Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/William Mariotte

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The result was delete Materialscientist (talk) 10:30, 30 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

William Mariotte[edit]

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None of the sources given include the name of this supposed person, neither does a google search turn up anything other than the Wikipedia page. Is listed as a reference in the Flag of Japan article claiming that the pre-1800 flag of Japan showed a "Hammer and sickle on a white field". Sounds like advanced vandalism. ZgB (talk) 13:09, 24 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I object to the deletion of this page. You guys are just trying to pick on me. Robert Ian Green (talk) 08:46, 25 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I also object to the deletion of this page. Stop picking on a newcomer. Keith Takahashi (talk) 08:47, 25 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Delete as non-notable and possibly non-existant. I've tried all the "Find sources" links and can find no sources for this person. This is very odd if he is a published author and academic, as you would expect to be able to find his books or articles he published. In order to show he is notable you need to have reliable sources that discuss him in some detail. Book sources can be used but should have an ISBN number, or link to where we can find it (on WorldCat, a massive catalog of books held in libraries around the world, for example) Silverfish (talk) 20:48, 29 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy Delete - A big goose egg from JSTOR, Newspapers.com, and OCLC. Highly doubtful that an actual historian with such a unique surname would go 0-fer in those places. The fact that this is used as an in-link to a hoax article indicates that a walled garden is likely. It is probably time to examine the entire edit history of the creator. I have flagged as a hoax and urge speedy deletion as a probable hoax and absolutely certain failure of GNG. Carrite (talk) 03:16, 30 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy delete as hoax per Carrite. The only sources directly relating to Mariotte are books supposedly written by him, which can be found nowhere. clpo13_(talk) 03:44, 30 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Ban Carrite and Clpo13 and do not delete. Bark Bark Dog (talk) 10:10, 30 September 2015 (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.