Nigerian royal family who is willing to pay generously for help in recovering his family's fortune. Hullaballoo Wolfowitz (talk) 14:14, 21 February 2014 (UTC)


 * Delete This looks like a joke article. Selling short is selling stock that you don't own, so of course buying short would be buying stock you do own :-) But they aren't logical opposites, and buying short as described in the article makes no financial sense. As per Hullabaloo, the rest of the article is filled in with hoax material. --Mark viking (talk) 17:55, 21 February 2014 (UTC)
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