Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Chad Berryman

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The result was Speedy Delete per WP:G3, a blatant hoax — CactusWriter ^(talk) 23:53, 13 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Chad Berryman[edit]

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Possible WP:HOAX The 1942 game in which he supposedly made his debut (it was against the Dodgers, not the Reds) doesn't mention him. Also, he doesn't appear in the 1942 Phillies season either. MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 22:37, 12 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions. Everymorning (talk) 22:59, 12 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. This is clearly a long-lived hoax. Print and online sources such as Baseball-Reference.com, which contains data for all Major League players, nowhere mention this individual. The only recorded professional baseball player named Chad Berryman played briefly in the low minor leagues from 1998-2000 and never reached the major leagues; see this Baseball-Reference.com entry for more details. An early version of this article, created by a single-purpose account, included a deliberately misleading Baseball-Reference.com link to Charlie Berry, a link that was removed in 2014 when an editor noticed it didn't match the subject. Calamondin12 (talk) 12:52, 13 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Obvious hoax. Actually very disappointed that this lasted so long. Penale52 (talk) 15:12, 13 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Tagged as G3 as he obviously never existed but it's worth noting my searches found some links here for two Chad Berryman who actually existed for Lake Elsinore Storm and also another for Lawrence County High School in Moulton, Alabama. I would've likely found this myself but I have't searched much for 2012 orphaned articles as I likely would've reviewed then when started (though that's not to say something slips by). SwisterTwister talk 17:15, 13 October 2015 (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.