Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Peter Edward Joseph Oakley

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The result was Delete. Horologium (talk) 22:53, 29 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Peter Edward Joseph Oakley

This looks like a hoax. No hits on Google for his full name and no relevant hits from his initials (P. E. J. Oakley, Peter E. J. Oakley, P. E. Oakley, E. J. Oakley). Nishkid64 _{(Make articles, not wikidrama)} 20:10, 25 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy Delete under A1 and A7 per Excite Search, where Peter Edward Joseph Oakley only has one hit, and a listing static.namesdatabase.com (the only hit) does not imply notability. The article sounds like an autobiography or an article written by one of the guy's friends. The article does not cite any sources, not even a Myspace page (which wouldn't meet WP:RS anyway). GO-PCHS-NJROTC ^(Messages) 21:44, 25 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Neither A1 nor A7 apply in this situation. This article clearly establishes a context (thus, meeting A1), and an assertion of notability has been made (prominence in the field of behavioral economics). Nishkid64 _{(Make articles, not wikidrama)} 21:58, 25 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete (speedy does not apply, as there are claims of notability and a context). Gsearch for Oakley and "University of Liverpool" also don't come up with notability. I note that the article says the person is 25. You'd think a 25 year old who "is prominent in the field of Behavioural Economics and regularly advises the U.K. government on suitable taxation policies" would be getting some serious ghits.--Fabrictramp | talk to me 22:59, 25 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions. —David Eppstein (talk) 03:47, 29 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. I agree with the nominator's suggestion that this may be a hoax: I tried searching U. Liverpool for just his last name in the hope that we merely hadn't tried the right combination of first names and initials, but I still came up empty. —David Eppstein (talk) 03:53, 29 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete There's this. Just some student studying for his master's.John Z (talk) 04:45, 29 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Good find, John Z. Clearly a hoax (the remark on the article's talk page points in this direction, too). --Crusio (talk) 10:02, 29 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per John Z. A definite hoax. Nsk92 (talk) 22:47, 29 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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