Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Christopher John Proud

 This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was - deleted - SimonP 16:57, Mar 30, 2005 (UTC)

Christopher John Proud
Appears to be vanity. I always suspect vanity when the first sentence is "X is a famous Y" and the second sentence, instead of describing X's accomplishments in the field of Y, describes what X is now studying at university. Delete unless actual notability is established (and if the Big Pink Yorkshire festival proves to be notable, it doesn't automatically make him so). -- Antaeus Feldspar 17:12, 17 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * I think thay if: He achieved prominence in 2001 when he organised Big Pink Yorkshire, the first of, a now annual, gay and lesbian festival which runs in Yorkshire. turns out to be true and if Big Pink Yorkshire turns out to be notable, there's sufficient evidence to keep him as well. Keep. Mgm|(talk) 22:01, Mar 17, 2005 (UTC)
 * No hits for "Big Pink Yorkshire".
 * Delete, reads like a hoax. Kappa 23:18, 17 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * I find the veracity of this article highly suspect. I cannot find any evidence that the incident mentioned in the final paragraph, something which one would expect to make the news somewhere or to be mentioned on Usenet, actually occurred, for example.  I cannot find evidence that Big Pink Yorkshire existed, either.  If it did, it must have been promoted solely to a group of patrons who promised never to mention it anywhere on the World Wide Web or on Usenet for a period of at least 4 years.  Those, and Antaeus Feldspar's concerns, cast suspicion upon the whole thing. Delete. Uncle G 23:22, 2005 Mar 17 (UTC)
 * Looks like an obvious hoax, by article creator Grinner. Delete. --Calton | Talk 01:21, 18 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Hoax, or extremely non notable if not a hoax. Excuse me while I VfD Big Pink Yorkshire now. -R. fiend 01:23, 18 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete if this was legit there'd be something about it somewhere online, the GLBT community is pretty web savy--nixie 02:05, 18 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Can't find anything on Google with his name and variations thereof that links him to gay rights in Yorkshire. I possibly suspect the page may have been an attempt at a personal attack on student Christopher Proud. Megan1967 06:39, 18 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Nothing to do with me! I'm at Newcastle University, anyone can use my (various) IP's! (Delete) Grinner 15:52, Mar 18, 2005 (UTC)

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