Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Malkiel (comics)


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The result was delete. Malcolmxl5 (talk) 22:06, 18 October 2021 (UTC)

Malkiel (comics)

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I very much think this is a hoax that has existed since 2006. I can't find any relevant results about this at all. I did find information about a comic named Adventures of Malkiel Dash (https://www.shopeichlers.com/products/adventures-of-malkiel-dash-volume-1/1623) buuuuut Amazon gives me a release date of 2017 for this, so this is way past 2006. (https://www.amazon.com/Adventures-Malkiel-Dash-Kosher-Comics/dp/B073TMCPHV)

Looking at the page history, it was originally created as a redirect to Burton Malkiel, who is an actual economics writer, not a comic book writer by any means AFAIK.

Then the user Paranaiv removed the redirect and created the "article" about the comic. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Malkiel_(comics)&oldid=67532947

Their only contribution besides this page is this... for some reason? https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sam_Hall_(song)&diff=prev&oldid=67532408

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Malkiel_(comics)&diff=250482531&oldid=249533990 here's the move from Malkiel to Malkiel (comics)

No sources since 2007 (!!!) and in no other language Wikipedia besides English. no and nn Wikipedia (the two Norwegian Wikipedias) have no results about this either wizzito &#124; say hello!  20:14, 11 October 2021 (UTC)
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 * Delete - Regardless of whether or not this was a hoax, it certainly isn't notable. I found no search results outside of mirrors of this article regarding the comic.  I found some hits searching for one of the credited creators (Are Sundnes), but nothing indicating they ever wrote a comic (or even if they are the same Are Sundnes referred to in the article), and absolutely nothing searching for the other creator.  I can't say its clear if this was an intentional hoax, and not just someone writing about something they created themselves, but either way, it certainly fails the WP:GNG and should be deleted.  Rorshacma (talk) 20:33, 11 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Comment; User:Rorshacma, seems like Are Sundnes is an actual game developer/creative director, but may not be related to this in any way. wizzito &#124; say hello!  20:36, 11 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete, fails WP:V and probable hoax. Geschichte (talk) 07:14, 12 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete - for the reasons outlined by Rorshacma above. BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 12:40, 14 October 2021 (UTC)


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