Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jerome "Pop" Pentsky

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The result was Delete, as an unverifiable probable hoax. Davewild (talk) 14:05, 20 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Jerome "Pop" Pentsky

It appears this article was published some time ago and has never been substantiated. It is well known that Al Copeland was the founder of Popeyes, but there is never mention of Mr. Pentsky in any non-wikipedia or non-wikipedia-derived sources. Until recently, there had been no mention of Mr. Pentsky on the pages for either "Popeyes" or "Al Copeland" (who recently died). Mdlawmba (talk) 02:59, 14 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delete, contradicts other sources regarding the founding of Popeye's, likely WP:HOAX. --Dhartung | Talk 03:32, 14 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete I started out expecting a "keep", but after a lot of research, can't. I can find several sources mentioning him, but they all point back to wikipedia or are copied from here. After searching Popeye's website and reading the history, I can say with confidence that no information can be found that is reliable, that indicates this person existed. Al Copeland is who started both Chicken on the Run and Popeyes, not "Pop". Who ever started this hoax did a good enough job that this misinformation is widespread. PHARMBOY (TALK) 20:36, 14 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comment. It's been put into a number of Wikipedia pages, which is unusual diligence for a hoaxer, but the appearances you see, as far as I can tell, are all Wikipedia mirrors and forks. When we delete this article and the ancillary mentions, almost all of those hits will disappear. --Dhartung | Talk 01:22, 15 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per Pharmboy. I checked the Hoover's business profile via Lexis and found this sentence: "Al Copeland started the company as a single Chicken on the Run restaurant in New Orleans in 1972." Also, zero hits in the DB on Jerome Pentsky (versus 300+ for Al Copeland). -- phoebe / (talk) 06:36, 20 April 2008 (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.