Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Heathcliff H. Weissman


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The result was   delete. Tone 16:25, 1 December 2013 (UTC)

Heathcliff H. Weissman

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This "lesser-known German philosopher, sociologist and psychologist" is, in fact, so little known that I couldn't find anything on him - Google, VIAF, and WorldCat searches yielded zero results. The same accounts for the journal he allegedly "wrote", "Der Konflikt der Klasse". Also note that, while "Heathcliff" obviously isn't a regular German name, his middle name "Heinsburg" belongs to the "fake-German" category of names. Axolotl Nr.733 (talk) 10:03, 24 November 2013 (UTC)
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 * Delete. Since no evidence that this person existed has been provided there is a clear case for delete. Possibly a hoax. Creator is an spa. Xxanthippe (talk) 10:16, 24 November 2013 (UTC).
 * Delete I too am finding nothing on this person, even with wide search criteria, so agree with User:Xxanthippe that a potentially misleading article is best deleted in the absence of evidence. AllyD (talk) 10:29, 24 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Delete Clear WP:HOAX. --Ben Ben (talk) 11:01, 24 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Delete I too see problems with this article. The name doesn't make sense in light of modern German naming laws, which require the name to be officially approved - I'm not sure what the law was in 1887 however.  Meanwhile, we have a predominantly Jewish surname Weissman, and yet no mention of what happened to him after 1933 when the Nazis came to power.  Presumably he would have either escaped abroad early after being fired for being Jewish, or have been caught up in the holocaust.  Just doesn't make sense.  Barney the barney barney (talk) 11:04, 24 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Delete per WP:HOAX. This does not appear to be a legitimate person. TropicalAnalystwx13 (talk) 21:00, 24 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Comment. I suggest the possibility of sanctions against article creator (after he has had his say, of course). Xxanthippe (talk) 21:40, 24 November 2013 (UTC).
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