Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Frederick "Spar" M'Cormack

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. –Juliancolton ^Tropical ^Cyclone 00:23, 28 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Frederick "Spar" M'Cormack[edit]

I cannot find any reliable source stating his existence or notability. He isn't listed on sports-reference.com[1], which has essentially all of the Olympic competitors in history. Neither did a Google search reveal any sources. This leads me to believe the article is probably a hoax. Thomas.macmillan (talk) 14:10, 16 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Living people-related deletion discussions. --Erwin85Bot (talk) 00:01, 17 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. I doubt that it's a hoax, but it should be deleted unless references can be given, and quick. Deb (talk) 13:37, 29 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Why hasn't this been deleted or relisted yet?--Thomas.macmillan (talk) 03:09, 7 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I've looked at the history of Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2008 December 16 and it looks like this AFD was not listed on the page. —Snigbrook 15:51, 23 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete probably a hoax. The only source I can find is http://allafrica.com/stories/200805060821.html but it still looks like a hoax to me; the two links to the article are Boxing at the 1984 Summer Olympics and Sierra Leone at the 1984 Summer Olympics, which appear to have been vandalised as they contradict information on http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1984/1984v2.pdf which has the Olympic results. It also seems to contradict the Mauro Galvano article and the reference used in it. —Snigbrook 16:28, 23 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- IP addresses that edited the article, or added links in other articles:
- These IPs are all in Alameda and Santa Clara counties, in California. —Snigbrook 16:37, 23 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete as hoax, speedy if possible. --PMDrive1061 (talk) 16:52, 23 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Even if not a hoax, there is nothing here that establishes notability. Looie496 (talk) 19:58, 23 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Competing at the Olympics actually does constitute notability. The problem with this article is that no sources back up the claim.--TM 23:13, 23 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete as hoax. Edward321 (talk) 00:29, 25 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Athletes-related deletion discussions. -- Raven1977 ^{Talk to me}_{My edits} 06:47, 26 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - probable hoax, article cannot be verified.Esasus (talk) 23:44, 26 January 2009 (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.