Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tómas Davíð

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The result was speedy delete. WP:CSD#A7 no credible claim of significance or importance JohnCD (talk) 15:45, 26 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Tómas Davíð[edit]

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Non-notable per WP:MUSICBIO, unreferenced, nearly zero coverage online and none from WP:Reliable sources. Started out as what looked like a hoax page with minor edits to a paste of Jón Þór Birgisson, but even with the Sigur Ros stuff removed non-notability remains. Speedy deletion repeatedly contested by creator and anonymous IP editor. MuffledThud (talk) 11:54, 25 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. —MuffledThud (talk) 11:55, 25 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Comment The anonymous IP editor has stated in this edit that he/she is Tómas Davíð's manager, and also that the article has been created with the express purpose of being used for promotion. In the edit summary to this edit, the creator of the article (Listarmadur) states that he is Tómas Davíð's manager. This is entirely consistent with the impression I had already formed that they were one and the same. I feel sympathy for someone who comes new to Wikipedia, puts a lot of work into creating an article without being aware of our policies, and then finds their work being deleted. Nevertheless, unfortunately the article has, as I said, been created with the express purpose of promotion, and is inconsistent with our policies. JamesBWatson (talk) 21:10, 25 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - preferably speedy delete There is no evidence of notability or significance, either in the article or found on searching. Since speedy deletion tags have, as stated above, been repeatedly removed by the author (including the IP, who states in effect he is the same person) there is no reason why it should not be speedily-deleted. JamesBWatson (talk) 21:15, 25 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Comment I have spent a considerable amount of time searching for sources on Tómas Davíð. It took some effort, as both names are common in Iceland, so some effort was required to avoid references to other people called Tómas Davíð, and it was also necessary to bypass Google's default behaviour of accepting "David" instead of "Davíð". The end result was that I found nothing at which could possibly relate to this Tómas Davíð except for his pages on social networking sites. Surprisingly, even those pages did not describe him as being a musician, or indeed repeat any of the claims made in the article. I have come to the conclusion that the most likely explanation is that MuffledThud was right in seeing the original version of the article as a hoax, probably written by Tómas Davíð, and based on very minor editing of Jón Þór Birgisson. The original article even contained a picture of Jón Þór Birgisson, wrongly captioned as being Tómas Davíð, and followed the article Jón Þór Birgisson in numerous details. When the article was tagged for speedy deletion some rapid editing took place to make it look more plausible. JamesBWatson (talk) 15:12, 26 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Not notable on the face of it. The article does assert significance, however, the refactoring of information mentioned above leads me to believe this is a hoax and thus vandalism. Would love to hear from the article creator as to my information about the subject was changed, apparently to improve plausibility. Dloh cierekim 15:36, 26 February 2010 (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.