Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Charles Monitor
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- 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 as full of lies. DS (talk) 04:08, 11 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Charles Monitor[edit]
Likely hoax. Zero ghits for this "obscure" Australian explorer with suspect biographical details. Lockley (talk) 15:44, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Strong delete as WP:hoax per nom. Absolutely nothing turns up on this guy no matter what you search for. Plus the article seems to claim that monitor lizards are named after this 'person', but the truth is that the genus name, "Varanus" is derived from the Arabic word waral ورل, which is translated into English as "monitor". AlasdairGreen27 (talk) 16:01, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Strong delete per AlasdairGreen27. Even the books cited as references seem to be entirely made up.Bjones (talk) 20:21, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Note: This debate has been included in the list of Australia-related deletion discussions. -- Canley (talk) 23:19, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Delete - I agree is a hoax--Matilda talk 00:49, 11 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Delete, hoax. Monitor lizards are not named after a person "Monitor", but in relation to their supposed lookout for crocodiles.--Grahame (talk) 01:54, 11 January 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.