Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Michael Fowler (animator)


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The result was   speedy delete. PhilKnight (talk) 22:16, 16 June 2008 (UTC)

Michael Fowler (animator)

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Suspected hoax article. Google searches on subject's "notable films" turn up zero returns. The claim to being Jim Fowler's son also appears to be false, as Fowler reportedly only has a daughter. Article has no references, and in fact, I can't find a single reputable source to back up this article at all. TheRealFennShysa (talk) 15:37, 16 June 2008 (UTC)


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Comics and animation-related deletion discussions.   --  Fabrictramp  |  talk to me  15:50, 16 June 2008 (UTC)


 * Comment - having looked on google, I also can't find anything, not even a trivial mention from an unreliable source. That is, unless, the subject is the actor described here. The article creator is an established editor, so perhaps he can shed some light on this. Otherwise, delete on notability grounds. PhilKnight (talk) 16:00, 16 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment - I don't think so - this person would have been only 13 when Russkies was released, which makes the "Production Assistant" credit shown at the link above extremely unlikely. I think what happened is that Dramatic didn't check on the notability of this Fowler after an anonymous IP deleted the bio of an actually notable Michael Fowler. I've done some more searching, and I've found and removed some other spurious notability claims by similar anon IPs, including one about his dog. TheRealFennShysa (talk) 16:14, 16 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment Something fishy happened to the article here where the entry on a presumably notable person was completely rewritten as someone else. What should have been done was just revert it but it was moved to its own entry. This has given it a slightly misleading history and this article has basically been started by anonymous IP on a person who doesn't seem to exist. I say delete it and move Michael Fowler (architect) back to Michael Fowler. Which ultimately is just fixing the dodgy edits which should have been reverted. (Emperor (talk) 17:05, 16 June 2008 (UTC))
 * Agreed - I've deleted the disambig page and moved the article about the architect. All that remains is to Speedy delete this hoax. PhilKnight (talk) 20:35, 16 June 2008 (UTC)
 * I agree. It should never have been preserved, things like that happen though. Time to speedy delete the mistake though. Or just close this as delete under WP:SNOWBALL. (Emperor (talk) 22:15, 16 June 2008 (UTC))


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