Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Draft:Mr. Gopal Chandra Budhathoki

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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.  —&#8288;Scotty Wong &#8288;— 04:56, 7 June 2022 (UTC)

Draft:Mr. Gopal Chandra Budhathoki

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Mr. Gopal Chandra Budhathoki

I was in the process of writing an AFD for this page, and then it was moved to draft space. The author appears to be trying to spam with articles about a Nepalese politician who may be himself or his employer. A check of the references is normally not relevant to a nomination to delete a draft. But in this case the references are about someone else and a different office, so that this draft is a non-obvious hoax. It doesn't qualify as G3, but it needs deleting. The subject is supposedly the mayor of Mechinagar, which is being redirected to Kathmandu, but there is no indication that Mechinagar is an alternat name for Kathmandu. The mayor of Kathmandu appears to be Balendra Shah, and not the subject of this page. This is an non-obvious hoax, and should be deleted.

There appears to be a conduct issue, but MFD is a content forum. Robert McClenon (talk) 17:33, 28 May 2022 (UTC)


 * Delete I did some digging and found Mechinagar Municipality is a real place, and our Mr. Gopal is apparently the mayor of it. I have no idea why it redirects to Kathmandu. However, the wikipedia article has no sources so it's dubious. There is a user named '2022 Mechinagar Municipal Election' who changed the mayor from a Bimal Acharya to our Mr. Gopal on that page. The elections themselves aren't fake, the 2022 Nepalese local elections are definitely real. However, it's bizarre that someone made an entire account dedicated to updating the government of a tiny Nepali town, and I suspect that this may be some kind of sockpuppet case, perhaps even some political scandal may be involved here.


 * - the guy behind the nominated page
 * the guy who updated the mayor on Mechinagar Municipality


 * I also found Draft:Resettlement plan, which baffles me. Again, this small town election is nowhere near notable enough to be on Wikipedia. Perhaps it's time for a batch nomination?


 * Regardless, I have neither the time nor energy to delve deeper into investigating this like a wannabe Poirot. We are here to discuss the page, and it should be deleted for the reason it is not notable. The mayor of mechinagar has done nothing notable other than being the mayor of mechinagar. There is nothing notable about this office, about the person, nothing. If we are seeing a WP:SPI or WP:HOAX being discovered, that is not for MfD to decide. (JayPlaysStuff &#124; talk to me &#124; What I've been up to) 21:09, 4 June 2022 (UTC)


 * Delete per above.  starship .paint  (exalt) 03:14, 7 June 2022 (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.