Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Giovanni Francesco di Caspará


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The result was   delete as hoax. I have awarded a barnstar to Voceditenore for her efforts in identifying this elaborate hoax article. Thank you! Neutralitytalk 05:38, 12 June 2011 (UTC)

Giovanni Francesco di Caspará

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This article about an allegedly "minor composer of the Baroque and early Rococo periods" appears to be a hoax. No mention of him can be found in any reference books, despite the elaborate and completely unreferenced description of his life and work. The only mentions of him on the internet are Wikipedia mirrors. The article was created in 2008 by an editor whose first and only contribution to Wikipedia was this article. Voceditenore (talk) 13:03, 5 June 2011 (UTC)


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions.  —Voceditenore (talk) 13:20, 5 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been notfied to WikiProject Composers, WikiProject Classical Music, and Wikipedia:WikiProject Opera. —Voceditenore (talk) 13:20, 5 June 2011 (UTC)


 * Delete per voceditenore. After an extensive internet search and a search at my university's music library I too found nothing on this composer. No major music reference works mention him. This does indeed appear to be a hoax. It's sad this wasn't caught earlier.4meter4 (talk) 14:05, 5 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Yes, quite embarassing. I imagine someone's having a good chuckle. Although cleverly written, there are a couple of give-aways. One is the repeated use of "reportedly", "supposedly", "possibly" etc. The other is the level of intricate detail provided for someone not covered in any reference works on baroque music, e.g. "in 1729 he married his landlady, Maria Chiara (née Amadelli), with whom he had six children, four of whom survived to adulthood." Voceditenore (talk) 14:34, 5 June 2011 (UTC)


 * Delete; hoax; I'm tempted to slay it at once. This person never existed.  No mentions, no sources, nothing. Antandrus  (talk) 14:47, 5 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions.  — -- Cirt (talk) 14:51, 5 June 2011 (UTC)


 * Delete: Hoax. --Ravpapa (talk) 14:52, 5 June 2011 (UTC)


 * Delete per everyone above. All the evidence points to it being a hoax.  --Deskford (talk) 14:55, 5 June 2011 (UTC)


 * Delete. The first hoax I've found! Gérard (talk) 18:13, 5 June 2011 (UTC)


 * Delete you would think that there would be at least good source for a composer, so I have to assume that it's fabricated. The article can come back if there are reliable sources (book, periodical, etc.) at that time. SwisterTwister (talk) 05:26, 9 June 2011 (UTC)


 * Delete as a hoax. Zero hits on Google Books or Scholar.  Sergeant Cribb (talk) 18:44, 9 June 2011 (UTC)
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