Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kevin Park (author)


 * 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   Deleted as obvious hoax, vandalism. PMDrive1061 (talk) 14:23, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

Kevin Park (author)

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DELETE. Contested speedy which is, without a doubt, completely non-notable. Textbook NN. JBsupreme (talk) 09:09, 4 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Delete. I nominated this for speedy. As I stated in an edit summary and at WP:BLPN, the claims are unsupported by Google and Amazon searches (outside of the linked interview, one can not find evidence that either writer or books exits), and at least one of the references, that linking to a Parsons biography, is about someone else, a designer. If it is determined that this is non-notable, or a hoax, there will need to be much clean up at other articles, where the subject has been added as a 'notable'. 99.149.84.135 (talk) 11:16, 4 August 2009 (UTC)


 *  Delete  : what other articles are effected? By hoax you mean the links didn't check out? Certainly the subject fails to assert notability but what else is wrgon? Nerdseeksblonde (talk) 11:38, 4 August 2009 (UTC)
 * The lack of Google and Amazon hits looks suspicious, and the link to Parsons makes one wonder if the whole thing is built on air. Following the threads from the article's edit history, it will be seen that several contributors have also added the subject's name to numerous other articles. 99.149.84.135 (talk) 11:55, 4 August 2009 (UTC)
 * There is a current attempt to halt this discussion by removal of the AFD template from the article. 99.149.84.135 (talk) 12:02, August 2009 (UTC)


 *  Keep  : A7 requirement for notability does pass. Also, the designer is the same Kevin Park as the author.  Romance novels also have very short print lives and not all of them appear on Google, Amazon.com, especially if sold directly by smaller publishing houses. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.192.174.135 (talk • contribs)
 * Comment. A7 is a criteria for speedy deletion. Passing A7 is not a sufficient criteria for keeping an article. Here you need to argue in terms of WP:CREATIVE or WP:GNG. 66.57.7.153 (talk) 13:48, 4 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions.  -- – Juliancolton  &#124; Talk 14:32, 4 August 2009 (UTC)

Thank you for all your efforts, Wikipedia.
 * Delete Googling for the titles and the name produces no relevant hits. It appears to be a hoax. Mangoe (talk) 14:58, 4 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete--this is either a hoax or a genuinely non-notable subject. Drmies (talk) 18:30, 4 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Merge. . Probably not a hoax, but non-notable.  However, should not be completed deleted but merged with another article.
 * Delete as deliberate hoax. AmyBuckBooks inserted a copy of the New York Times best sellers list for September 24, 2006 claiming that it contained Kevin Park. However, that list is available online for free at the official site and the author does not appear on it. Another website has the week-by-week disclosing of the monthly list, and the author doesn't appear in any of the weeks 2006-09-24 2006-09-17 2006-09-10 2006-09-03. The only source currently in the article is an unsigned free hosting website that appears to be a personal website trying to look professional --Enric Naval (talk) 18:34, 4 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Remove immediately! . . This is Kevin's brother.  My brother is a good, decent private citizen who is the victim of a prank.  Someone is putting his personal info up here on wikipedia.  Please remove immediately.   His ex-girlfriend wanted to embarrass him by creating a fake website/newspaper and putting words into his mouth. While all the other information is true, and not a hoax, he is a private citizen and has personally expressed the desire to have all his personal information removed immediately.


 * Comment. I hesitated to nominate this for speedy as a hoax, on the off chance that the writer and books were indeed actual. The efforts of others to research this have confirmed my findings, and I greatly appreciate those who have removed the related mentions in other articles. 99.149.84.135 (talk) 21:50, 4 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Retain. . Not a hoax at all, but non-notable.  Erase links but keep general article.
 * Comment. As a non-notable, the article would not be retained. Nor is there any support for the Parsons links referring to the same person. It is also reasonable to inquire whether the contributors to the article are all one person, or working closely together, per WP:SOCKPUPPET. One hopes that the admin who closes this discussion will take note of the accounts that promulgated the article, as well as those accounts created just to comment here. 99.149.84.135 (talk) 22:04, 4 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete, hoax. According to this, he's the Art Director at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.  At the age of 26?  Who then was a gentleman? (talk) 22:19, 4 August 2009 (UTC)
 * You guys didn't notice that the hoax NYT book list says 11 2 HOLD ME CLOSE, by Kevin Park. (Dorchester, $6.99.) A fictionalized account of a womans murder in Los Angeles in 1947, first published in 1987 .. When the author was four years old.  Who then was a gentleman? (talk) 22:24, 4 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Lol, I totally failed to notice that. Good catch. --Enric Naval (talk) 05:27, 5 August 2009 (UTC)


 * An anon has now removed all references to his books, as well as his birthdate, and is just putting up information that's supported by the link to the Parsons School link. Looks like their hoax failed, and they're now trying to claim notability of the Parsons designer, who is most assuredly an entirely different person.  Who then was a gentleman? (talk) 23:00, 4 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Delete I actually know this guy and he is real. He was my professor at New School.  However, he is an adjunct, which is why he is only 26 years old.  Nonetheless, he is non-notable in my opinion.  But, not a hoax. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.192.174.135 (talk • contribs) 23:10, 4 August 2009
 * Delete - Apparently this article was created by someone's ex-girlfriend or kid brother or something (according to a note on my talk page). Just kill this thing off, it fails notability anyway. &lt;&gt;Multi-Xfer&lt;&gt; (talk) 05:02, 5 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Speedy delete G3, blatent hoax. Could poss. also be G10 attack page. Martin 4 5 1  (talk) 13:50, 5 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment See also Kevin Park (artist) Martin 4 5 1  (talk) 13:54, 5 August 2009 (UTC) And (now deleted) Kevin park artist Martin 4 5 1  (talk) 13:56, 5 August 2009 (UTC) I can't say if it is related, but Kevin Park has been deleted before as an attack page. Martin 4 5 1  (talk) 14:08, 5 August 2009 (UTC)


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