Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kolum sewell
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- 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 snowball delete. ➔ This is REDVEЯS 09:25, 28 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Notability not established (speedy unaccountably refused) - no Google hits on either name or supposed TV show, edits to supposed spouse article suggests a hoax Stephenb (Talk) 09:49, 27 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment Stephenb, the speedy was not "unaccountably refused". The article states "well known host of Irish television show ..... has published several novels, plays and poetry collections." It is not for an administrator to make a decision if the article is notable off their own back and without discussion. The article asserts notability in a non frivolous way and therefore does not fall under WP:CSD#A7. Hence my decline to delete at that time, without prejudice to an AfD where you have rightly taken it. Best. Pedro : Chat 13:29, 27 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Sorry, yes, "unaccountably" was a bit strong, but the assertion of notability was highly dubious and easily disproved Stephenb (Talk) 08:57, 28 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- No worries. Per the below this looks like a hoax, but as stated it is not for admins to make that decision, it is for the community, so by bringing it to AfD all is good. Pedro : Chat 09:05, 28 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Strong delete, no sources, no Google hits, IP address defending it on talk page (making the assumption that it is the logged-out creator) only seems to be vandalising articles. Blair - Speak to me 09:54, 27 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Strong delete, appears to be a hoax/vandalism. NawlinWiki 16:01, 27 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Strong delete Hoax. Wikipedia is not for things made up in school one day (IP belongs to a school). Whatever you wanna call it, it doesn't belong here.--Sethacus 16:07, 27 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Strong delete Appears to be false. Not verifiable ffm 16:23, 27 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Delete (what is a strong delete? Does it mean hitting the delete key really, really hard?) The article is a blatant hoax. Googling the name ("Kolum sewell" in quotes) comes up with exactly one hit which was the original author vandalising another page to indicate that this creation was the spouse of Chris Harrison (diff). The "Irish television show Singin' Dancin' Hulahoop star" does not appear in any search engine and sounds highly dubious! -- JediLofty User ¦ Talk 21:40, 27 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Strong Delete per most of the above. Strong Delete is basically just an article that falls very short of the notability guidelines and/or violates several aspects of the Wikipedia policy mostly what Wikipedia is not.JForget 22:54, 27 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- bite me he is a celebrity, check out www.kolums-mankey-sambo.bebo.com for more info on this man... Kayteepirate 08:37, 28 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Given that the author of this article has now been indefinitely blocked, does this help speed up the deltion process? LOL! -- JediLofty User ¦ Talk 09:18, 28 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- No, it doesn't. But this is now a snowball delete anyway. ➔ This is REDVEЯS 09:25, 28 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- 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.