Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Otto von Ziechtzel

Otto von Ziechtzel
Verified hoax. My first VfD nomination, gently offered. Wyss 17:36, 9 Dec 2004 (UTC)


 * This individual doesn't seem to have existed; in fact, nobody with that name seems to have existed, ever. Delete Sockatume 18:39, 9 Dec 2004 (UTC)


 * Delete. No google hits, I'll take your word for it. -- Scott $e^{i \pi} \,\!$ 18:55, Dec 9, 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. As mentioned on Votes for deletion/Baron pluroon, there's no immediate evidence he existed, and the context strongly suggests fiction rather than obscure. Shimgray 19:21, 9 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete: One of two hoax Prussians, all created by the same IP user. Geogre 20:26, 9 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. Does not compute, most likely a hoax. --MarkSweep 00:39, 10 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. Well, it's a plausible-sounding hoax, but still a hoax.  Hmm... this has got me thinking.  To get a hoax past the VfD, I'd have to create a few fake websites about the subject first.  And then maybe even use it as a screen-name and/or sig on some online message boards for a few months, just to boost the Google count.  All this before I begin to create the Wiki article.  (*sigh*)  Hoaxers today.  No patience.  They just rush straight in and end up giving themselves away.  What's the world coming to...?  P Ingerson 01:07, 10 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. ComCat.