Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lyndal Eckersley

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. Sarah 05:08, 5 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Lyndal Eckersley[edit]

Apparent hoax, there appears to be a real 25-year old Lyndal Eckersley, but she is not a pioneer teacher.--Grahamec 05:01, 3 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - After a search I would have to agree. - Shudda ^talk 05:09, 3 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Whether it's a hoax, a senior prank, a class assignment, or an attempt to get a better grade, it's someone who is not verifiably notable. --Dhartung | Talk 06:01, 3 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete funny, dates on top say she's alive, yet parts are in the past tense. Whs itc hy 06:19, 3 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete No attribution, likely unattributable, possible hoax. --Charlene 07:15, 3 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Australia-related deletions. -- Mattinbgn/^talk 07:23, 3 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Apparently this article is about a real person but the claims that she is a historical figure appear to be a spoof. --Metropolitan90 07:24, 3 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, hoax. Lankiveil 09:26, 3 June 2007 (UTC).[reply]
Delete, hoax, the quotes are stolen from other people on the web(such as this) and even Wikipedia (like this one). EliminatorJR ^Talk 10:27, 3 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - Hoax. --AAA! (AAAA) 11:10, 3 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - Real person, notable. -- JohnO 11:45, 3 June 2007 (UTC).[reply]

Note. The keep !vote above is a refactoring by User:124.150.68.107 of a delete !vote by User:AAA!. I've restored AAA!'s opinion above, but left the evidence of manipulation as well. Deor 11:58, 3 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Whoever this person is, she's not Clara Barton. Deor 11:23, 3 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Speedy delete Ok, which policy should I pick for this. If it's real, it's WP:VSCA on the grounds that WP:N and WP:BLP has not been met. Under the current informal rules for BLP AfD's, this meets the 50 plus 1 rule and can be culled right now. If it's not, it's a hoax clear cut and dried. I doubt very much that the home of some 20'something women would be protected by the National Trust of Australia. This is another dead giveaway for the hoax status, as the National Parks Service linked to in the article is the organisation of the United States. Additionally, the image used in the article of the purported house is as noted by Deor is that of Clara Barton. Seriously, does a day not go by without having to deal with this kind of rubbish. Thewinchester ^(talk) 16:24, 3 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Except that unfortunately, being a hoax isn't grounds in itself for CSD deletion. EliminatorJR ^Talk 16:33, 3 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  - Comment A fair point EliminatorJR, but aren't there are just days where you wish it would! Thewinchester ^(talk) 01:23, 4 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  - How about a snowball delete? Did anyone else notice that someone forgot to change the name in some material copied from Clara Barton, so the article's subject is called "Clara" at one point. Deor 16:52, 3 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete — Seems like a hoax, and definately non-notable. *Cremepuff 222* "As cool as grapes..." 18:20, 3 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Speedy Delete — As a hoax article and WP:CB. ~ ΜΛGиυs ΛΠιмυМ ≈ √∞ 18:46, 3 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Townsville was gazetted in 1865. I doubt that it took them 100 years to found a church there. Other aspects appear to have been made up in school one day - presumably, the Annandale Christian School. Capitalistroadster 02:49, 4 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per WP:BIO and also probable WP:HOAX. Short of Biblical timeframes (Genesis 5 basically), it would not have been possible to found Townsville's first church AND have a kid in 1981. Also per Deor. Orderinchaos 02:52, 4 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per WP:BIO. Zivko85 23:50, 4 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete; real person however the article is full of claptrap. Fails WP:BIO. John Vandenberg 00:41, 5 June 2007 (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.