Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Forrest Peterman

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The result was speedy delete this version of the article, because of hoax content. Addhoc (talk) 18:49, 12 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Forrest Peterman

Borderline notability (WP:N); requires immediate referencing or removal, per WP:BLP. Some references without in-line citations are shown, but it's unclear how they are related ("Mein Kampf"?!) Marasmusine (talk) 15:59, 10 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

*Delete: as an unreferenced BLP. I had tagged it for speedy under A7, after being unsure if it really qualified for G10. Certainly BLP violation. Toddst1 (talk) 16:09, 10 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: not notable minor fictional character in Seinfeld, currently with false info Toddst1 (talk) 13:35, 11 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Marginally notable at best, the article is basically a life story of the subject, makes no mention of what it is that he is notable for. Also, counting myself, there's now at least two people confused by the Mein Kampf reference. SWik78 (talk) 16:12, 10 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hoax? and the book on slaughterhouses refrenced, was written by 'a bullock'. hmmmmmmNick Connolly (talk) 18:43, 10 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

See Nominative Determinism [1] ("the tendency of people to gravitate towards areas of work that fit their surname") :> Marasmusine (talk) 18:47, 10 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Strong Delete One of the other references, to which the author was kind enough to give an ISBN is by or about Hitler - see GBooks - and I likewise am considering the "Bullock" reference to be bollocks. I get zippo on that, both in GBooks and on the web as a whole. If this isn't a hoax, which is looking increasingly probable, it's a BLP vio and needs to go anyway. Hersfold ^(t/a/c) 19:36, 10 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comment This edit by the author and the only editor of the article in question was added to the article Jacopo Peterman who is one of the recurring characters from Seinfeld. As you can see, it speaks of Forrest Peterman. Forrest Peterman, the subject of the article in question here, is listed as having a father named Jacopo Peterman in the article itself. Also, at least one of the quotes (I always want to learn, but I am sure on my dying day I will feel like I left something in the trough) is a quote from Tim McGraw and was stolen from here. This article is clearly a hoax. It should be speedied under WP:CSD#G3. SWik78 (talk) 20:08, 10 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Add another quote from the article to the list of quotes from Tim McGraw. Everyone should have their own opinion and be able to voice it... is also taken from here. SWik78 (talk) 20:24, 10 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - it's a hoax. References to Mein Kampf and The Psychopathic God: Adolf Hitler, and a book about slaughterhouses by "A. Bullock"; there's no trace of the alleged book on Peterman by J. Toland, but note that John Toland and Alan Bullock have both written books about Hitler. In the text, "He graduated in the top 80 percent of his class" and "...Brazil where he first discovered the fascinations of cows"; and just look at the paragraph about "waterboarding" cows! If not a hoax, it just might be an attack page on a real "Forrest Peterman"; either way, it should go, and speedily. JohnCD (talk) 20:28, 10 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, hoax, nothing in article passes WP:V. --Dhartung | Talk 21:29, 10 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Speedy Delete It's a hoax all right. On Feb. 25, the creator had edited Jacopo Peterman, a Seinfeld character, who appears as the grandfather of the subject of this article. Noroton (talk) 04:02, 11 March 2008 (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.