Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Marco Jones Ekamba

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The result was delete. Fenix down (talk) 08:09, 16 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Marco Jones Ekamba[edit]

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This player is a complete hoax, and pretty elaborate one! Several generic online articles with photoshopped images like this one [1] can easily fool someone who isn't digging a bit deeper. However, 0 hits in typical football-related stats websites for a player who allegedly played for clubs like Lazio, Trabzonspor, PAOK etc is biggest red flag. This edit has some truth to it, I guess. BlameRuiner (talk) 07:54, 9 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete - someone that has played for major clubs like Lazio, Anderlecht and Trabzonspor would surely have reliable sources covering them and would definitely be in Global Sports Archive, World Football, Soccerway and the like. Instead we have fabricated junk like a Time Bulletin 'article' that I found (I can't link as Wikipedia has blacklisted this website). Notice how the 'journalist' can't even spell Bob Peeters. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 10:53, 9 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Delete G3 Bit of a strange one, especially using a cite where the French says this guys Instagram was hacked, data used in fabrication and a false statement about moving to Lazio which never happened, so that also implies all the stats are fake. This is clear case of G3 and should be deleted. Govvy (talk) 12:48, 9 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - definite hoax. Giant Snowman 20:00, 9 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Nothing here to make him pass WP:GNG. Grailcombs (talk) 14:40, 11 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Delete that this hoax has lasted over 3 years means we have to reconsider how we run Wikipedia. I think it is obvious we are allowing the creation of too many football articles and we need to change our guidelines so we end up with a monitorable amount. It might also help if we required all articles to go through the articles for creation process.John Pack Lambert (talk) 21:41, 11 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Delete better late than never Spudlace (talk) 06:28, 12 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
- I hate to admit it, but considering we have two current biographies with zero sources up for deletion right now that have existed for over 16 years, this is not even that late by Wikipedia standards, which is truly scary.John Pack Lambert (talk) 12:52, 12 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Delete pure hoax. It's a shame about him having an article on the Arab Wiki as well. Should be deleted from there, too. Wikipedia is not a place for hoaxes. GhostDestroyer100 (talk) 15:54, 12 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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