Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Tale of Charlie Niebanck


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The result was Speedy delete. With three votes believing this to be a hoax and absolutely zero reliable sources (aside from Wikipedia mirrors) to support this, I have tagged the article for speedy deletion as G3. (non-admin closure) SwisterTwister   talk  18:57, 24 October 2012 (UTC)

The Tale of Charlie Niebanck

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This show never existed. BMags1996 (talk) 03:31, 24 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete. Very likely a hoax. It'd be notable if it were real, but there's no evidence of the show outside of Wikipedia and its mirrors. A search for news articles or books doesn't bring up any hits, which is suspicious for a show that allegedly premiered a major network, HBO, with notable stars. It was first added, without a citation, to the Jack Wild article on 3 November 2011 by an anonymous IP address, User:67.83.143.156. It was removed by User:Crakkerjakk, but edited back in by User:JackWild'sDisease, using OVGuide as a reference. It has remained in the article since then. However, the OVGuide article is a mirror of a past revision of the Wikipedia article, and isn't reliable.-- xanchester  (t)  05:42, 24 October 2012 (UTC)
 * It looks like there's a group of users editing the hoax article and linking to it. They have few or no edits outside of constructing and spreading the hoax. I've started a SPI request, Sockpuppet investigations/JackWild'sDisease, just in case.-- xanchester  (t)  06:22, 24 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Strong delete - I am very near to speedy tagging the article as G3 as there is absolutely zero reliable evidence and the only relevant links are Wikipedia mirrors. SwisterTwister   talk  05:46, 24 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Speedy delete G3. I support a fairly aggressive interpretation of "blatant hoax" when getting rid of these sorts of whole-cloth fabrications.  This one is somewhat insidious because it uses the alacrity of Wikipedia's mirrors to manufacture a reference for a previously-purged fabrication.  I've cleaned related articles of the breadcrumbs leading back here. Squeamish Ossifrage (talk) 14:12, 24 October 2012 (UTC)
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