Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Nelson Larios

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The result was delete. Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 16:53, 27 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Nelson Larios[edit]

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Has been in CAT:NN for over 8 years and unsourced since 2008. Had I seen this in the new articles feed, I'd have slapped a WP:G3 (blatant hoax) tag on it. Given that it's stayed here for so long, I feel AfD is the only appropriate way forward. Some fake sources were added in this edit including references to 'Cellphonereviewsnow.com' and 'Tourist-plaza.eu' and other inappropriate sites. Unsurprisingly, none of these seem to have ever existed. The article has had a number of WP:SPA edits and the accounts may well be socks of each other.

The article makes an outrageous claim to notability; he apparently scored 75 goals in only 49 professional league appearances! Despite this, there are zero relevant hits in DDG, ProQuest, Google Images, Google Books or Google News. Surely someone with a career like this would receive some coverage? And surely he would have had an international call up for Honduras, right? Plenty of other Platense players and others in the Honduran league did during the same time period.

Unless someone can bring forth some clear evidence that Larios not only existed but also that he meets our inclusion guidelines as well (WP:NFOOTBALL and WP:GNG) then I think deletion is the only option here. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 22:32, 20 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 22:32, 20 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Football-related deletion discussions. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 22:32, 20 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Honduras-related deletion discussions. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 22:32, 20 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football-related deletions. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 22:35, 20 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

DELETE Concur with Spider. House1090 (talk) 23:22, 20 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Delete as a hoax. No sources of any kind found. Mccapra (talk) 05:43, 21 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Delete looks like a hoax. Unless anyone can provide sources to the contrary. Also, no coverage = doesn't meet WP:GNG. Joseph2302 (talk) 08:04, 21 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - no evidence of notability. Giant Snowman 18:25, 21 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom. No Great Shaker (talk) 05:51, 22 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom. LSGH (talk) (contributions) 07:36, 22 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - Article fails WP:V as there are absolutely no online sources to verify the claim to notability (or existence of such a person). Jogurney (talk) 14:16, 22 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Delete and recommend that closing admin send to WP:HOAXLIST wizzito | say hello! 23:00, 22 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom.--Ortizesp (talk) 16:14, 23 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Comment to closing admin - given that this article has existed for just under 13 years with no evidence that he even ever existed, definitely warrants listing at WP:HOAXLIST as per above. From what I can tell, it's the longest lasting hoax on Wikipedia relating to football. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 17:41, 23 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Good grief. Perhaps there should be more focus on articles like this, rather than real Iraqi Premier League players. Nfitz (talk) 22:22, 25 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Delete as a hoax.4meter4 (talk) 17:30, 26 September 2021 (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.