Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lord Angus Fairchild


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The result was   Speedy deleted (G3) as a blatant hoax.. The Bushranger One ping only 17:21, 11 October 2011 (UTC)

Lord Angus Fairchild

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PROD removed without discussion by article creator (is it not ever thus?). This appears to be a hoax. The sources do not support the article: I have checked a copy of Barker's Brief History of the Royal Flying Corps and found no mention of Fairchild, and I am unable to verify that That Shatty Sky even exists. Gbooks and gnews draw a blank. In addition, the London Gazette, which should record his awards of the Distinguished Flying Medal and Distinguished Flying Cross, has no record of him. Even if the man was real, there aren't enough sources to confer notability per WP:GNG. Yunshui (talk) 13:29, 11 October 2011 (UTC)
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 * Delete. Can't find any mention of the Distinguished Flying Cross at nationalarchives.gov.uk. The lack of sources is surprising for a man who is supposedly "one of the great Fighter Aces of his era". utcursch | talk 15:45, 11 October 2011 (UTC)


 * Speedy Delete - this must be a hoax. There is no "Lord" Angus Fairchild, and the only mention of him with the RAF on google is a lot of Swedish aviation chat (yes, I can read it) in tones of disbelief that there's nothing better on the web. A quick check on ancestry.co.uk shows that there was nobody born in Glespin, Lanarkshire with the name Angus Lesley Fairchild anywhere near 1894. "That Shatty Sky" is plainly a joke. Ralph Barker's book certainly exists but I bet AF isn't in it. Chiswick Chap (talk) 16:18, 11 October 2011 (UTC)


 * oh, and the "Simple sketch of Lord Angus Fairchild" (File:Lord Angus Fairchild.png) is Skytrucker001's "own work". I think he was telling the truth about that! Chiswick Chap (talk) 16:21, 11 October 2011 (UTC)


 * Delete as hoax. Edison (talk) 17:20, 11 October 2011 (UTC)
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