Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mr Hilarious


 * 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. DS (talk) 04:01, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

Mr Hilarious

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Delete NN band per WP:BAND Mayalld (talk) 23:52, 13 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Note: Appending related articles (originally marked CSD):
 * -- slakr \ talk / 14:14, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
 * -- slakr \ talk / 14:14, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
 * -- slakr \ talk / 14:14, 14 December 2007 (UTC)


 * Delete - looks an awful lot like a hoax to me - none of the albums turn up in searches, and one would think that even an early-'90s Universal release would be available someplace; the book mentioned doesn't turn up, the band gets minimal returns itself. This is, as it stands, completely unverifiable. Tony Fox (arf!) 04:53, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Oh, and I would suggest adding THAT'S MR HILARIOUS TO YOU to this nomination as well, as a nonexistent album. Tony Fox (arf!) 04:54, 14 December 2007 (UTC)


 * Delete. The book with the ISBN listed in the article does provide a hit at the Library of Congress. The title is "Mary Thomas’s dictionary of embroidery stitches". I agree with Tony, serious verifiability issues coupled with a fake source. Sjakkalle (Check!)  09:40, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete. Tedious, low-quality hoax. Nuke it forthwith, and include the album Tony Fox suggested as well as WHAT WE SHOULDN'T HAVE DONE, WE DID WITHOUT QUESTION and TAKING NUMBERS, CUTTING OFF TOES.  tomasz.  13:24, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete. Book source (actual title for ISBN: Mary Thomas's dictionary of embroidery stitches) is clearly bogus. -- slakr \ talk / 14:10, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
 * The book source is, I noticed that too (shame on me for not removing it), bogus. But there is plenty of stuff that seems to indicate there is a music group called MR HILARIOUS (yes, in all caps) including videos on youtube. Martijn Hoekstra (talk) 14:14, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment - I should also note that while there might actually be a group out there called "Mr Hilarious," the claims of the article must be cited with multiple secondary sources, verifiable, and satisfy the band notability criteria for inclusion. -- slakr  \ talk / 14:22, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
 * I never claimed that the article should be kept (see my delete !vote below), but I was just noting that I'm not too sure if it is a hoax. Martijn Hoekstra (talk) 14:26, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
 * I don't believe it to be an out and out hoax. I believe it to be utterly non-notable, sprinkled with fake citations in an attempt to make it look notable. That, to my mind is vandalism Mayalld (talk) 14:29, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
 * And possibly WP:SOCK behaviour, as the different articles were created by different users, who have very much the same editing style, and interests. Martijn Hoekstra (talk) 14:35, 14 December 2007 (UTC)


 * Delete for having no reliable sources that support the articles claims for passing WP:BAND e.g. the touring. Martijn Hoekstra (talk) 14:18, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete all. per above. Band's information at and  WARNING - these pages are noisy is clearly specious. Tonywalton Talk 14:24, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
 * For example, those sites claim the band played at "Live Aid 2005" (Live 8, presumably) with U2. No mention of them playing London (where U2 played) or anywhere else here or here (the latter site currently down, but was up 10 minutes ago; same applies to Part 2 on that site). There appears to be [www.cafepress.com/mrhilarious merchandise] here but I can't find anything, including www.allmusic.com independently confirming their existence (and anyone can print a few T-shirts). Tonywalton Talk 14:45, 14 December 2007 (UTC)


 * Delete WP:HOAX -- Shark face  217  23:45, 16 December 2007 (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.