Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Eric Banner

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The result was Deleted as a hoax page; user has been blocked either way (talk) 14:40, 25 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Eric Banner

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BLP article for Science Fiction author and the trilogy he is asserted to have written. The problem here is that while there are sources offered in the articles, there seem to be none online that actually mention the author or his works or the publisher. For example, there is no Amazon listing and there are no ISBNs issued. This would seem to go beyond just lack of notability.There are no mentions whatsoever online, barring the articles. Not even the most humble online fanzine seems to have heard of either the author or works. The publisher mentioned "Micellaneous Books" does not seem to exist either with that spelling or using the spelling "Miscellaneous". The sources offered don't have links and while of course that in itself is not a problem, it is hard to find any existing publication or award-giving body by the names given. There have been magazines called "Science Fiction Monthly" but none seem to be extant. The one non-Wikipedia webpage suggested by Google that seems to have once had "Eric Banner" and "The Martian-Earth Wars" on the same page is on a social-networking site which has been changed since Google indexed it; however, the Google summary [1] does bring up a rather funny comment: "Search "The Martian-Earth Wars" on wikipedia.(Its complete bollocks. I just made it up for fun)." I quite agree. FlowerpotmaN·(t) 00:07, 25 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I am also nominating the following related pages:

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Ireland-related deletion discussions. —FlowerpotmaN·(t) 00:13, 25 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Science fiction-related deletion discussions. —FlowerpotmaN·(t) 00:17, 25 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

No ISBN? Delete. Sorafune +1 02:03, 25 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete- nice research there, Flowerpotman. Reyk _YO! 03:50, 25 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete only other mentions are wp mirrors, as the guy says "Its complete bollocks". Misarxist (talk) 08:12, 25 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - hoax. Snappy (talk) 12:14, 25 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: Alright you caught me. I made it up for fun. I wanted to see how long it would take Wikipedia to notice a fake article on its site. Once I got into it, I found it quite fun, and so I created an entire world around it. However, those two articles are literary genius. I was able to create two pages on items that never existed and still gave the reader a good read. The Martian-Earth Wars actually is based on a book I planned on publishing but never got around to.

I'd just like say , well done Flowerpotman. That's some good research. How did you find that profile comment? I mean well done. I tip my hat to you. Go on delete it if you want. I put a lot of work into it, but it had a good run. User:Daedulus Caan 15:10, 25 April, 2010

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