Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Olympic Torch (hoax)


 * 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.  Sandstein  07:39, 21 April 2016 (UTC)

Olympic Torch (hoax)

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Hoax mail that first appeared ten years ago. According to the article, no relevant developments occurred since then. I do not think this is notable anymore. Laber□T 04:27, 28 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete; no evidence of it being notable now or ten years ago. Nyttend (talk) 13:03, 28 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Computing-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 21:10, 28 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Internet-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 21:10, 28 March 2016 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Comment: Notability is not temporary. Pokajanje &#124; Talk  23:12, 28 March 2016 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 05:23, 4 April 2016 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus. Relisting comment: While evaluating this to close it, I discovered this is the second AFD for this article. Because the first AFD should have been included, a relist is almost mandatory. Katietalk 23:36, 13 April 2016 (UTC)
 * I'm gonna go with Weak Keep. I hate to sound like I'm pulling out a ball of WAX, but we do have other articles on virus hoaxes with less coverage than this.  As far as valid arguments, I'm going keep because it does have coverage as far as notable sources, though I'm going weak keep because those appear to be primary sources.  (Virus rundowns from AV software sites are something I'm not entirely sure on, admittedly.)  News coverage may be a bit difficult to find, as virus hoaxes don't tend to hit the news for the fact that they are not so destructive as, say, the ILOVEYOU malware. -- Dennis The Tiger   (Rawr and stuff) 05:44, 4 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete. It's possible to source this (see, for example, this article in ZDNet), but what would that accomplish?  It would just be a warning not to spread the chain letter.  I don't see anything specifically against this in WP:NOT, but it seems kind of like common sense.  We don't really have any context for this virus hoax beyond, "Hey!  Don't forward this message!"  For something like ILOVEYOU, we've got plenty of coverage, real-world repercussions (a new law was passed in the Philippines), and a claim of significance (that is was the most damaging worm to date). NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 07:46, 8 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete perhaps at best as this would be questionable for any better improvements and this seems questionable enough where there may not be any better solid material to improve with. SwisterTwister   talk  02:31, 11 April 2016 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Katietalk 23:36, 13 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Comment Per my relist comment above, I'm including Articles for deletion/Olympic Torch (virus hoax) here. Apparently the page was moved and the AFD2 template didn't recognize it. Katietalk 23:44, 13 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Weak keep - would like to see the opinions of someone from a tech-related project comment. Was certainly notable in the past, but being outdated does not necessarily rule out notability. DaltonCastle (talk) 22:08, 14 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Notability is not temporary, but, like I said above, I don't think this article was ever appropriate for inclusion. The coverage consists of routine hoax warnings.  If you want advice on where to look, try CNET, ZDNet, TechRadar, PC World, and PC Magazine.  Those are usually a good place to start, but there are obviously lots more.  I usually supplement my searches with a few German magazines, such as C't and Chip, even though my German is atrocious, because they sometimes cover stuff that the English-language sources don't.  Beyond that, I'm not really sure what to say? NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 06:26, 15 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete This hoax virus does not appear to have had any lasting coverage or notability. In fact, most of the references do not even mention the Olympic Torch virus hoax. They do talk about a similar and apparently better known hoax called Postcard, but that doesn't seem to have had lasting notability either. --MelanieN (talk) 03:20, 21 April 2016 (UTC)


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