Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Prof. C Lawrence Hansson


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The result was   speedily deleted by User:Orangemike and User:Dlohcierekim. ... disco spinster   talk  17:40, 30 July 2008 (UTC)

C. Lawrence Hansson

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This is a hoax. These do not read like the words of a Professor of Philosophy; and what we see here has been cleaned up by other editors - have a look at the initial version in which he was "on an impressive Financial Income" and was an "Ex - Australain Police officer and Medical Doctor" as well a philosopher.

The author was asked four weeks ago for proper references, and has provided only Myspace. Google finds profiles on Myspace and Yahoo answers, and this article, but nothing else relevant. Google Scholar doesn't find any publications by him. The article closely follows his Yahoo answers profile written in the first person, so even if the author is not the Prof. himself, he is using his words.

He lectures at "one of Queenslands most prestigious Universities" - wouldn't a real prof. tell us which one? He "grew up in Oxford," but the Myspace profile linked from the article says he was at Brisbane Grammar School from 1967-79. And while he was growing up in Oxford, his father was "a Counter Intelligence Agent in the British Embassy"??

Tagged as a hoax by user:Studerby who has documented the problems in more detail on the talk page. Delete. JohnCD (talk) 14:00, 30 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Good grief. Winner of that world-renowned "Philosopher of the Year" award three times running, from Masters degree to professorship in just two years... truly a Confucius for our times. Delete as obvious hoax. Gr1st (talk) 14:32, 30 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Speedy delete as vandalism/hoax. So tagged.  ...  disco spinster   talk  16:09, 30 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete - I was one of the users who cleanup it up, but it is a hoax. --  American Eagle ( talk ) 17:03, 30 July 2008 (UTC)


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