Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rhymesayers South

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. Sr 13 03:58, 2 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Rhymesayers South[edit]

Article about non-existent record label. According to the article this was a hoax but I can't find any mention of it anywhere and the article does not assert notability or provide any way of verifying this at all. Denied speedy (A7), User:DGG asked me to take this to AfD instead. MartinDK 05:02, 27 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Delete In my oppinion, this is not even close to notable enough to be on wikipedia.--†Sir James Paul† 05:47, 27 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Internet-related deletions. -- John Vandenberg 07:05, 27 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. No secondary sources or GHits to substantiate that this hoax ever existed. Kim Dent-Brown ^{(Talk to me)} 07:15, 27 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, not notable and trivial. How could this ever be expanded anyway? -- Reaper X 07:19, 27 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete It's not 100% certain that this is a hoax. The article has been subject for months to vandalistic edits that convert it from an article about a record company to one that claims it's a hoax. The AFD caught it in the vandalized state. I say vandalized because, even if it is a hoax, the way that the edits have been rewriting the article is improper. In the end though, is it a real record company, or a hoax? I have no idea, and the article was unsourced even when not vandalized, so there's no evidence provided one way or the other. So, in the absence of any sourcing that this is a real record company, I say get rid of it. - TexasAndroid 11:25, 27 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Strong delete - "It does not exist". Non-notable hoax, or hoax about a hoax (that's gotta be a first...). Negligible ghits, all Wikipedia mirrors as far as I can see. Whatever the case, it sure as hell isn't notable or verifiable.-h i s ^{s p a c e} _{r e s e a r c h} 12:52, 27 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
comment no opinion--I could not decipher from the page history what was the actual nature of the article, so I suggested going here to see what others could figure out. DGG 13:56, 27 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment You did exactly what you are supposed to do in this situation. If anyone can clarify the situation, possibly someone who happens to know anything about this, I will of course withdraw my nomination. The key issue here is the lack of reliable sources to establish notability. MartinDK 14:04, 27 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Strong delete, the initial version uses a book by "LeDarrius" as a source, but I cant find that name in worldcat, google books, amazon or Barnes and Noble. John Vandenberg 14:08, 27 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Strong Delete I believe record labels are still under the guidelines of WP:MUSIC, and they fail under these guidelines. Warrush
Strong Delete This record label does not exist. Rhymesayers Entertainment website doesn't even mention their supposed partner/branch. An interesting hoax that has lasted a little too long. ~ P.Haney 03:42, 28 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.