Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/William Ashbless Drakes Plate


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.  

The result of the debate was Speedy Deleted, made-up hoax based on a real hoax. Don't agree with my boldness? Bite me. Actually, bite the people at VFU, I think I'm busy tomorrow. And please put a penny in the old Uncle G's hat for knowing the real hoax behind this weasel article. GarrettTalk 15:31, 7 October 2005 (UTC)

William Ashbless Drakes Plate
This article is apparently fiction. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Michaelbluejay (talk • contribs) 2005-10-07 11:55:28 UTC
 * William Ashbless describes hoaxers inventing a fictional poet, under whose name they submitted poetry to a magazine. They later incorporated this fictional poet into novels such as The Anubis Gates.  This is just the sort of Wikipedia article that would exist if those same hoaxers had turned their hands to writing hoax Wikipedia articles.  It describes how this fictional poet used time travel to promote the discovery of a historical artifact.  It's possible that this is a plot element from one of the novels, which are about time travel.  However, whichever way it is sliced this is outright fiction dressed up as fact.  Any exposition of the plots of the novels by these authors belongs in the articles on those novels, not here.  Delete. Uncle G 13:13, 7 October 2005 (UTC)


 * DELETE or SPEEDY This is fanciful and wishful retelling of the hoax involving Drake's Plate of Brass. Stu 13:18, 7 October 2005 (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.