Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Phantom Exam Syndrome

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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 Speedy Delete as hoax/vandalism (CSD#G3). —Travistalk 21:14, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Phantom Exam Syndrome

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Possible hoax - no Ghits, no Yhits, something made up one day? ukexpat (talk) 18:52, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

  • Delete: no reliable sources, and fits no category. Dwilso 18:59, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
  • Delete: im not 'biting the newcomers' but although its been started today, the first thing anyone does when they know they still need to make it bigger/add references is add an 'in development' stub, also, this looks like a late april fools to me - ever heard of 'phantom exam syndrome'? Kcollis (talk) 19:03, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
  • Delete. Really, this even sounds made up. (It also fails the Google test more utterly than I'd imagined.) "Phantom article syndrome," anyone? Anturiaethwr (talk) 19:14, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
  • Speedy Delete The edit history of the page indicates the author regards this as a hypothesis. This article is balls Beeblbrox (talk) 19:37, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
  • Speedy delete G3 per Beeblbrox as pure vandalism/nonsense. So tagged. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • (Broken clamshells•Otter chirps) 19:56, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
  • Delete as bunk/hoax. Ghits for "Phantom exam" syndrome aren't empty, but the two that aren't WP are conincidental hits. Google Scholar's empty. --lifebaka (Talk - Contribs) 20:04, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
  • Delete as a funny joke.--Berig (talk) 20:36, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
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.