Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/James Scott Hilk


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The result was   delete. WP:SNOW  MBisanz  talk 00:32, 22 March 2009 (UTC)

James Scott Hilk

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This is a hoax article. Google comes up with no hits, the London Gazette has no mention of him in any possible search configuration I could see. As a General and an MP he would be listed numerous times if this was indeed a real person. The only 5th division of the British Army was the 5th Infantry Division (United Kingdom), there was no Welsh one as far as I am aware. This combined with the article creator's name being, this is an obvious hoax. Woody (talk) 15:21, 18 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete Hoax 4/10 for effort Kernel Saunters (talk) 15:36, 18 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. I've checked the London Gazette myself, even searching just on Hilk brings up just 21 hits, all of which are obvious OCR errors for other words.  David Underdown (talk) 16:07, 18 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete - hoax. The article Welsh nationalism describes only working-class Chartist movements at this time - an eminent landowner who "fought vigorously for Welsh self-rule" would probably have made some impact. However, the detailed refutations above of the other claims are conclusive. JohnCD (talk) 16:49, 18 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete Likely hoax, though not blatant enough for a G3. My google searches didn't turn up anything either.-- Terrillja talk  18:18, 18 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete as hoax. Edward321 (talk) 14:09, 19 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete per WP:V as I could not find any references on Google News, Google Scholar, or Google Books, let alone a regular Google Search. Suspected WP:HOAX as well given the difficulty in finding any sources.  Sincerely, --A NobodyMy talk 19:56, 20 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete per above. WP:SNOW now I think.Nrswanson (talk) 07:37, 21 March 2009 (UTC)


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