Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Death of Samir Omar


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The result was   delete. Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:41, 22 March 2012 (UTC)

Death of Samir Omar

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Unless i'm horribly mistaken, this article seems to be a WP:HOAX. While the event described in it may have happened, it is not supported by the sources at all. If you look at the three sources, you'll see that they were all made in 2011 and are discussing Hamza Ali Al-Khateeb, not this Samir Omar. I tried a Google News search and general Google search for both his name and variations therein, but came up with nothing. Silver seren C 19:09, 15 March 2012 (UTC)


 * Speedy Delete Definitely smells like a hoax.--The Devil&#39;s Advocate (talk) 21:52, 15 March 2012 (UTC)


 * Delete: Agreed, a hoax, or rather, so dramatic that it looks more like propaganda fiction. Boneyard90 (talk) 22:40, 15 March 2012 (UTC)


 * Oppose Deletion. Not a Hoax, this happens every day in Syria, I will however note that the article is almost completely unsourced, and the only definitive source regarding the death of Samir Omar is in Arabic. Sopher99 (talk) 02:36, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
 * The Arabic source is from May 27, 2011 and it is also about Hamza. Here, see it in English. Do you have a single news source about Samir Omar that even corroborates his death? Silver  seren C 03:28, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
 * "Not a Hoax, this happens every day in Syria" - what, the same person is killed each day....?  Lugnuts  (talk) 08:02, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Children are deliberately targeted each day in Syria according to Unicef and Amnesty . Samir Omar's case is not unusual. Samir's Omar death is entirely unreferenced however. Sopher99 (talk) 11:32, 16 March 2012 (UTC)


 * Delete - It may be very well true that "Children are deliberately targeted each day in Syria" but that is irrelevant. This article is completely unsubstantiated with any sources, and has the earmarks of a hoax with the bogus references in the article. -- Whpq (talk) 16:12, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Syria-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 01:33, 17 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 01:33, 17 March 2012 (UTC)
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