Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/W. B. Baker

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The result was This was a hoax, pure and simple. The links in the article did not exist, and the news articles about the subject never existed. RickinBaltimore (talk) 14:48, 28 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

W. B. Baker[edit]

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This is a very strange article. i came across it by chance when looking for articles with mentions of the American Biographical Institute. And there are so many things that are wrong with this article I think this is a hoax article built around a Walter Mitty kind of guy. It was created and edited by at least half a dozen SPA accounts. Almost none of the links check out. The claims about the MBE are false, the claims about the Golden Jubilee medal are false, the congressional tribute is full of errors here. the international peace prize was last awarded in 1957 when he was 3. the Queen's Jubilee medal is reserved for service personnel of the UK and Canade and not for service to literature. I could find nothing about the "Magistracy Medal of Honor", I could not find the BBC Hall of Fame, the Royal Star and Garter are homes for injured service personnel, the International Medal of Freedom does not seem to exist. He appears nowhere in the lists of honorary MBEs (see talk page). the Reverend Michael Greene-Butler and Lady Marion Brett exist only in his tribute in his books and a very doubtful obituary for Lady Brett. I can find nothing on him on the web either with W. B. Baker or William A Baker or William Allen Baker a part from his books. I could find no reviews for his books a part from Goodreads. This looks like a massive hoax. Regardless of it being a hoax none of the claims are backed up by reliable sources so it fails WP:GNG Domdeparis (talk) 14:32, 28 April 2017 (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.