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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 of the debate was: Deleted. - Mike Rosoft 19:57, 16 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

TropicaI Storm Jason[edit]

There is absolutely no evidence that this exists. The user is pulling off a similar hoax with Tropical Storm Lance. Also, all attempts to tag either page for deletion get reverted with the creator calling the tagger a "vandal". He also used an "i" in place of an "l" in an attempt to hide the article from the public eye. Delete --Spring Rubber 03:59, 13 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]


  • Speedy delete G3 as vandalism hoax. The deliberate misspelling combined with the rvv's of deletion notices cause me to doubt good faith. Alba 04:23, 13 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete as hoax. --Terence Ong 05:09, 13 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Speedy delete per nom and Alba. Bucketsofg 05:39, 13 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete as per nom. Bobby1011 05:53, 13 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete, of course. --kingboyk 07:17, 13 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Speedy delete, hoax. ProhibitOnions 10:58, 13 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete per above -- Astrokey44|talk 11:55, 13 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Folks, the writer of the article states this is a "fictitious storm from the film The Perfect Storm", so I don't think asking for evidence that it existed is actually germane. I would suggest that someone familiar with the movie check to see that indeed one of the storms in the movie is named that way, and if so, Merge with Article The Perfect Storm (Movie). I don't see either vandalism or hoax here, but I don't see why this should be under the tropical cyclone category, as this tropical storm is not part of our world in any case. I'd call the categorization a good faith error.Ramdrake
    • I would suggest that, per the verifiability policy, "The obligation to provide a reputable source lies with the editors wishing to include the material, not on those seeking to remove it." Dpbsmith (talk)
    • The storm in the movie is called Grace (see Google). The hoax article contains very little information so it is hard to merge anything. Weregerbil 08:12, 14 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete as unverifiable unless a good verifiable source is provided prior to expiration of AfD discussion. Dpbsmith (talk) 16:48, 13 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Merge with The Perfect Storm (film). I think the content belongs in Wikipedia, but I can't see there ever being enough material to justify a separate article. If kept, I suggest rename to Tropical Storm Jason (The Perfect Storm) because we're bound to have a real Tropical Storm Jason eventually. The categories should be taken out, but a category for Fictional weather events might actually be useful. Peter Grey 18:19, 13 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete as a hoax, unless anyone can verify that this is indeed the name of the storm in The Perfect Storm (film). I get zero Googles. -- Plutor 20:25, 13 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment to all who are suggesting to merge this. I would think that if it was indeed a storm in the movie, a Google search would at least turn up some results to verify it. Also, given this user's history with Tropical Storm Lance, the fact that he purposely gave the article an misspelled name, and his comment on his user page, I think it's safe to say this is a hoax. --Spring Rubber 22:21, 13 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete The film is based on the nonfiction book of the same name. The storm discussed in the book is known as the 1991 Halloween Nor’easter and was in the North Atlantic. Storms that do not originate in the tropics are not given names. The remnants of Hurricane Grace contributed to the storm. (The unused J name for 1991's tropical strom season was Juan). In short, no storm named Jason had anything to do the storm in The Perfect Storm. It's amazing what you can learn by reading Wikipedia. Dsmdgold 05:06, 14 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Merge belongs with the film's article. Newyorktimescrossword 07:16, 14 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete per Dsmdgold.--み使い Mitsukai 03:28, 16 March 2006 (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.
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