Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/John bloggs


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The result was  d elete. - Mailer Diablo 13:10, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

John bloggs

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I can't find any sources online that show the existence of this individual. As far as I can tell from Google searching, "John Bloggs" is is variant of "John Doe". I found a few "real" John Bloggses but they couldn't have written a diary during WWI. Delete due to lack of verification. (And anyway, even if it were real, it would belong on Wikisource.) ... disco spinster  talk  14:21, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete unless verified by addition of reliable sources per WP:ATT by the end of this AfD. Current version reads like a typical high-school homework assignment - "invent a diary for a WWII soldier" - which would mean that WP:NFT may also apply. Wal  ton  Vivat Regina!  14:51, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete per above Alf Photoman  15:04, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete Likely hoax. What a first day that would have been... Crossing the English Channel in "open top boats", immediately being posted to the front lines, subjected to gas and artillery attacks and getting sentry duty makes for an interesting 24 hours. Now, considering that "lads were laughing back home ‘bout how it would be all over soon", but the first use of mustard gas dates to 1917, and noting the absence of mention of the soldier's rank and unit and where he was deployed would lead me to agree with Walton_monarchist89. Caknuck 18:42, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete per all those suggesting it's either a hoax or homework. Am I the only one thinking that "Bloggs" as a surname sounds suspiciously similar to "blog"? BigHaz - Schreit mich an 07:03, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Fair point, but the name "Bloggs" was used as a generic last name (similar to John Doe) prior to the coining of the word blog. So the two are unlikely to be connected. Wal  ton  Vivat Regina!  13:17, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
 * True enough. I was just thinking that it might have been the thought process which the author of the article had gone through (particularly if it turns out to have been school homework). BigHaz - Schreit mich an 21:42, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
 * When I was in the army in Canada, we'd use the name "Private Bloggins" to refer to a generic, "Joe Blow" soldier. I'm not sure how widespread the phenomenon was/is, or if it ties into what Walton_monarchist89 said. Caknuck 17:24, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
 * AH! It *is* related! Caknuck 17:27, 9 March 2007 (

This diary belongs to a small family museum so there will not be any record of this man on wiki source. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Doggydoggy1 (talk • contribs)
 * What's the name of the museum then? Caknuck 22:18, 13 March 2007 (UTC)


 * Delete, pretty obviously made up by article author. NawlinWiki 16:17, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete per WP:NOT. A diary is really no different from a blog.  Individual diaries and blogs may be notable (this one makes no such assertion), but their text belongs on Wikisource, not here.  No need to transwiki as we have no idea who wrote this (sure, John Bloggs, but who's he?) and also, again, because notability is not claimed.  -- Black Falcon 01:44, 14 March 2007 (UTC)


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