User talk:John Dillonshire

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Proposed deletion of Johan Michael Jacks

The article Johan Michael Jacks has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

non notable, there is probably not enough about him anyway to create an actual article

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Are this article and other related edits by User:John Dillonshire hoaxes?

This thread copied from Talk:Lauri Kovalainen. — RHaworth (talk · contribs) 07:37, 3 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe someone more experienced editor could take a look on these? For long I've had a high doubt that the articles Lauri Kovalainen (the most dubious one), Joonas Kovalainen (he actually did exist but definitely not a notable topic) and other related edits by User:John Dillonshire are truthful. Why?

The given sources are doubtful (TV Guide for historical people) and hard to acquire (small American local newspapers from the 1800s; Cheney Sentinel).
- The only source I managed to get my hands on is this one but that only mentions on the page 113 "Joonas Kovala Suomussalmelta" (English: "Joonas Kovala from Suomussalmi") and nothing else about these people.
- I haven't found *any* other sources--neither in Finnish nor in English--that could confirm these articles, especially the claims in the article Lauri Kovalainen. All I've found are merely copies of different Wikipedia articles that the user has edited.
The image in the article Lauri Kovalainen is actually a copy of the image in the article Oliver Cowdery.
The user behind these articles has made numerous silly and doubtful additions (which he then sometimes later removes):
- "a direct decedent of King Edward I, whereabouts unknown, an eccentric recluse suffering from agoraphobia and Dissociative Identity Disorder (Multiple Personality Disorder)"
- "Net worth: US$292billion (in 2016 dollars; inflation-adjusted)" + other dubious Emperor Nicholas II of Russia-related claims
- "Ultimately, John D. Rockefeller, Lars Kovala and three others along with the federal government, gave money to create a national headquarters near the White House." (unsourced)
- On the Finnish president Ståhlberg: "Lauri Kovalainen had a strong influence on the young Ståhlberg who Ståhlberg later wrote was like a 2nd father to him."
- Blanking the whole page (and this is their last edit at least for now)
- (Just check the user's edits for many, many more)

These really look like hoax articles to me, and they seem like some sort of playground for this user. Some time ago I asked for opinions at the Finnish Wikipedia, but that really didn't lead anywhere. However, User:Antilope managed to find one of the sources online (the PDF linked above), and User:Risukarhi also had same doubts about the claims and sources of the article Lauri Kovalainen. 85.194.243.243 (talk) 21:39, 17 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

October 2017

Please do not remove content or templates from pages on Wikipedia, as you did to Lauri Kovalainen, without giving a valid reason for the removal in the edit summary. Your content removal does not appear to be constructive and has been reverted. If you only meant to make a test edit, please use the sandbox for that. Thank you. Dl2000 (talk) 00:46, 4 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Lauri Kovalainen etc.

I'm not sure if you're still around, but if you notice this message, please see this discussion: Wikipedia_talk:Do_not_create_hoaxes#What_to_do_with_possible_hoax_articles_and_edits_I_found 85.76.132.105 (talk) 18:34, 2 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination of Joonas Kovalainen for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Joonas Kovalainen is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Joonas Kovalainen until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Adam9007 (talk) 22:57, 2 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]