Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Thomas Wiley

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The result was speedy delete. Missvain (talk) 02:17, 8 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thomas Wiley

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This appears to be a hoax. None of the references are verifiable (I don't think the Washington Gazette ever existed) and I can't find any refs. The book Chiefs of the Army Reserve Biographical Sketches of the United States Army Reserve's Senior Officers doesn't mention him. power~enwiki (π, ν) 08:34, 5 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. power~enwiki (π, ν) 08:34, 5 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Military-related deletion discussions. power~enwiki (π, ν) 08:34, 5 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Delete as WP:HOAX. Mztourist (talk) 08:50, 5 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Virginia-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 09:09, 5 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Washington, D.C.-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 09:09, 5 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Delete as a hoax. Roosevelt wasn’t President in 1933, nobody gets appointed Chief of Reserve a year after joining the army and the original data on the image was altered by the article creator. And shot with a civil war pistol? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mccapra (talk • contribs)
- Roosevelt was President starting March 4, 1933. But that doesn't make the rest of the article true. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 15:37, 5 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Speedy delete - as hoax Spiderone 10:55, 5 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Speedy delete as hoax. I came across this article yesterday and was thoroughly impressed that a guy in his 40s still looked like a teenager! In my defense, I didn't read the rest of the article :) Lennart97 (talk) 11:05, 5 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Speedy delete G3 - Blatant hoax. The article is believable if you skim read through it, but when you look more carefully it becomes clear this is just a hoax. As per Lennart97's comments on the picture as well, should the picture be deleted along with the article? Pahunkat (talk) 11:22, 5 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Pahunkat: Yes, certainly; it was uploaded by the creator of the article, and reverse image search reveals it's a stock photo. The image is already considered for deletion I see, but that's purely based on its unclear copyright status; maybe that process could sped up now it's clear that it's a hoax. Lennart97 (talk) 11:33, 5 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Pinging the author @ArialFont30549: - would you like to contribute to this discussion? Pahunkat (talk) 11:40, 5 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

By the way, the author created a Wikidata entry too, which should also be deleted. Can someone arrange that? Lennart97 (talk) 16:39, 5 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy Delete Bogus references and implausibly written. Kges1901 (talk) 13:35, 5 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Sourced to apparently nonexistent sources such as World Newspaper Vault and National Web Archive. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 15:37, 5 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
It is probably a SNOW closure already, but I'm throwing myself in regardless. Speedy Delete under G3. Foxnpichu (talk) 16:57, 5 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Speedy delete as a hoax. This is pretty damning. It lists all of the people of his supposed title, and he is not listed (in fact, 8 different people held that title during the time he supposedly did. Hog Farm _Bacon 22:01, 6 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy delete as hoax. The Marine Corps uniform was a giveaway for me. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 00:18, 7 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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