Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Argendz

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result was Speedy delete The article contained fake "references" that do not refer to this subject at all. It is clearly either a straightforward hoax or else a self-promotional article about a non-notable person with fake references to give the illusion of notability. Either way, it qualified for speedy deletion. JamesBWatson (talk) 16:45, 24 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Argendz

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I tagged this article on a non-notable DJ for speedy deletion as a hoax, as all of the references point to pages about other musicians (lots of them point to articles about Afrojack). There are also some wild claims about co-authorship of international hit records, but the speedy was declined (by the page author, who also has WP:COI issues). I can't find anything verifiable to back up these claims, or anything that meets WP:MUSIC or WP:GNG. — sparklism ^hey! 10:39, 23 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. — sparklism ^hey! 10:41, 23 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy delete (G3). Expanding on sparklism's points, DJ Mag's #28 of 2010 was not Argendz but Simon Patterson (musician), and Argendz does not appear on any other list by the magazine that I could find. A Google search for "Argendz" returned personal profiles on social networking sites like Twitter, foursquare, Beatport, etc., but no coverage. Adding songs from the claimed discography to the search, like "Between You and Me", come back with nothing except this Wiki article. Seems like a blatant WP:HOAX. Gongshow ^Talk 00:29, 24 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Indonesia-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 03:05, 24 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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