Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/John Alkire


 * 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   delete. King of &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 00:31, 26 May 2009 (UTC)

John Alkire

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This may be a complete hoax but I'll assume that it's not. The only claims to notability seem to be the awards the subject has won. The awards don't exist. There is no NCWC Awar for "best fable" (see here). There is no "Federation of Literature" to give an "award of excellence." There are three links provided. One is to a very simple under-construction page for the non-existent Federation of Literature, another is a home page that's under construction, and the third is a link to some of the author's writing. It seems obvious from the writing that this may be a young student which is carried into the prose of the article which seems to be written by someone is either young or not proficient in English. As the awards are fake, the subject fails WP:BIO and WP:CREATIVE. I'd wait on the "under construction" tag to be taken down by the author but this seems to be a hoax. Ol Yeller '''Talktome 15:58, 19 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete Odd that both the website of the author of short stories and that of the Federation that grants awards to "leeser-known (sic) writers for their short stories" are both under construction simultaneously on free web hosts. Let's just say say that there is a whiff of self-promotion and it is absolutely unverifiable and leave it at that. Drawn Some (talk) 16:08, 19 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete. While I would say that one link to a 'free host' is OK, three links making up the sole basis for this article just isn't what I think Wikipedia articles need. Additionally, as Drawn Some has already mentioned, these sites are under construction, so I think this needs to be deleted as per WP:VERIFY. JulieSpaulding (talk) 16:19, 19 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete though Alkire's "The Articles of Confederation" is a pretty good and quick read. Hoax. Drmies (talk) 18:11, 19 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep Please remember this part of the wiki deletion guidelines "...please consider that many good articles started their Wikilife in pretty bad shape. Unless it is obviously a hopeless case, consider sharing your reservations with the article creator, mentioning your concerns on the article's discussion page, and/or adding a "cleanup" template..."Chet50 (talk) 21:16, 19 May 2009 (UTC) — Chet50 (talk&#32;• contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.
 * Delete Non-notable at best. Edward321 (talk) 23:18, 19 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete for all the above...--Travis Thurston+ 00:38, 20 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep Good article 208.106.62.32 (talk) 03:02, 21 May 2009 (UTC) — 208.106.62.32 (talk) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.
 * Heh. Sort of funny you commenting here... having only made one edit ever and coming straight to AfD to comment. Crazy coincidence. Care to elaborate on why it's a good article?  Ol Yeller  '''Talktome 03:52, 23 May 2009 (UTC)
 * I think they call it "IP sock puppetry"? --Travis Thurston+ 04:09, 23 May 2009 (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.