Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Teddy Temish


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The result was delete. L Faraone  02:33, 20 March 2023 (UTC)

Teddy Temish

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See talk page: (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Teddy_Temish) This article was created in March 2009. (https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Teddy_temish&action=history) (https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Teddy_Temish&action=history&offset=20190215210404%7C883511189&limit=500) It appears to be the 9th longest-running known hoax in Wikipedia history, based on: List of hoaxes on Wikipedia. To quote the article itself, it seems like a "towering, fraudulent persona," fabricated "out of whole cloth." A 2022 podcast, which I cited in the talk page, discussed "Temish," and the host said he had no source besides Wikipedia and wasn't sure "Temish" ever existed. None of the citations on the page are actually about "Temish"—aside from this podcast, which cites Wikipedia itself.  Indefatigable2 talk 21:24, 12 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Military and New York.  Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 22:17, 12 March 2023 (UTC)


 * Delete The fact it's an orphan and the inappropriate sources are a red flag to me. All other sources are Wikipedia mirrors or copypasted from Wikipedia, or podcasts and podcast forks which aren't particularly reliable either. Looks like another hoax. Pear 2.0 (say hi!) 22:58, 12 March 2023 (UTC)


 * Delete - appears to be a hoax as per nom's research Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 23:56, 12 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete I find no sources other than a youtube video about this person. If this is a hoax, deletion is the answer. Oaktree b (talk) 01:02, 13 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Comment - Looks like I was wrong. The article appears to be 13 years, 11 months, 22 days old, making it more like the 15th oldest hoax. Not that this makes it any less of a hoax. Indefatigable2 talk 01:08, 13 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete fails WP:GNG. Mztourist (talk) 03:12, 13 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete Looks to be a hoax like nom said. Greyhound 84 (talk) 23:34, 13 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete Appears to be a hoax. -- Politicsfan4 (talk) 21:22, 14 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete given it appears to be a hoax. Best, GPL93 (talk) 19:27, 15 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete Fails WP:BIO and is probably a hoax. CJ-Moki (talk) 21:25, 17 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Also add to the WP:HOAXLIST. CJ-Moki (talk) 21:28, 17 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Already did  Indefatigable2 talk 21:46, 18 March 2023 (UTC)


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