Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Pablo Cortés


 * 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.  Majorly  (o rly?) 21:08, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

Pablo Cortés

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Suspected hoax (see description page of Image:Pablo cortes.jpg); no relevant Google hits for "Pablo Cortés" buccaneer, "Pablo Cortés" corsair, or "Pablo Cortés" pirate. Delete. Originally nominated for speedy deletion, but the article has been around for some time. Could also somebody have a look at the references listed in the article? - Mike Rosoft 13:31, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Note - I've removed the speedy deletion tag as an invalid speedy deletion reason. – riana_dzasta 13:45, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Hoaxes may be speedily deleted as patent nonsense and/or vandalism if they are evident, but this doesn't seem to be the case for this article. - Mike Rosoft
 * Delete. From all that I can tell, this appears to be a hoax.  ≈≈Carolfrog≈≈♦тос♦ 00:11, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete. The image is a copyright violation, and the image page states that it was photoshopped as a hoax.  Additionally, while three of the references exist, several others do not.  This article seems too much like a hoax, and there are no online references to the subject.  Jehochman (Talk/Contrib) 04:23, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep. The picture is a hoax, however the remainder of the content is legitimate. I can vouch for the original sources posted in my original writeup, in particular, the book 'Slavery', in which Cortés is given a brief description during the chapter regarding Spain's history of slavery.Effergyaburning 10:32, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
 * User has no contributions but to Pablo Cortés and related pages. ("Related pages" means its talk page, and this page.) - Mike Rosoft 11:48, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
 * I have seen no other areas for improvement. I read a mention of Pablo Cortés, yet could not find sources on Wikipedia or any other internet sites, hence the posting of the article, to put the information on the internet.Effergyaburning 12:28, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
 * The references given in the article don't seem to check out; some of them don't even exist. Without any evidence to the contrary (and "I have read something" doesn't constitute evidence), I have no option but to assume that the article is a hoax. - Mike Rosoft 14:07, 21 March 2007 (UTC)


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