Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Retinaldehyde Nitroethane Jasmonate


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The result was   delete. Cirt (talk) 08:32, 4 June 2009 (UTC)

Retinaldehyde Nitroethane Jasmonate

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This article appears to be a hoax regarding a fictional substance used as a plot device in an upcoming independent film. Aside from the fact that the purported chemical name "retinaldehyde nitroethane jasmonate" is nonsensical in terms of IUPAC conventions, a google search reveals the only mention of this phrase is in connection with an independent film called "Jake's Dead" (see, e.g., this Facebook page). It seems plausible the originator of this article (whose only contribution is this article) is connected with that film, and created this article as part of a "viral marketing" project. Ryanaxp (talk) 22:47, 27 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Comment. All of the content bar the first two sentences is copied from other Wikipedia articles -- Retinal, Nitroethane, and Jasmonate. 66.57.4.17 (talk) 07:45, 28 May 2009 (UTC)
 * This AfD nomination was incomplete (missing step 3). It is listed now. DumbBOT (talk) 12:28, 28 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Delete. Hoax that violates the GFDL (since no attribution was given by the copy-and-paster). Deor (talk) 12:50, 28 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. and 66.57.4.17; this "substance" finds no mention in Google Scholar, Ghits seem to be all WP mirrors or connected with this film. JohnCD (talk) 17:26, 31 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment - an IP, 76.126.178.169, who made several minor corrections to the article soon after it was input by the author and may well be the author editing logged-out, has now added to the head of the article the sentence: "This article refers to the substance known as RnJ from the Feature Film Jake's Dead". This confirms the nominator's suspicions, and confirms that the article should be deleted as (a) the subject is a non-notable fictional substance, (b) having been cut-and-pasted from three separate articles it is scientific nonsense, and (c) Wikipedia is not for promotion. JohnCD (talk) 17:36, 31 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Delete. Yes, that's a hoax.Biophys (talk) 23:01, 1 June 2009 (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.