Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Zambian Boys

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The result of the debate was delete. Rossami (talk) 21:20, 1 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Zambian Boys

Looks like band vanity. Gets 123 Google hits, all of which are probably unrelated ('Zambian boys'). The article's creator has also been spamming other articles with links to this one, such as Bisexuality. - ulayiti (talk) 08:09, 25 August 2005 (UTC)

Keep. The band is very popular in Zambia and some surrounding countries. --213.138.128.13 08:11, 25 August 2005 (UTC)

PS. The singer of the Zambian black metal band "Zambian boys" is a bisexual. --213.138.128.13 08:11, 25 August 2005 (UTC)

• Just to make it clear then, this is the author. - ulayiti (talk) 08:19, 25 August 2005 (UTC)
• I doubt anything within Zambia has a big internet presence so I'm not really surprised this is hard to check. Why not simply ask for evidence that the band clears WP:MUSIC. If the anon can't provide it, we can still delete it later. - Mgm|^(talk) 11:47, August 25, 2005 (UTC)
  • Well, 'music in zambia' (without quotes) gets over two million Google hits, so you'd expect at least a few of them to mention something about this band if it's 'very popular'. I strongly suspect it's a hoax, since it doesn't get any Google hits (except that there's apparently a 'Zambian Boys Choir' in Missouri), it's been written by an anon user who specialises in hoaxes (see Medieval black metal and Jorma Himokas, for example), and the names of the purported band members are suspiciously close to Finnish words (eg 'Oiva Pera' means 'nice ass'). - ulayiti (talk) 12:59, 25 August 2005 (UTC)
• Delete unless verified. If we can't verify it, we can't keep it.--Scimitar ^parley 14:57, 25 August 2005 (UTC)
• vote changed to delete after evidence presented by Ulayiti. Trollderella 21:21, 25 August 2005 (UTC)
• delete. Hoax article by notorious troll. Sdedeo 16:50, 25 August 2005 (UTC)
• Delete, unless verified. Another poster I might be inclined to give the benefit of the doubt to, since it might be hard to google and yet a valid article, but an anonymous poster who has a block log and a change to Finnish language of "The Finnish language sounds damn stupid." hasn't earned that trust.--Prosfilaes 17:47, 25 August 2005 (UTC)
• Speedy delete. No evidence that any such band exists, created by a user with a long history of trolling and creation of hoax articles. I have to question the motives of anybody who would vote keep on this article. Zoe 20:23, August 25, 2005 (UTC)
• Delete hoax by a troll. --TheMidnighters 21:59, 25 August 2005 (UTC)
• Delete probable hoax. --Etacar11 00:14, 26 August 2005 (UTC)
• Speedy Delete I'm with Zoe: this is not a probable hoax, this is a certain hoax per the research of Ulayiti and should removed forthwith. Dottore So 17:21, 26 August 2005 (UTC)
  • I agree with you, I'm just being cowardly. ;) --Etacar11 17:23, 26 August 2005 (UTC)

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