Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Elijah (Web Series)

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The result was delete. MBisanz ^talk 14:13, 23 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Elijah (Web Series)[edit]

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I'd tagged as A7, and really should have as G3, but I get a sneaking suspicion it's going to get declined because it's a little involved.

The main claims to fame this YouTube channel has are its award nominations. These appear to be entirely fictitious. Visiting the links, which are hosted on a WiX blog, indicates that the company "Insight Corporation" (not to be confused with Insight Broadband), which gives the award, delegates the award to "E Studios Network" (not to be confused with E! Entertainment). "E Studios Network" is the master YouTube channel for Elijah Brown's YouTube shows.

Everything else here is a bunch of puffery. If you look at the YouTube channel itself, this guy has on the order of 5-10 views per video, and not the thousands (originally hundreds) the article claims. This article clearly fails WP:WEB, and the fake awards and skulduggery with confusingly similar corporate names puts it close to if not squarely within vandalism territory for me. —/Mendaliv/^2¢/_Δ's/ 10:39, 15 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Internet-related deletion discussions. /wiae /tlk 14:33, 15 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of New Jersey-related deletion discussions. /wiae /tlk 14:33, 15 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy Delete Doesn't assert notability at all and it appears to be a hoax. I would have CSD'ed. Sir Joseph ^(talk) 14:57, 15 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
- Be that as it may, given the page subject's willingness to invent awards to give the pretense of notability, I think this is a situation where having the preclusive effect of a formal AfD would be helpful. —/Mendaliv/^2¢/_Δ's/ 14:22, 16 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Delete; clearly fails all notability guidelines. No coverage whatsoever. FoCuS contribs; talk to me! 13:47, 16 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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