Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Draft:Carolina-Virginia Highway

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 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the miscellaneous page below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the page's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result of the discussion was:  Delete by consensus and as a Hoax. DES (talk)DESiegel Contribs 17:12, 8 September 2020 (UTC)

Draft:Carolina-Virginia Highway

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There is no such highway by this name. The draft's creator has yet to present any sources that demonstrate its existence.  Imzadi 1979  →   23:30, 30 August 2020 (UTC)
 * According to the creator at User:Avery 917/Access to my Pages it is "a highway constructed in late 2018, running through the Carolinas and ending in Virginia", yet there are no news articles that back such an assertion.  Imzadi 1979  →   23:34, 30 August 2020 (UTC)


 * Ignore, out of scope for MfD. MfD is not the procedure for clearing junk from draftspace.  Leave it for WP:CSD.  Bringing this sort of thing to MfD is net negative busywork.  Draftspace was made to handle this stuff, not MfD.  --SmokeyJoe (talk) 23:36, 30 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Query: if the creator keeps making periodic minor edits, the G13 clock will never expire. If we're not a web host, if we're not supposed to host content on something someone just made up one day, why should this continue to exist, even in Draft: space?  Imzadi 1979  →   02:54, 6 September 2020 (UTC)
 * In that case, then the only real problem is a behavioural problem. MfD does have some off-label behavioural remedy function, but you have to present your evidence.  I would expect to find some talk page posts (draft_talk and IP_user_talk), with escalation.  In this mfd, your nomination statement doesn’t mention behaviour.  By itself, junk in draftspace persisting eighteen months instead of six months is nothing to worry about.  G13 was implemented mainly due to concerns with undetected long running copyright and BLP problems.  If there are copyright or BLP problems, we attend to the problem promptly, use WP:CSD#G12 and WP:CSD#G10.  —SmokeyJoe (talk) 03:47, 6 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Your sentence “The draft's creator has yet to present any sources that demonstrate its existence” implies to me that you are not certain this is fake. Looking at you, you seem experienced and knowledgable about highways.  If you were certain this is fake or a hoax, I would support deletion promptly.  If you can prove it, use WP:CSD. —SmokeyJoe (talk) 03:51, 6 September 2020 (UTC)
 * I was trying to be diplomatic, but yes, this has all of the qualifications as a hoax. New multi-state highway designations are not created without some sort of news coverage. There is no online news coverage, and the creator has not presented any offline sources to the contrary.  Imzadi 1979  →   04:06, 6 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete as hoax. --SmokeyJoe (talk) 05:10, 6 September 2020 (UTC)


 * Neutral - Doesn't need deleting yet. Robert McClenon (talk) 03:32, 31 August 2020 (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 page's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.