Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/William Charles Mildin


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The result was delete. czar 23:05, 7 May 2016 (UTC)

William Charles Mildin

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Apparently this article is being questioned as likely being fabricated (as noted at my talk page) and frankly my searches are simply finding some links at browsers including from news sources so I would not be surprised if it is fabricated as I should also mention the currently listed source is questionable anyway. SwisterTwister  talk  05:36, 15 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions.  SwisterTwister   talk  05:37, 15 April 2016 (UTC)
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 * A VOTE TO DELETE: The ERBZINE article listed as the sole reference for this article includes a disclaimer or two at the bottom of it stating that the alleged newspaper accounts of Mildin's life in the jungle, etc., simply do not exist. It is a hoax, apparently, and there is no proof that Burroughs was aware of him, regardless.  Sir Rhosis (talk) 05:42, 15 April 2016 (UTC)


 * After doing a more detailed search on the web just now, I have discovered this article (view front page and Pg. 6 for the full story) where a historian of Streatham pointed out that the title "Earl of Streatham" does not exist!
 * If the 1959 Journal publication turned out to be hoax, then it raises questions as to who the real-life Tarzan-like character really was based-upon. Or was the author Edgar Rice Burroughs merely using his pure imagination (similar to Jule Verne's entirely fictional 20,000 leagues in the sea?) to fabricate an idealised utopian scenario. Anyway it seems as if one author purports to know the origin of the Tarzan story?  --Ælfwyn5 (talk) 06:23, 15 April 2016 (UTC)


 * Comment It is attributed as a hoax at the very beginning. The first sentence of this article reads "Warning: the following story is a hoax, created by Llewellan Jones's article. No William Mildin is attested in contemporary sources, and no Earl of Streatham ever existed." Sheepythemouse (talk) 20:29, 15 April 2016 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * That hoax attribution was added well after it was pointed out to the admins that the subject of the article did not exist. Sir Rhosis (talk) 03:31, 17 April 2016 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 10:22, 23 April 2016 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Delete as a hoax.John Pack Lambert (talk) 04:16, 1 May 2016 (UTC)
 * DELETE -- An obvious hoax. Sir Rhosis (talk) 10:11, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, &mdash; Music1201  talk  20:36, 1 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete, clearly a hoax. Kierzek (talk) 23:57, 1 May 2016 (UTC)


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