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The result was Delete ~ trialsanderrors 03:56, 2 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Andrew Thorpe-Apps (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Tagged as a speedy delete by One Night In Hackney with the rationale Person does not exist. Google search only returns Wikipedia and mirrors, majority of the content of the article refers to Devon Malcolm. Since hoaxes aren't a valid CSD, I'm sending this to AFD. Delete per One Night In Hackney's rationale. -- JLaTondre 21:45, 26 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

• Strong delete Apart from minor differences, content is the same as Devon Malcolm. I'm surprised the article hasn't been deleted before now. One Night In Hackney 21:55, 26 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete Although Andrew Thorpe-Apps does achieve a small number of Google hits as a County cricketer, this article is clearly a vandalism mirror from the Devon Malcolm article. The number of edits involved make the exact point of vandalism hard to determine. it is, of course, possible that the Google hits may be spurious.--Anthony.bradbury 22:05, 26 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment A Google search ignoring Wikipedia mirrors only returns 52 hits [1], none of which identify him as a County cricketer. One Night In Hackney 22:17, 26 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yes. While chasing google links shows him as an Essex County cricketer, there is clear evidence of tampering with the Google data and a merging with him of data from Devon Malcolm. Which is quite disturbing. Any google admins on line?--Anthony.bradbury 22:26, 26 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

• Speedy Delete. My first thought was "okay, doesn't look too bad", then I realized it was the same as the other article already pointed out. --Wizardman 19:17, 1 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Speedy delete, and wipe out Andrew thorpe-apps while you're at it. --DeLarge 00:33, 2 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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