Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/T. Hanton

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The result was delete. Fritzpoll (talk) 13:10, 16 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

T. Hanton

Non-notable songwriter and wanna-be entertainment mogul. Fails WP:MUSIC and WP:BIO. Also fails WP:V—sole reference given is a dead link, and appears to be either made up or a networking part of the site, rather than news or that sort of thing. Google News Archive returns no related hits. Speedy deletion was declined. TheJazzDalek (talk) 11:45, 11 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Living people-related deletion discussions. —TheJazzDalek (talk) 11:51, 11 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Weak delete, nothing indicating WP:COMPOSER, WP:MUSIC, or WP:BIO. However, has anyone contacted the author asking for the full name of this person? The brief version "T." may be the reason for the lack of search results. -Lilac Soul ^{(talk • contribs • count)} 12:02, 11 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Further research makes me believe this is a hoax article. Importantwarrior, the article's SPA creator, who appears to also edit from 128.122.9.168, added Hanton as a songwriter to the Diddy song "Tell Me" but BMI's database does not bear that claim out. Another edit by Importantwarrior makes it appear that Hanton's first name is Terrence. A search of the BMI and ASCAP databases turn up no T Hanton or Terrence Hanton. TheJazzDalek (talk) 12:17, 11 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - as unverifiable. A search on ASCAP turns up two results, neither of which are a T. Hanton. -- Whpq (talk) 13:06, 11 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete as non-notable. No sources, so it fails WP:N and WP:MUSIC. — HelloAnnyong ^{(say whaaat?!)} 14:21, 11 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. -- the wub "?!" 15:22, 11 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, article fails to establish notability per WP:MUSIC. Esradekan Gibb ^"Talk" 03:51, 12 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Poking around a little more: the above IP (128.122.9.168) resolves to a public terminal at NYU. Searching "Terrence Hanton" + NYU turns up this LinkedIn profile. Someone who claims to work in marketing at Island Def Jam. And this is not the first time Hanton has been faked onto Wikipedia: this 2007 edit by another NYC IP added him as hired by Mary J. Blige as a "Promotional Manager" (a subsequent edit by the same IP changed it to "rumored"). "T. Hanton" was also added to the now-deleted List of Island Def Jam artists (which can be viewed here via NationMaster's mirror of the page), as signed to the non-existent Checkwriter/Def Jam label. At this point I would say this is, without a doubt, a hoax. TheJazzDalek (talk) 14:01, 13 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: insufficient 3rd party coverage. JamesBurns (talk) 00:33, 15 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - Might be a nice guy, but seriously, less than non-notable. Don't know that I would call it a "hoax" as much as some young guy trying to pump up his persona in the world of music entertainment, which is almost entirely hot air anyway. Proxy User (talk) 06:08, 16 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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