Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rémi E. Ballot

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The result was Speedy deleted as hoax (author apologised on article talkpage). Peridon (talk) 20:35, 7 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Rémi E. Ballot[edit]

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Apparent hoax - IMDB does attribute the film he's alleged to have written to a Rémi Ballot, but without the E - however, as the film was released in 2008, the author would had to have been 9 or 10 at the time, which is unbelievable. (IMDB appears to have been tampered with, as well - this review lists a different writer, as do other sites - [1], [2], [3], [4], [5] for examples) The Guardian link makes no mention of Ballot, so that's a failed verification, and the French bio link, when translated, is almost ludicrous. I think we have a kid with the same name trying to co-opt someone else's credit - a Google search on "Rémi E. Ballot" shows only this article. MikeWazowski (talk) 17:07, 7 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy delete as hoax. IMDB is user-edited, I believe, so it could quite easily be the same person perpetrating it on both sites. - Jorgath (talk) ^(contribs) 17:45, 7 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Smells fishy — born 1997? writes script at age 10? American but all websites are in French?... Choyoołʼįįhí:Seb az86556 ^{> haneʼ} 18:15, 7 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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