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The result was Delete. Seems to be a bona-fide hoax attempt—Quarl ^(talk) 2007-03-02 08:30Z

Sean Burque[edit]

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I speedy deleted this as non notable. It was immediately recreated, with the additional information that the subject had made a $1 million donation to a university. I think this is a claim to notability, but the article has only a primary source. Weak delete gadfium 08:22, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

• page has been updated with press release very weak delete.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Pillcrusher (talk • contribs)
  • I'm not sure if this was intended as a vote or as evidence to modify my vote. Pillcrusher is the author of the article.-gadfium 18:47, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete Apart from the press release about the donation I can't find any books, news articles and very few web hits. Just another moderately sucessful businessman with affection for his old Uni and the finances to follow it up. - Peripitus (Talk) 12:49, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete, no hits for him or his company on Google News Archive. (I assume that "very weak delete" was a "review" of the nomination.) --Dhartung | Talk 19:24, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete, I tagged the previously speedied version. No notable hits for him or the company. I think the "press release" is probably fake: it is not listed in their news releases, the URL puts it in the personal webspace for user "burque" and not for public affairs, the links on the top are dead, the formatting is different than the other news releases, etc. I'm not able to verify the existence of the company either. WP:HOAX? skip (t / c) 06:37, 26 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Additional: note similarities with this 7 year old press release. skip (t / c) 06:42, 26 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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