Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sarah Powell

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. At 15+ years on Wikipedia, it looks like this article could be in the Top 10 of Wikipedia:List of hoaxes on Wikipedia if anyone wants to take the trouble to make an entry there. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 21:00, 22 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Sarah Powell[edit]

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I can't find any information that suggests that this person existed. Google searches of her full name, the title of her best known work, and the title of the single reference for the page all return mirrors of the article and nothing else. Onorem (talk) 21:36, 15 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Women, Poetry, and France. ~ฅ(ↀωↀ=)neko-chan^nyan 22:09, 15 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I'm sorry that we are so late to the party, Andy Dingley. ☺ It looks like you were quite right all those years ago. I've checked Worldcat, Google Books, and the OUP search, and I cannot find any indication that the book cited by the article's author exists. This appears to be a hoax. Uncle G (talk) 02:06, 16 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

My tea leaves and goat liver are infallible. Andy Dingley (talk) 09:52, 16 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Delete agree that this appears to be a hoax.

Jahaza (talk) 03:29, 16 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Andy Dingley (talk) 09:52, 16 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Appears to be a hoax.Pam D 14:51, 16 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Appears to be a hoax. --Grnrchst (talk) 16:17, 17 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, appears to be one for the 10+ year list. Chocmilk03 (talk) 20:23, 18 December 2023 (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.

Thank you for deleting this article, it's a true mystery how it lasted 15 years Hila Livne (talk) 18:48, 5 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]