Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rory Conroy (2nd nomination)

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The result was Delete. Michig (talk) 07:59, 8 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Rory Conroy

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Procedural AFD - was PRODded with a previous AFD from 2005. Concern was "Non-notable musician", to which I'll add "non-notable actor" - no evidence he passes WP:MUSBIO or WP:NACTOR any better than he did for the first AFD in 2005. Basic WP:BEFORE shows nothing, but plenty of other people of this name. David Gerard (talk) 18:54, 30 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Ireland-related deletion discussions. David Gerard (talk) 18:54, 30 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Actors and filmmakers-related deletion discussions. David Gerard (talk) 18:54, 30 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. David Gerard (talk) 18:54, 30 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Delete This smells like it's all a big hoax. I can't find any evidence this person ever existed. There's a real Irish actor born in 1979 named Rúaidhrí Conroy, Rory being a short form of Ruaidhri, but there's no real indication they're the same person (and if they are, this article is redundant anyway). There are some... interesting quotes from the last AFD, especially:
- "And there's certainly no evidence of any kind that he was a great young physicist or a rare martial arts master (and I've looked) as the article claims."
- "The "International Astro and Theoretical Physics Consortium" doesn't exist, nor does the album The Transformed Man 2. Whoever's putting up all this stuff is infecting other articles with the nonsense, too: e.g., having Johnny Cash collaborate on an album after Cash's death. (Also notable is that the pages of Cash, Trent Reznor, and Woody Allen reference Conroy's supposed band, "Centipede on the Roof" even though that name is not mentioned in the main article— it's obviously being made up as it goes)."
- "As a physicist or Irish historian, he has no articles or textbooks in university libraries that a number of Wikipedians, including myself, have been able to find. As a martial arts master, his achievements cannot be verified."
- "He is mentioned as playing key roles in the Irish dramas "Fair City" and "Batchelor's [sic] Walk". IMDB lists "Fair City" as an Irish television series beginning in 1988. No Conroy, Rory or Ruaidhri, is credited. IMDB does not list a "Batchelor's Walk", however, "Bachelor's Walk" is listed as an Irish television series that ran from 2001 to 2003. No Conroy, Rory or Ruaidhri, is credited."
- "Mr. Conroy is listed as a recipient of the "Best Young European Physicist of the Year" award. No such award is mentioned on Google. The awarding body is the European Science Foundation, which has no reference to a "Conroy" on its website."

The band "Centipede on the Roof" was deleted as a likely hoax. The only hit I can find (other than Wikipedia mirrors) is a Geocities page, which looks like a middle school prank. 2602:306:3A29:9B90:97A:534:2304:9CF2 (talk) 00:36, 1 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Delete as a potential hoax. No RS to be found. K.e.coffman (talk) 03:02, 1 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom. Evident (and glaring) hoax overtones notwithstanding, as there are no cites offered or available this clearly fails WP:GNG and WP:NACTOR. Guliolopez (talk) 00:18, 4 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. If there is so little information out about this person that we are led to believe the article about him is a hoax, there's no way it meets WP:GNG. FalconK (talk) 12:26, 5 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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