Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kevin Cariato (2nd nomination)

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The result was Speedy deleted, G4. Non admin close. Umbralcorax (talk) 22:17, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

Kevin Cariato

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Ok, there are a few references, but I can't spot why some campaign flunkey is now notable and not just another piece of indiscriminate information. "Mail and Messenger Managwr"? So he's a mailman? Fiddle Faddle (talk) 18:59, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

• This is a hoax. A good hoax. But a hoax. Check the references closely. For example: # ^ http://www.whitehouse.gov.administration.home-html.org/ and http://www.change.gov.transitionupdate.com/ These are fake sites. This should be a quick deletion. Simon12 (talk) 19:53, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

• A hoax? How do you figure that these are fake sites? GlassCobra 20:21, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

The transition site is www.change.gov. www.change.gov.transitionupdate.com could be owned by anyone, and should not be considered reliable. Doing a little research shows it's a private site, created on January 13, 2009, and not a government site. The White House official site is at www.whitehouse.gov. www.whitehouse.gov.administration.home-html.org is another private site. The democratic-underground cite is likely taken from Wikipedia. It doesn't provide an external link anywhere else, so can not be considered reliable.

This one http://www.senate.gov.nominationsindex-html.org/ is a really good fake, but, again, it's not the Senate site. That would be here: http://www.senate.gov/pagelayout/legislative/one_item_and_teasers/nom_cmtec.htm, and Cariato is nowhere to be found.

Whoever is doing this hoax has been at it for two months, and the name is getting out there. I was taken in at first, also. But until someone provides one actual, real, verifiable source for this, it should be considered a hoax. Simon12 (talk) 20:56, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

More importantly, White House staff are not subject to Senate confirmation. Rahm Emmanuel didn't need to be confirmed. If that's not a giveaway, I don't know what is. A speedy delete is quite warranted. Simon12 (talk) 20:58, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

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