Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kean Hartling


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The result of the debate was DELETE. Owen&times; &#9742;  21:25, 4 December 2005 (UTC)

Kean Hartling

 * All of you are wrong I verified some of the information within the Wikipedia article on Kean Hartling and it was based off of an old Irish publication within the Freeman's Journal, dated 18 March 1923, an article titled Heroes of the Great War by Drake O'Reilly, a not-very-popular or well-known editor of the Journal. Get your facts straight before you threaten to delete anything. Don't Delete Bubby (unregistered) 21:42, 03 December 2005 (UTC)

I can't verify any of this. &mdash;Cryptic (talk) 04:18, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Nor can I. A Google search for "Kean Hartling" shows seven Google hits none of which confirms this . There is a list of Australian recipients of the Victoria Cross here on this site related to Anzac Day. Hartling's name is not listed there. There is a list of Victoria Cross recipients by name on Wikipedia. His name is not listed on List of Victoria Cross recipients by Name - H. Delete as unverifiable probable hoax. Capitalistroadster 04:34, 29 November 2005 (UTC)

The author has also recently planted false information elsewhere which was subject to a speedy delete as a deliberate hoax. Bwithh 04:36, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Speedy Delete as HOAX This entry is a deliberate hoax, and so a form of vandalism. A search of the comprehensive list of Victoria Cross winners now hosted on wikipedia (which lists every winner), there is no entry for anyone named Hartling. Another indicaiton - at the time Hartling is claimed to have left Ireland for England to apply for "English citizenship", Ireland was still part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland i.e. the same country.
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Australia-related deletions.
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Australia-related deletions.


 * Speedy delete - hoax/vandalism. Article contradicts itself in places. B.Wind 05:37, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete per Bwithh. Zordrac 19:16, 29 November 2005 (UTC)


 * Delete Do all countries get as many well-written biographical hoax articles as Australia does? It seems like a few come up every week. pfctdayelise 22:39, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete probable hoax. Sarah Ewart 23:38, 30 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete unless article can be confirmed. --Roisterer 08:24, 1 December 2005 (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.