Wikiquote:Votes for deletion/Steve Bays

Poetlister 19:55, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

Steve Bays
Page claims him to be an author, but a search finds no notable authors by this name. There is a Canadian musician, who is Steve Bays on Wikipedia. The layout looks like a poorly done cut and paste job. Fys. &#147;Ta fys aym&#148;. 23:29, 14 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Vote closes: 00:00, 22 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Delete. Fys. &#147;Ta fys aym&#148;. 23:29, 14 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete unless subject properly identified, notability evidence provided, and pithy quotes properly sourced. This is indeed a copy & paste — from ThinkExist's "Steve Bays" page, which suggests these quotes are about the musician, not an author. The "Reydell and Swan Lake" having no rain reference suggests to me someone talking about Arkansas, not Canada, so I'm wondering whether even ThinkExist's page isn't confusing multiple people. (You know what I'll say next &#9786; — that's one of the many reasons we need reliable sources for quotes.) ~ Jeff Q (talk) 00:06, 15 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete unless a major re-write is done that includes a clear identification of the subject and their notability with remarkable quotes from a reliable source. FloNight&#9829;&#9829;&#9829; 01:43, 15 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete. The anonymous editor seems to think everyone is an author, including PayPal creator Elon Musk and wrestler Bryan Alvarez. He also likes to copy from ThinkExist. In this particular case, the "Add the chapter" text proves this is exactly what he's done, so I think we should delete based on copyvio. We should also delete, because it appears that several different people named "Steve Bays" (none of them particularly quotable) have been confused. One of them is a hydrologist with the national weather service. --Ubiquity 11:35, 15 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete, both for notability and copyvio reasons. ~ UDScott 14:33, 15 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete A complete mess. Good research by Jeff. --Cato 22:42, 15 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete. - InvisibleSun 23:46, 15 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete. —LrdChaos (talk) 15:21, 16 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete No reason to dissent.--Poetlister 12:35, 17 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete. --C 15:49, 21 October 2007 (UTC)