Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Desmond James O'Donnell


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The result was Speedied as a hoax, and creator blocked indef. Newyorkbrad (talk) 21:36, 30 May 2016 (UTC)

Desmond James O'Donnell

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De-prodded so bringing it here. Appears to be a made up person. I can find no evidence that anyone by this name ever competed for Ireland at the Olympics. Edits by the creator elsewhere seem to confirm that this may be the case. Even if he is real then this is an unsourced BLP. Ba se me nt 12 (T.C) 18:27, 27 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete The Sports Reference site shows no such Irish athlete at the 1976 Olympics, nor any other. Tassedethe (talk) 16:11, 29 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete Per above; also my own search similarly uncovered nothing. SR also indicates that the youngest Irish athlete was 20 years old; the subject would have been 16, which is extraordinarily young for an Olympian in men's track events. Presumably this would have been likely to draw comment from reliable sources at the time. Xymmax So let it be written   So let it be done  11:59, 30 May 2016 (UTC)


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