Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Einar Már Ríkarðsson

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 delete. extransit (talk) 20:40, 21 July 2010 (UTC)

Einar Már Ríkarðsson

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Hoax. The article is made up from start to finish. There is no one by this name listed on the faculty of Reykjavik University. I can find no reference to an entity named "Fannarfell Thinktank", nor to a journal named the Journal of the Iceland Society of Neuroscience and Psychology. WikiDan61^ChatMe!_ReadMe!! 21:44, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

• Delete as unverifiable. Looks unusually well-developed for a twelve-year-old. Deor (talk) 23:01, 15 July 2010 (UTC)
• Delete Hoax. I too have made searches, and there is no record anywhere of a professor of this name at Reykjavík University, nor any other verification of other "facts" stated in the article. JamesBWatson (talk) 07:10, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
• Delete Articles only source, as I write this, is a trivial mention of the subject and does not establish notability. Other sources do not verify the articles claims. Akerans (talk) 19:13, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
• Speedy delete as hoax per this search. The original speedy tag was removed by an IP. Erpert (let's talk about it) 19:17, 16 July 2010 (UTC)

I can assure you that all the claims made in the article are truthful and backed up by credible sources. I too could not find 'Einar Rikarðsson' listed in the faculty of Reykjavík University, but after calling the Office of the President, I found that he was recently laid off because of the economic despair in the Icelandic economy and thus the funding for the Icelandic higher educational system. He does, however still do research at the Fannarfell Thinktank in Reykjavík, Iceland. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.160.128.212 (talk) 19:54, 16 July 2010 (UTC) — 89.160.128.212 (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.

I find it ridiculous that one of the editors found a random Einar Már Ríkarðsson on Facebook and holds that up to be proof that this article is invalid. IT IS A VERY COMMON NAME IN ICELANDIC. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.160.128.212 (talk) 19:59, 16 July 2010 (UTC)

I found the website for the Icelandic Society of Neuroscience and Psychology: www.isnp.webs.com —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.160.128.212 (talk) 19:59, 16 July 2010 (UTC)

By "found", do you perhaps mean "made"? Two pages just created on webs.com don't really qualify as reliable sources. Deor (talk) 21:08, 16 July 2010 (UTC)

• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Iceland-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 02:09, 17 July 2010 (UTC)
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 02:09, 17 July 2010 (UTC)
• Speedy Delete. Nothing on Google. Silly and time wasting hoax. Xxanthippe (talk) 02:18, 17 July 2010 (UTC).
• By the way, 89.160.128.212 and User:Albertbrennemann seem to be the same person. SPI, anyone? Erpert (let's talk about it) 06:51, 17 July 2010 (UTC)

Why doesn´t someone try to contact the Icelandic Society for Neuroscience and Psychology?? Or the Fannarfell Thinktank for that matter? I´m not sure why the websites were not found on google... they are however listed in the references section of the article itself. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.160.128.212 (talk) 10:47, 17 July 2010 (UTC)

• If that's your rationale for keeping the article, then you need to find those sources yourself and add them to the article. Erpert (let's talk about it) 17:30, 17 July 2010 (UTC)
• Delete. The IP is going to some efforts to refine the article to get rid of obvious misinformation (the reference to the faculty position at Reyjkyavik is now gone) but this still looks like a hoax to me. Regardless, in the absence of reliably published sources confirming its information, it fails WP:V. —David Eppstein (talk) 16:07, 17 July 2010 (UTC)
• Delete, obvious hoax. And block the IP if the disruption continues. Nsk92 (talk) 05:43, 18 July 2010 (UTC)
• Delete as hoax. Edward321 (talk) 05:15, 20 July 2010 (UTC)

This page is not a hoax. I referenced all of my claims. I contacted numerous organizations mentioned in the article, including the Reykjavík University, Harvard University, The Fannarfell Thinktank, the Icelandic Society of Neuroscience and Psychology, the Icelandic Coast Guard, the Icelandic Ministry of Health, and the Offices of the Registrar of the following Universities mentioned in the article: Mansoura University, Abant Izzet Baysal University, University of Khartoum, University of Balamand. All institutions that were contacted confirmed the claims made in the article. I await patiently a legitimate explanation for why this article constitutes "a hoax" and why it has been nominated for deletion. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Albertbrennemann (talk • contribs) 14:42, 20 July 2010 (UTC)

Because your personal contact with these "institutions" (the existence of which is not universally accepted) do not constitute verifiability. Citations to quickly created websites at a free webhosting service (webs.com), or to the home page of a university, do not verify the claims made in this article. Sources must appear in published materials that can be verified by others. Since there is verifiable evidence of this person, or of the existence of a "Fannarfell Think Tank" or an "Icelandic Society of Neuroscience and Psychology", the article appears to be a hoax. And you appear to have too much time on your hands. WikiDan61^ChatMe!_ReadMe!! 15:24, 20 July 2010 (UTC)

• Delete per nom. GregJackP Boomer! 22:42, 20 July 2010 (UTC)

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.