Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Flerte Fatal (band)


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was Closed as Moot because the article had also been nominated for Speedy Deletion WP:G3, which was completed by User:Bbb23. (non-admin closure) ---  DOOMSDAYER 520 (Talk&#124;Contribs) 23:16, 25 May 2018 (UTC).

Flerte Fatal (band)

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This AfD was triggered by an IP tagging the article for speedy deletion as a hoax. At first, I thought the IP was simply being disruptive, but after checking a bit, I think the IP may be right. The article itself has no sources. The sources in the songs and albums by the band (we have several articles for them) appear to be false, i.e., formal not founds or their equivalent. I also did a Google search and found zip. A single editor created the band article and related articles (hasn't edited since February 2018). If the community determines this article should be deleted, obviously those must be as well. Bbb23 (talk) 13:45, 20 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Delete There is no indication this band is legitimate, and its existence has been viewed as a hoax elsewhere on the Internet for some time: https://community.metabrainz.org/t/flerte-fatal/243375. Similar articles were removed from the Portuguese wiki: https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usu%C3%A1rio_Discuss%C3%A3o:Victorporto98 173.175.217.135 (talk) 13:59, 20 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Delete as hoax. 'Flerte Fatal' is the name of a song by Brazilian band Ira! and that's all that Google offers about this expression. I looked at a random article on a purported album by this purported band, Flerte Fatal (album), and I had to remove half of the certifications since they were so ludricrous it hurt. 5 times platinum album in Portugal and no mention of it in our press, really? Since ours is a very small market, those are sale numbers reserved for renowed musicians like Mariza and Tony Carreira and you can see here that by 2010, only these two artists had achieved that feat. Looking at the other albums' articles, apparently this band has been collecting platinum certifications left, right and center both in Portugal and Brazil since 1997, no one has ever heard of them, no mentions of them in the press, and there's not even a videoclip of them available on Youtube. Also, the album names are all extremely common expressions in Portuguese (except for Flerte Fatal, really), so that any person that is not a native speaker of Portuguese will have loads of trouble navigating through the flood of false positives on Google. Nuke this article AND all their albums' articles at the bottom as an elaborate hoax. RetiredDuke (talk) 16:22, 20 May 2018 (UTC)
 * I forgot to add that I also found mentions to Rita Lee's Flerte Fatal album during my search, that must not be confused with this one. RetiredDuke (talk) 22:17, 20 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Delete as a hoax. I have put deletion tags on the other fake articles that are linked to this "band". TheRealWeatherMan (talk) 20:46, 20 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions.  MT Train Talk 13:19, 22 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Brazil-related deletion discussions.  MT Train Talk 13:19, 22 May 2018 (UTC)


 * Delete - I'm Brazilian and I say, it's a hoax.Guilherme Burn (talk) 14:04, 22 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Speedy Delete as an embarrassing hoax. Exemplo347 (talk) 17:30, 22 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Delete Everything as an elaborate hoax. I will merely add that the page histories show that this hoax has been going on for three years, and the various articles average less than five page views per month. That would explain why nobody noticed for so long, but the system eventually works. Let's wish User:Victorrendan luck in his creative writing career. ---  DOOMSDAYER 520 (Talk&#124;Contribs) 19:44, 22 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Note The article has been Speedily Deleted under WP:G3 (Hoax). An uninvolved editor (not necessarily an Admin) can now close the discussion. Exemplo347 (talk) 23:29, 24 May 2018 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.