Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Akheilos

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The result was delete. MBisanz ^talk 17:22, 28 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Akheilos[edit]

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No sources, ridiculously small for an article of its age, and, further research reveals almost no information. This article is on a completely unnotable subject Marigu goke (talk) 19:46, 20 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete per WP:HOAX. There is no Akheilos in the Iliad (check it), nor are there any sharks. Churn and change (talk) 05:17, 21 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Speedy delete G3. Bleh. Hoax indeed. In addition to Churn and change's comments, there is no reference to this name in Google Scholar in any capacity, which almost certainly forecloses any important role in anything in classical mythology. The name was used as a character in one piece of modern fiction, but neither the book nor its author appear to be notable. And, of course, this article's creator has been indef blocked for over a year as a vandalism-only account. Accordingly, I think this can be considered "pure vandalism". Squeamish Ossifrage (talk) 15:46, 22 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Greece-related deletion discussions. — Frankie (talk) 15:47, 22 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Literature-related deletion discussions. — Frankie (talk) 15:47, 22 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: This is a weird one. There's this unreliable website that could be repeating the hoax. I'm not sure, but it looks fishy. I thought maybe it was an alternate spelling for Achelous, but the Greek doesn't match up. I can't find anything in books, and clearly some of the claims about the Iliad, etc. are false. --Batard0 (talk) 18:13, 23 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Comment on comment: It makes a separate claim for his origins and his story. I still wasn't able to find any mention of him in the Theoi sources, mind you, I only skimmed them. But, even according to the quote on the Theoi page, Akheilos is unimportant. ᶲAstridᶲ • ^{(Let's do this!)} 21:04, 23 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

It's entirely possible. The now-indeff'ed editor who originally created this article had other material deleted as copyvios from that site. Of course, this article doesn't match the Theoi sources, but he also made up quite a bit apparently whole-cloth. Squeamish Ossifrage (talk) 21:17, 23 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Also, looking at his Contribs, it looks like he might be using material from Rick Riordan lore, which, as pertaining to Greek mythology, muddles the canon up, and adds what is essentially fanfic. ᶲAstridᶲ • ^{(Let's do this!)} 21:38, 23 October 2012 (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.