Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Yitzhak Goldstein

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The result was delete. Cirt (talk) 00:10, 22 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Yitzhak Goldstein[edit]

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Hoax. No one at Harvard Philosophy by this name. Only one Google hit besides this page for "An essay concerning objective morality", probably a post by the creator of this article. Probably speediable as a hoax; I prodded this in the name of assuming good faith (as it reads it's not blatantly a hoax), but the prod was declined, so here we are. Possibly a confusion with the writer and rabbi Yitzchak Goldstein, (someone has added a reference for him in the entry) but he's never been a Harvard philosopher either.Hairhorn (talk) 03:01, 15 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 14:33, 15 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Comment The book Shoah: A Jewish Perspective on Tragedy in the Continent by Yoel Schwartz and Yitzchak Goldstein exists although it's also listed as by Yitsḥaḳ Goldshṭain (probably a typo though) and here it's listed as edited by Yitzchak Goldstein. The variations of the names probably point more to carelessness on online bookstores. However, there is someone by the name Yitzchak Goldstein (and as Hairhorn points out, there is a Rabbi by that name). Unless verifiable evidence of Yitzhak Goldstein can be provided, this should be delete.freshacconci talktalk 14:42, 15 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Hoax, as are other contributions of its creator. Xxanthippe (talk) 22:00, 15 December 2009 (UTC).[reply]
Speedy delete, hoax. What a bizarre hoax to create, though. These always surprise me. --Glenfarclas (talk) 21:57, 16 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - WP:HOAX. Why would someone go to these lengths? Odd. Cocytus [»talk«] 02:08, 21 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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