Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kobi Arad (2nd nomination)

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The result was Page deleted per G5 RickinBaltimore (talk) 12:05, 29 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Kobi Arad[edit]

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@Thebiv19: does this work? ——Serial^# 06:14, 29 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per nom: WP:PROMO, WP:PAID editing against the terms of use. ——Serial^# 06:18, 29 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 06:21, 29 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

FYI, this is a long standing (a decade or so) paid editing mess intersecting with an LTA that included a prolific editor. I've got some discussions archived on my talk page 1, 2, 3, but I expect there are many more at WP:COIN and other venues. —SpacemanSpiff 07:02, 29 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@SpacemanSpiff: cheers for the info. Is G5 applicable then? ——Serial^# 07:07, 29 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I've been away for so long that I really don't know if it can be tied back to the Earflaps LTA/sockfarm. Maybe TonyBallioni or someone else involved in cleaning up the earlier messes might know better.

@NinjaRobotPirate: from what you wrote at AN, would you say this is a good- or bad-faith recreation? That seems to be the crux of it. ——Serial^# 07:17, 29 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@NinjaRobotPirate, Serial Number 54129, and SpacemanSpiff: as per my research, this user was hired through Freelancer.com to create this, Martin2Smoove and a few more pages. I can't post that stuff here, but feel free to mail me if you need more details. GSS ^💬 07:30, 29 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@GSS: great stuff! Cheers! ——Serial^# 07:32, 29 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I think there's an OTRS queue related to UPE spam farms, but I forget what it is. It doesn't seem to be listed anywhere, either. It makes you wonder how anyone is supposed to find this stuff if I can't find it. Oh well. I guess there's always WP:FUNC if you can't think of anywhere else to email private evidence. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 08:08, 29 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Its paid-en-wp I guess. @Yunshui: did you get a chance to look at the evidence? GSS ^💬 08:12, 29 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I have taken another look... per my comments on the relevant SPI I originally gave the article creator the benefit of the doubt, but recent (off-wiki) evidence shows that I was mistaken to do so; I have now blocked them. Given that the article creator is part of a large paid sockfarm, I would suggest that this (and Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Martin2Smoove) be closed as a G5 speedy deletion. Yunshui ^雲 _水 09:38, 29 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Yunshui: Go for it! ——Serial^# 09:45, 29 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per WP:GNG. At first glance this looks like a well-sourced, if rather poorly written, article but closer inspection reveals most sources to be nothing more than personal blogs, which certainly fail WP:RS. The only two that look more serious are the Independent Music Awards and Global Music Awards links, but those appear to be awards-for-cash: the latter currently has a COVID statement including "We will fully refund all payments for unjudged entries. We are not accepting medallion orders. We will ship all medallion orders currently in hand." I'd say that means the article currently has no reliable sources. I'm not able to find anything more substantial so deletion is the way to go. Absconded Northerner (talk) 07:40, 29 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.