Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Messenger Premier League


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The result was delete. —&#8239; The Earwig (talk) 17:48, 30 May 2021 (UTC)

Messenger Premier League

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Sources are all self published, can't even WP:Verify this. Fails WP:GNG. SportingFlyer  T · C  16:38, 23 May 2021 (UTC)
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 * Delete. This is a bizarre one: I haven't been able to verify even that the cited sources are real. It seems possible that this is a hoax, but even if it isn't, the dearth of sources clearly result in a GNG fail. (Even if the books, which don't appear in WorldCat, GBooks, or anywhere else, exist, they're still self-published and thus not independent.) Extraordinary Writ (talk) 18:38, 23 May 2021 (UTC)
 * That's fair - I didn't bother checking the ones in the article since they obviously didn't count towards GNG. It's possible this is a hoax. SportingFlyer  T · C  18:53, 23 May 2021 (UTC)


 * Support deletion. References seem to all be books, with no ISBN listed. I did a quick search, looking up the titles of the books referenced in WorldCat, and couldn't find anything. Article still lists the 2010 season as the current one. This article was created in 2008, possibly making it one of the longest living hoaxes on Wikipedia. Holy moly. Wizzito (talk) 19:28, 23 May 2021 (UTC)


 * Comment - Adding to my previous message, Googling the title of the article only comes up with unrelated references, this Answers.com question, and mirrors. Definitely a long-standing hoax. Delete this and send it to the hoax museum. Wizzito (talk) 19:31, 23 May 2021 (UTC)


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