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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 delete. LFaraone 02:33, 20 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Teddy Temish (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log | [[Special:]])
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See talk page: (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Teddy_Temish) This article was created in March 2009. (https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Teddy_temish&action=history) (https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Teddy_Temish&action=history&offset=20190215210404%7C883511189&limit=500) It appears to be the 9th longest-running known hoax in Wikipedia history, based on: Wikipedia:List of hoaxes on Wikipedia. To quote the article itself, it seems like a "towering, fraudulent persona," fabricated "out of whole cloth." A 2022 podcast, which I cited in the talk page, discussed "Temish," and the host said he had no source besides Wikipedia and wasn't sure "Temish" ever existed. None of the citations on the page are actually about "Temish"—aside from this podcast, which cites Wikipedia itself. Indefatigable2 talk 21:24, 12 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Delete The fact it's an orphan and the inappropriate sources are a red flag to me. All other sources are Wikipedia mirrors or copypasted from Wikipedia, or podcasts and podcast forks which aren't particularly reliable either. Looks like another hoax. Pear 2.0 (say hi!) 22:58, 12 March 2023 (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.