Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/King Sheharyar Mirza (singer)


 * 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. ⇌ Jake Wartenberg 08:19, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

King Sheharyar Mirza (singer)

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This article appears to be an elaborately strung together hoax. The links provided as sources do not lead to articles referencing this supposed singer. The BBC links, Times of India link, and several other working links are to articles about a singer named Imran Kahn, but I can find no source linking any King Sheharyar Mirza to any Imran Kahn, so there is no evidence that they refer to the subject of the article in any way. The remaining links are 404 errors. The image presented as an album cover is for an album that does not appear to exist in the real world, but instead mimics this actual Imran Kahn album. bd2412 T 15:44, 16 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Action taken - Hoax tag placed at top of article. This adds it to Category:Wikipedia suspected hoax articles. If the result if this AFD is "NOT a hoax" then remove the hoax template as soon as it's proven real.  If the result of this AFD is "inconclusive" consider keeping the "hoax" template depending on whether the evidence weighs toward "probably a hoax" or "probably not a hoax."  Obviously, if the result is DELETE then it's moot.  davidwr/  (talk)/(contribs)/(e-mail)  16:47, 16 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Pakistan-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 17:19, 16 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Netherlands-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 17:19, 16 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 17:20, 16 April 2013 (UTC)


 * Action taken: As this used to be on a user's "main" page, its talk page also used to be the user's talk page.  I have removed the user-related content and [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Cut_and_paste_move_repair_holding_pen&diff=prev&oldid=550671709 requested] that the old versions that contained only user-related discussion be moved back to the user talk page's history.  I have also requested that the one version (by me) that contained both user- and article-related text be revdeleted as redundant and potentially confusing.  If the result is DELETE please do not delete the talk page until the history-move request has been acted on. davidwr/  (talk)/(contribs)/(e-mail)  17:26, 16 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Delete No evidence this article is based on reality.John Pack Lambert (talk) 18:03, 16 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Delete Hoax. The article's structures is taken from the Imran Khan (singer) article. FallingGravity (talk) 09:40, 17 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Delete as a hoax. The references don't check out. -- Whpq (talk) 17:46, 17 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Attention required: An anonymous editor removed the AFD template from this article.  I restored it about 3 hours later.  Please monitor this article and, should it happen again, consider requesting semi-protection for the duration of this discussion. davidwr/  (talk)/(contribs)/(e-mail)  18:01, 17 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Delete, elaborated hoax. No significant coverage in reliable sources to establish notability and no evidence that the person really exists. — Joaquin008  ( talk ) 10:17, 18 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Delete. Having waded through dozens of empty or single-post blogs, Myspace pages, and similar, set up for this "artist", I can only conclude that the person might exist, but there is definitely no sign of notability. And the information in the article appears to be fake. Wishful thinking from somebody who would like to be a star, I suspect. --bonadea contributions talk 14:23, 19 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Delete, unfortunately. Elaborate hoaxes like this one are always entertaining, but it has to go. MezzoMezzo (talk) 04:07, 20 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Administrator action required upon close of this discussion: The album cover used in the article qualifies as fair use (see the image's talk page) but it is too high of a resolution.  Should the result of this be "keep" then this album cover art will need to be re-uploaded in a low-resolution version and the high-resolution version(s) deleted.  Of course, if the result of this discussion is "delete" then the image gets deleted as well.  The duplicate versions of this file have been nominated for speedy deletion as duplicates and the duplicate at the Commons has been nominated for deletion as a non-free image. davidwr/  (talk)/(contribs)/(e-mail)  17:29, 20 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Information: The page under review is now semi-protected until 00:00, April 25, 2013.  davidwr/  (talk)/(contribs)/(e-mail)  15:15, 23 April 2013 (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.