Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/D. Granosalis

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 of the debate was Delete. enochlau (talk) 06:32, 7 January 2006 (UTC)

D. Granosalis

Was tagged for speedy deletion by Heron with the reason "sounds like a fictional character, and does not exist outside Wikipedia/Wikiquote." Since he has a Wikiquote page, I thought it would be best to bring it to AfD instead. Almost all Google hits are wikimirrors, but there were one or two that had quotes from him (in German) [1] [2] that suggest he might be a real person. No vote. howcheng {chat} 07:41, 1 January 2006 (UTC)

• Comment: Granosalis? That name needs to be taken with a large grain of salt! Grutness...wha? 08:47, 1 January 2006 (UTC)
• Strong Delete - Library of Congress catalogue, Academic Search Premier, ERIC database, and OHIOLink all turn up exactly nothing for 'Granosalis'. Considering that the name, as Grutness (humourously...) pointed out, appears to be a practical joke by someone with at least a passing interest in etymology... this one should be easy to decide.→ P.MacUidhir (t) (c) 10:51, 1 January 2006 (UTC)
• This article was deleted from the German Wikipedia in February 2005 (see de:Wikipedia:Löschkandidaten/18. Februar 2005#D._Granosalis_--) on the grounds that it was short, lacked context, was a vanity article, and didn't satisfy the criteria for inclusion of biography articles. It was also pointed out on the German Wikipedia that Transfer Art (de:Transferkunst) was related to this article. That, too, was deleted, on the grounds that the only thing locatable related to it was a single company that "offers 'transfer art' as consulting concept". (de:Wikipedia:Löschkandidaten/21. Februar 2005#Transferkunst_.28erledigt.2C_gel.C3.B6scht.29). I, like Howcheng and Pádraic_MacUidhir, can find no sources for this article. It is unverifiable. On the the Wikiquote article's talk page, the author states that "We are currently collecting and researching D. Granosalis' work and life for a publication (Maria Mejore)". This article thus appears to be original research, too. I have nominated the Wikiquote article for deletion. Delete. Uncle G 05:53, 2 January 2006 (UTC)
• Delete based on the above research. We shouldn't be forced to do the original author's homework anyway. --Pablo D. Flores (Talk) 14:02, 6 January 2006 (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.