Wikiquote:Votes for deletion/Hevelius

--Cato 23:22, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

Hevelius
I believe this page to be nonsense, but I'm not sure enough to ask for speedy. Hevelius was a notable scientist, indeed associated with the phenomenon of sun dogs, but these quotations seem silly. I might have suspected a terrible translation from the Polish, but there is no pl.wikiquote article on Hevelius (I also searched on his Polish name, "Jan Heweliusz"), and the originator of the page, comes from Illinois (and is a well-known source of vandalism on Wikipedia). Since no sources are given there is no way to verify. I found no direct quotations from Hevelius on the web. If someone else thinks this should be speedied, I would love to see that. — Ubiquity 17:43, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Vote closes: 18:00, 7 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete. These quotes need substantiation. To admit them as unsourced quotations could be setting ourselves up for a possible hoax.  Although we're not in the habit of demanding evidence for any unsourced quotations, I think we're justified  in asking for more whenever an edit is suspicious. It's fairly subjective, of course; but so is quality. - InvisibleSun 20:29, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete Clearly a db|nonsense. A pity; Hevelius is a fascinating character and I'd like an article. Poetlister 22:55, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Speedy delete as a hoax.--Cato 18:26, 1 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete. ~ UDScott 18:10, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete unless remarkable sourced quotes from a reliable source are located. FloNight&#9829;&#9829;&#9829; 02:33, 5 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete Hoax.--Yehudi 17:43, 5 December 2007 (UTC)