Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Nicholas P. Clark

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The result was delete. Tone 17:17, 29 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Nicholas P. Clark[edit]

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Lacks coverage in reliable, independent sources. Would meet WP:NCYCLING if the claims made in the article about the races he participated in are correct, but they're not verified (and see Talk:Nicholas P. Clark#Unverifiable claims). Cordless Larry (talk) 16:53, 22 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Cycling-related deletion discussions. Cordless Larry (talk) 16:53, 22 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 17:01, 22 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Australia-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 17:01, 22 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Delete we need to stop treating every pro sportsman as notable without actual indepth sourcing.John Pack Lambert (talk) 17:08, 22 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Simply put, I think this article is a hoax. There's no record of this guy on ProCyclingStats. Claims that he rode in the Tour of Flanders (1995) and Liège–Bastogne–Liège (1997) don't seem to be true per this and this. Anyone who has rode in those races, and those alone, would have plenty of basic stats on them on ProCyclingStats, and that's before you start to pick at the rest of the article. Also, there are zero incoming links to the article too. Lugnuts ^{Fire Walk with Me} 18:16, 22 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Delete There are no citations to back up anything written here. This guy is a fraud. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.73.193.214 (talk) 02:52, 23 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
- Support delete, however fellow IP user, if you have a conflict of interest with the person, please do not edit it. If you have proof that he is a white supremacist, cite it; the source must be reliable, independent and trustable. Gerald WL ✉ 04:57, 23 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Almost certainly a hoax. Lugnuts has put their finger on it. The claimed participation doesn't even make sense; a support rider for the Spring one-day races also competed as a professional in the Grand Prix des Nations? Not very likely. That race is one that also has an amateur division and it is far more likely that they competed in that way, it at all. All references to a Spenco UCI team lead back to SPS or to sites owned by this person. The more I pick into the specifics the more I notice that the claims seem to be intended to be difficult or impossible to either verify or debunk fully. Eggishorn (talk) (contrib) 18:19, 23 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. There are very few sources. WP:GNG is not met fully. MissiYasında&& (talk) 19:52, 23 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Comment The article also exists on two other WP projects. I've dropped a note on the talkpage of the creater of the arz. WP suggesting that they could speedy delete it there, based on it being a hoax here. The es. WP article creator is blocked, so I'm not sure what to do with regards to the Spanish version (which looks very similar to the EN one). Lugnuts ^{Fire Walk with Me} 07:55, 24 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

This perhaps warrants a post on the Spanish Wikipedia's equivalent of WP:AN. Cordless Larry (talk) 08:06, 24 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
I requested that the Spanish article about Nicholas Clark be speedy deleted as a hoax, which it now has been. Cordless Larry (talk) 07:54, 26 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Larry. Lugnuts ^{Fire Walk with Me} 07:59, 26 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Comment @Lugnuts: Thanks for pointing to this issue, this article to be nominated a speedy deletion at arz.wikipedia. HitomiAkane (talk) 08:40, 24 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

No problem. Lugnuts ^{Fire Walk with Me} 09:05, 24 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Delete as a WP:HOAX, did not achieve the things mentioned in article. Joseph2302 (talk) 11:11, 25 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Delete I've extensively looked his profile up to find any supporting references or sources, but I couldn't find any. Khwabeeda (talk) 16:02, 25 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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