Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tobias Mainprize

The result of the debate was delete [added by Andre🚐 22:54, 15 August 2022 (UTC) for afdstats]

Tobias Mainprize

Sounds like utter nonsense regarding a seemingly non-existent Belgian scam. The original contributor User:Rarr's other contributions do not exactly inspire confidence in his/her seriousness, e.g. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Earwig&diff=0&oldid=5982365 ]. --Ianb 22:03, 19 Sep 2004 (UTC)

• comment: having said that, the edit history here List_of_New_Zealanders seems to imply this Belgian scam might be a phenomenon in New Zealand. Can someone there comment? --Ianb 22:07, 19 Sep 2004 (UTC)
• I'm pretty sure the Belgian scam/scheme is something in NZ, so keep. However, not positive, no google results for it. –Andre (talk) 22:10, 19 Sep 2004 (UTC) Alright, this seems decidedly non-notable, so I change my vote to Delete. –Andre (talk) 22:33, 20 Sep 2004 (UTC)
  • I'd be willing to bet there aren't any google results for some regional kiwi phrases or people either, but that doesn't mean they doesn't exist or warrant an article. Keep. αγδεε(τ) 22:25, 2004 Sep 19 (UTC)
    • In retrospect, I have heard of the Belgian scam/scheme previously, but I must admit I've never heard of this Tobias bloke. Hence move to Belgian scheme and flesh out with more information. αγδεε(τ) 03:21, 2004 Sep 20 (UTC)
• The earwig edit was made in all seriousness, though I must admit that I am going on secondhand information on that. The Belgian Scam is also completely serious and existant and is in no way a New Zealander thing. It's most often used by males that wish to fool their girlfriends into thinking they are more intelligent than they really are, and is used by those who have thought of or heard of it in most countries. Tobias Mainprize often tells people in need of something like this about it anonymously through the internet. Rarr 23:02, 19 Sep 2004 (UTC)
  • Rarr, I think that it's probably more of an NZ thing than not... you don't hear it much in the States. –Andre (talk) 00:20, 20 Sep 2004 (UTC)
  • Rarr, apologies for any offence caused by casting doubt on your edit, it unfortunately matches the pattern of many recent less well-intentioned new-user edits. I'm still not convinced of Mr. Mainprize though, and I say that as a fluent speaker of Swiss. --Ianb 08:21, 20 Sep 2004 (UTC)
• Delete: Let's all shake the cobwebs out of our heads for a second. Forget the Belgian scam. Is the guy called Tobias Mainprize notable? Not so far as I can tell. Is this person essentially a spammer or viral marketer? Seems like it. Hence the delete. (BTW, did you know the word "gullible" isn't in the dictionary?) Geogre 01:13, 20 Sep 2004 (UTC)
• Delete. Not notable. --Improv 02:03, 20 Sep 2004 (UTC)
• Spammer? Viral marketer? He just tells guys who need something to impress their girlfriends with about the Belgian thing when they expressly state their need. I've heard it several times here in the US, Andre, before hearing of Tobias's help. Rarr 03:48, 20 Sep 2004 (UTC)
• Delete. Wile E. Heresiarch 05:30, 20 Sep 2004 (UTC)
• Delete. Not notable -- Zaphod Beeblebrox 06:18, 20 Sep 2004 (UTC)
• Delete. The article says he's one of the "least known" proponents of a rather common and silly lie. In other words, non-notable. — Gwalla | Talk 17:13, 20 Sep 2004 (UTC)
• Delete. This is all just a bunch of baloney. Toby is just a guy who goes to IRC with a few of the people here (myself included) and it's all just a huge scheme to put mis-information on Wikipedia. There. That's the whole truth. Pembertond 03:15, 21 Sep 2004 (UTC)
• Delete. Baloney it is. Hey, wiki needs an article on Baloney. Heaven knows we could cite some great examples from wiki archives. Present Baloney redirects to Bologna sausage, and gives the briefest mention of slangword baloney meaning nonsense. Moriori 22:34, Sep 21, 2004 (UTC)
  • Neutral - Wouldn't that be for Wiktionary instead? --TIB (talk) 02:54, Sep 24, 2004 (UTC)--
    • Not necessarily. Think outside the square. Moriori 03:04, Sep 24, 2004 (UTC)