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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Philemon Vanderbeck

: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. Courcelles 06:31, 15 December 2012 (UTC)

=[[Philemon Vanderbeck]]=

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Does this person meet Wikipedia's notability criteria? FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 11:59, 7 December 2012 (UTC)

  • Delete - maybe speedy as a WP:COPYVIO - see [http://www.linkedin.com/in/elementalentertainment]. Urgh, what a mess. The article is horrifically written and layed out, it makes some very iffy claims (reincarnated on 30 August 1965? I don't think so.) and is clearly written promotionally. It mentions a heck of a lot of awards, but there is not a single reference that is from a reliable source about this guy, much less proof he won any of these from a reliable source. Also, they all seem like very minor awards, or internal awards. Lukeno94 (talk) 14:15, 7 December 2012 (UTC)
  • Delete - It's possible the information was simply copied from the LinkedIn profile or the LinkedIn profile was also recently created. Google News archives found two relevant results [http://seattletimes.com/html/snohomishcountynews/2002790624_magic08n.html here] and [http://www.ballardnewstribune.com/2010/04/07/features/ballard-big-picture-magician-has-someone-his-sleeve here] (minor mentions). Entirely promotional and it was a little worse before FisherQueen [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Philemon_Vanderbeck&diff=526796037&oldid=526794931 cleaned the article], providing "reviews" from customers. Both Google Books and additional searches of my own provided nothing useful but I found [http://www.live-wires.com/magicians/philemonmagic.shtml this] which repeats that ridiculous "reincarnation". After a final search, I found [http://nwringoffire.com/Newsletters/news0904.pdf this] Northwest Ring of Fire press release that mentions he won the "Best Mental Effect" but it seems he is connected to the group so (1) this would be a primary source and (2) this award could have easily been bestowed upon himself. SwisterTwister talk 21:54, 7 December 2012 (UTC)
  • Delete Fails WP:GNG at least, ignoring the mess and the idiotic claims. §FreeRangeFrog 03:39, 8 December 2012 (UTC)
  • Delete - I will change my opinion to "keep" on the condition that it be marked as fiction and given a humor banner. I will also point out that this Afd seems to have been created incorrectly, as a red link to the topic page appears on the banner. --Sue Rangell ✍ ✉ 21:20, 8 December 2012 (UTC)

:Note: This debate has been included in the list of Magic-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 00:28, 12 December 2012 (UTC)

:Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 00:28, 12 December 2012 (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.