Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/D. Whitfield


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The result was delete. Star  Mississippi  15:06, 10 February 2023 (UTC)

D. Whitfield

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As per Biographies_of_living_persons/Noticeboard, this appears to be a hoax with fabricated references. Hemiauchenia (talk) 20:27, 3 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: People, Bands and musicians,  and United States of America. Hemiauchenia (talk) 20:27, 3 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete as a hoax article. Per The Library of Congress, the Ottawa County Beacon was published under the name The Quapaw Chieftain from 1938 to 1946. The paper mentions this transition in its September 26, 1946 issue. The article's citation 4 could not have been published in the Beacon on September 3, 1946. There also was no paper published on that date, a Tuesday, in the weekly Chieftain, which came out on Thursdays. Similarly, the article's citation 5 could not have been printed in the Chieftain on Wednesday, July 21, 1948, as the name had been changed for more than a year. There was no Beacon out on that date either, as it was by then coming out every Friday. The paper, when printed as the Chieftain and the Beacon, was almost always four pages long. Page A11, which is suspiciously the page number in every citation that has one, would not have existed. Even if there were an extra long edition, it's very unlikely to have had lettered sections. The locations are also wrong, with the paper always coming out of Quapaw, Ottawa County, Oklahoma, and never out of either Miami, Oklahoma, or Mearle, Arkansas. Citations 1 and 7 have the same author, paper, page, and date but two different titles. Firefangledfeathers (talk / contribs) 02:20, 4 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete - Thanks to F.F.F. for the in-depth research above, and to the folks at the noticeboard. I have little to add to the detective work, but given the investigation so far the article does appear to be an elaborate hoax. Or, if Mr. Whitfield really existed, not having a known first name wouldn't make him notable today either. ---  DOOMSDAYER 520 (TALK&#124;CONTRIBS) 15:24, 4 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete as a likely hoax. Thanks to Firefangledfeathers for the detective work. Cullen328 (talk) 17:50, 4 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete per above. NYC Guru (talk) 06:40, 7 February 2023 (UTC)


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