Wikiquote:Votes for deletion archive/Max Jackson and Kirk Jackson


 * 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 both. Fys. &#147;Ta fys aym&#148;. 09:54, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

Max Jackson and Kirk Jackson
It would appear that these are hoaxes. The one for Kirk Jackson is, as hoaxes go, fairly elaborate, using the real names of scientists (Fred Hoyle, Thomas Gold and Hermann Bondi) and their theory. The photo is from the WP Fred Hoyle page. - InvisibleSun 22:57, 28 October 2006 (UTC)


 * Vote closed: Result: Delete both. Fys. &#147;Ta fys aym&#148;. 09:51, 5 November 2006 (UTC)


 * Delete. - InvisibleSun 22:57, 28 October 2006 (UTC)
 * I've updated this nomination to reflect that the photo source has been discovered. - InvisibleSun 00:07, 29 October 2006 (UTC)


 * Delete both unless they're identified with reliable sources, shown to be notable, and quotes sourced. The only Wikipedia presence either of these names has is a politician (Max) mentioned as a People Power candidate in South Eastern Metropolitan Region, Victoria and an English footballer mentioned in Adam Stansfield (see possible picture). Both names are incredibly common, so it's hardly surprising these people would have no connection to the apparently unnotable subjects here. I did find an image labelled "KirkJackson.jpg" (differing slightly in capitalization from Commons' image). It shows a young guy with a username of "KirkWithRedHair" on a New Zealand wiki associated with the "ElvisGroup of Computer Science and Software Engineering research group" at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, making this whole thing look like a college prank. ~ Jeff Q (talk) 00:00, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
 * P.S. Because the names are so common, the Victoria connections could just be irrelevant coincidence. But we don't have any reliable info on the putative subjects. I could find no connection between either Max or Kirk Jackson and astrophysics, philosophy, "Streg University" (which by itself doesn't show up in Google), or the steady state theory. This increases the likelihood that these are just hoax articles. The Fred Hoyle connection in particular seems to be nothing more than tacking on this fictional Kirk Jackson to a list of well-known scientists and their theory. ~ Jeff Q (talk) 00:10, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete both. Would you guess it, there is no 'Sir Kirk Jackson' in the Knightage ('Kirk' is a very unusual first name for Britain anyway). The Max Jackson quotes are inane. Fys. &#147;Ta fys aym&#148;. 00:03, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. 121a0012 02:26, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete both. ~ UDScott 14:07, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete both. —LrdChaos (talk) 17:19, 31 October 2006 (UTC)


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