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The result was delete‎. ✗plicit 14:09, 20 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

De Marchena (Surname)[edit]

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Part of a larger hoax / self-promotion? While the surname "De Marchena" exists, most of the info in this article seems very dubious, and the same editor (and others) have been pushing De Marchena's and Van Marchena's left and right, without much if any evidence.

For this article, I can find no evidence that either of the notable members either existed (Francisco de Marchena) or was called "Van Marchena" (Georg Altner is listed with the surname Van Marchena in the infobox, after an IP added this in late 2022[1]). There is also involvement of User:Freddydemarchena, who added spurious De Marchena's to an article in April 2022[2] (still present in current article), Draft:Freddy De Marchena (was in mainspace, created by same editor as this surname article, who also edited the Georg Altner article). The page Marisol (actress) also used to list unverifiable De Marchena's. All in all, something very fishy, and best to just get rid of this page completely. Fram (talk) 12:49, 13 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Lists of people-related deletion discussions. Fram (talk) 12:49, 13 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: per nom. There is no good sourcing here and no indication of meeting WP:GNG.

TulsaPoliticsFan (talk) 16:47, 13 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Netherlands and Spain. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 17:58, 13 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: Found this as Commons CU looking into uploader's socking and hoax nonsense there--see c:Commons:Deletion requests/Files uploaded by BrennaKaufmann and c:Commons:Deletion requests/Files uploaded by Talon Briceington. This appears more of the same, intended to concoct a false pedigree for Draft:Freddy De Marchena (note, for example, that "Freddy De Marchena" is the same person as the ficticious Lord Mäerzenfeld proffered by sock BrennaKaufmann). Эlcobbola _talk 19:18, 13 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Delete and add to Wikipedia:List of hoaxes on Wikipedia oh goody! Another hoax captured for the museum! Shame it wasn’t a Quazer Beast, though. Dronebogus (talk) 23:07, 13 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: One section, "Notable Members," is entirely unsourced and/or original research. Neither of the two people mentioned in this article have significant coverage of them using this surname, and the latter's name is actually Ernst Georg Altner, not de Marchena, as this user claims. Possibly a candidate for speedy deletion under category G3 for being a hoax as the nominator mentioned. HarukaAmaranth (talk) 07:52, 15 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Delete as hoax. Pichpich (talk) 00:15, 16 June 2023 (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.