Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ruius Martinus

 This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was delete. Joyous 01:00, Feb 2, 2005 (UTC)

Ruius Martinus
Hoax? Zero Google hits for "Ruius Martinus" or even Ruius Martinus. I even tried Rufus instead of Ruius. And Ruius by iteslf doesn't turn up anything in the first few pages. RickK 23:29, Jan 27, 2005 (UTC)
 * Yeah, the newly-added info about "Emperor Ortho" and "he may have never existed" proves it. Hoax.  RickK 23:43, Jan 27, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, not notable, possible vanity, hoax. Megan1967 02:58, 28 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, all very fishy. "Ortho" is Otho garbled, and certainly associated with Poppaea Sabina, but name is completely implausible according to Roman naming convention - no gens mentioned for instance, in an era where that still mattered. Stan 04:43, 28 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep,I don't understand I everyone assumes it is a hoax. If you can't find something on Google does it mean it doesn't exist. I mentioned he is not that well known. Also, I made a mistake on Otho's name. You can check up on the history, because it is all correct. I red about him in a encyclopedia at my school. I found his life story to be most fascinating.
 * The above by User:Winterhaze13. Great.  Then you won't mind giving us the name of the encyclopedia, the date of its publishing, and the page this information is on?  RickK 18:42, 28 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * User:Winterhaze13 is a novice user whose only edits have been to here, the article, and the sandbox. Uncle G 15:57, 2005 Jan 29 (UTC)
 * Response. Well, I don't remember the name of the encyclopedia now. When I was writing it up I was relying on memory and some notes.
 * Uh-huh. RickK 21:28, Jan 28, 2005 (UTC)
 * Well, I think it is fairly plausable that I don't remember the name of the encyclopedia.Like I said I was relying on memory.
 * Experience tells us that it is far more plausible that this is a hoax being defended by il'Empriere'sts perpetrator, because that is what happens most often, and time after time. Assuming good faith I suggest that you sign your talk contributions, and cite your sources as the editing page emphatically suggests.  And don't let the fact that your first article met with suspicion put you off contributing. Uncle G 15:57, 2005 Jan 29 (UTC)
 * So you remember all this detail, but not what encyclopedia you were using. Delete as probably hoax. In the unlikely event that this is for real, next time remember to include citation as part of addition of obscure material. -- Jmabel | Talk 18:46, Jan 31, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete unless verified. Josh Cherry 01:28, 30 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete - I've tried looking here and there for something but found nothing. Sorry.  Marcus22
 * Delete, likely hoax. Edeans 08:42, 1 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * I checked my copy of l'Empriere's last night. There is no remotely similar entry for this name or for any likely variants.  Article for which no sources can be found and for which the author provides no sources when pressed. Delete. Uncle G 12:52, 2005 Feb 1 (UTC)

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