Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tom Shah

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The result was delete per G3 croûton. As it's a hoax, I didn't feel that letting the AFD run for the full period would have any merit. Master of Puppets - _{Call me MoP! :D} 19:26, 5 October 2009 (UTC)

Tom Shah

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Although this article seems superficially realistic, upon closer examination I have to think it's a hoax. The length of the career cited would seem to correspond to a date in the suggested history of 2017, which is impossible; I am unable to find any material online that indicates this person exists, let alone that he had this history (for instance, the British National Archives are silent on this person having won a DSO). If he does indeed exist, we need something in the way of reliable sources, which despite requests have not been provided. Accounting4Taste:talk 18:30, 5 October 2009 (UTC)

• Speedy delete as hoax, CSD G3 - apparently took his GCSEs before they existed, and will in ten years time graduate, before becoming Captain for 8 years of a vessel only launched four years ago? --Saalstin (talk) 18:33, 5 October 2009 (UTC)Struck speedy, as Accounting4Taste makes a good point re: permanent deletion--Saalstin (talk) 19:25, 5 October 2009 (UTC)
  • Saalstin is more usefully familiar with GCSE's and other matters than I, for which thanks; I merely note that a completed AfD rather than a speedy will dispose of this article permanently, and since the hoax is superficially somewhat convincing and its creator seems determined, it may recur and go unnoticed. Accounting4Taste:talk 18:38, 5 October 2009 (UTC)
• Delete (ec) I had declined an A7 speedy because of assertions of importance on the talk pages (I chalked the future graduation to a typo). However, I can't find any ghits for this person, or even a fictional character who has these accomplishments. Speedying as a hoax is fine with me, as is letting the AfD run its course.--Fabrictramp | talk to me 18:40, 5 October 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.