Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Janson Roker


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The result was Delete as hoax. The Publisher's Weekly article does not mention "Janson Roker". Similar information was added to Al Roker the same day that this article was created, by an IP whose contributions don't show good faith (i.e., blanking the entire Al Roker article as "unsourced" after his/her Janson edits were removed as unsourced). No Ghits except Wikipedia and its mirrors. Claims like this by a person as well-known as Al Roker would have some Web presence. NawlinWiki 04:40, 29 September 2007 (UTC)

Janson Roker

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The article seems like a hoax as zero independent ghits - I would expect there to be some press coverage given the content. Possibly inflamatory tone to the article as per talk Kernel Saunters 11:18, 22 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete - I tried to trace this a number of different ways and came up with zero. Seems like a hoax. Accounting4Taste 15:37, 22 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment definite lack of reliable internet sources, but the Alex Haley article mentions this, and gives this (Deahl, Rachel. "The Long Strange Journey of 'Roots'", Publishers Weekly, 12/11/2006, Vol. 253 Issue 49, p4-4, 3/4p.) as a source. This is the version I found online -- I don't know enough about the publication to know if this is the whole article, or just an online snippet of the entire published article. --Fabrictramp 20:21, 22 September 2007 (UTC)


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