Wiki143:Articles for deletion/Ben Becze

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The result of the debate was Delete --malathion ^talk 18:25, 12 August 2005 (UTC)

Ben Becze

Marked as speedy but is not one. His "Number One Fanpage", however, is photoshops of him with famous trumpet players... humblefool®^{Deletion Reform} 19:00, 4 August 2005 (UTC)

• Delete. My searching and reading reveals a few interesting tidbits that, combined with the article's writing, make me think this is a hoax. Here's an announcement of a big band concert with Ben Becze in it; it suggests he's a college student. This list of trumpeter home pages states it's a spoof. And his own home page absolutely screams it. So, I'd say vanity non-notable hoax, and thus delete, if not even speedy delete under the new guidelines. --FreelanceWizard 20:25, 4 August 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. It is as FreelanceWizard says an amusing and self-promotional hoax. Here is a non-spoof page about him which includes a link to his spoof site (from which much/all of the WP text is derived) which is labelled see what happens when someone has too much time on their hands. Indeed! In addition here is another list of trumpet players in which his home site is labelled a spoof. I did think it was all quite funny, but I feel that it must be deleted from here as soon as possible in order to not encourage others to turn WP into a forum for their own personal jokes. It is not suitable content for this resource. --Gonegonegone 22:37, 4 August 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. Amusing, but a hoax. Gazza1685 23:01, 4 August 2005 (UTC)
• Speedy Delete, hoax. Xaa 23:03, 4 August 2005 (UTC)
• Delete hoax. --Etacar11 00:59, 5 August 2005 (UTC)
• Keep. Note that this site is dated 1998. He is not a current college student, since this site [1] states that he "graduated from Geneva college". The 'spoof site'[2] seems to be created by someone as a joke against Ben Becze; maybe they do not appreciate (or are jealous of) his amazing trumpet talents. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.200.116.68 (talk • contribs) 02:30, 6 August 2005
• Delete Clear hoax, per Freelance Wizard Dottore So

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