Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/James McPherson (novelist)


 * 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 another hoax. DS 13:56, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

James McPherson (novelist)
Suspected hoax. Hoax tag was removed twice by without comment. As I explained on the article talk page, the article has no references and I find much of the information in it suspect. It states he was awarded the Medal of Honor, but he does not appear on the Army's list of recipients. Google searches for "James Campbell MacPherson" and "James Campbell McPherson" (it is spelled both ways in the article) results in one hit each, one the wikipedia article itself, and the other a Canadian university's alumni site. Also no non-wikipedia Google hits on his book titles, McPherson's Fact on the Death Disease and My Life:James McPherson. jwillburtalk 15:58, 17 April 2007 (UTC)
 * See also the related discussions on Jacob MacPherson, Russell McPherson, and James McPherson II below. jwillburtalk 17:54, 17 April 2007 (UTC)


 * Delete, juvenile hoax. --Dhartung | Talk 17:02, 17 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete, per nom: obvious hoax. And see nomination below for Jacob MacPherson.-- Shelf Skewed  talk  17:15, 17 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete as an obvious hoax lacking sources or facts. Cheers, Lankybugger ○ Yell ○ 20:14, 17 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete Hoax. Acalamari 20:21, 17 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete Why are we even having this discussion? -  irides centi   (talk to me!)  10:29, 18 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment You're right. I think we can call WP:SNOW on this one, and maybe the other AfDs connected to this one as well. Cheers, Lankybugger ○ Yell ○ 14:14, 18 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete along with other unreferenced articles created by same author who has recently created a flurry of unreferenced articles such as Stanley Lane and Harold F. Boice about NN WW-I veterans listed in Veterans of the First World War who died in 2005, many of which were redlinked just a few days ago ... some admin should take a closer look at their edit history. &mdash; 21:27, 18 April 2007 (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.