Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/"90 Percent Of Statistics Are Made Up"

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. speedy delete as hoax DGG ( talk ) 22:57, 23 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

"90 Percent Of Statistics Are Made Up"

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Obviously this article needs cleanup, much of it easy to do (like linking, formatting, refs, and possibly page move too eliminate quotes). I removed the speedy delete tag (not appropriate in this case), but it probably still doesn't warrant its own article. D O N D E groovily Talk to me 02:08, 22 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - I CSD'd it because it has no references, no definite or confirm-able content, and very little encyclopedic value. At any rate, I'd support it's deletion. Ajraddatz (Talk) 02:22, 22 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, as an obvious joke page and hoax. "90 Percent Of Statistics Are Made Up" is an extremely old joke, it's pretty clear it wasn't "invented by Carlislean Jameson Moore".--Hongkongresident (talk) 02:32, 22 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Unreferenced original research. I estimate that 90% of this article is made up. Cullen328 (talk) 03:12, 22 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Lolz. I'm wondering if the department of fun has a place for this comment. D O N D E groovily Talk to me 13:13, 22 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Delete, OR. Anna Lincoln 07:57, 22 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, joke page and/or personal essay, absolutely zero sources. JIP | Talk 08:27, 22 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Comment, well, if this article was real, keeping it would be justified. But now I'm starting to wonder if I should have let the speedy delete take its course. D O N D E groovily Talk to me 13:13, 22 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Snowball delete for the hoax joke page. — Hun ter Ka hn 13:22, 22 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete 90 percent of statements about who made up a joke are made up. I got a bigger laugh out of trying to figure out the name "Carlislean James Moore" -- I thought it was "car-LIZ-lee-un" and it's actually a reference to a guy who lives in Carlisle, Massachusetts, so I guess it's CAR-lyle-un. After it's deleted, James's friends can call him Carlizleon. Mandsford 15:55, 22 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Completely un-sourced and at best dubious. Thorncrag 05:15, 23 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Snow Delete per everyone above. He iro 18:14, 23 October 2010 (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.