Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Zack de Vries


 * 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 was   delete. —  Aitias  // discussion 20:46, 30 January 2009 (UTC)

Zack de Vries

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I marked this article with tags including "noreferences" and possible "hoax" shortly after it was created. (A 19 year old who has been to every country on the planet except three? Who only recently became employed as a model for a company named "Vase Models" in South Africa, for which I can find no references? Seems like a stretch.) However, instead of supplying references and substantiating the individual's notability, the author rapidly deleted the commented tags.

These actions led me to increased wonder about the truthfulness of the article and I then nominated it for speedy deletion. The author very soon removed that tag as well. I sought input on the user's talk page, on which others have noted violations of WP policy on related topics. The author has not responded.

Given the non-responsiveness of the author, related kinds of violations, and what appears as a possible COI or spam, I think this article may need to be removed. -- btphelps (talk) (contribs) 09:46, 26 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete Given all the above makes it seem likely this should be deleted, but it also deserves to go for being non-notable anyway. Alberon (talk) 10:58, 26 January 2009 (UTC)
 * For reference: Prior, speedily deleted, versions of this article, created by and  gave different names for the modelling agency, different years of birth, different places of birth, and different eye colours to those given here by, but agreed on other purported facts (such as the languages, for example).  It seems likely that the creator of this article has used multiple accounts, throwing them away afterwards. Uncle G (talk) 11:57, 26 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. No sources cited, I can't find any confirmation. Storm Models and Scoop management exist, but he doesn't feature on their websites. JohnCD (talk) 11:58, 26 January 2009 (UTC)
 * There used to be a Dutch show called Vakantieman that once tried to find the most widely travelled Dutchman. There's quite a few people, including families who try to travel to as much countries as they can (see http://www.sixintheworld.com/about/ too). A 19 year old having visited almost all the countries in the world is not that out there. - Mgm|(talk) 12:31, 26 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete as hoax. And based on Uncle G's evidence, Salt as well. Edward321 (talk) 14:35, 26 January 2009 (UTC)


 * Delete as hoax per evidence provided by nom and Uncle G.  LinguistAtLarge &bull; Msg  16:23, 26 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Living people-related deletion discussions. --Erwin85Bot (talk) 00:01, 27 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete and salt per UncleG and Edward321. AlexTiefling (talk) 17:02, 27 January 2009 (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.