Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Be A Star (UK TV series)

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The result was Speedily deleted by User:Anthony Appleyard per WP:G3. (non-admin closure) Dreamy Jazz 🎷 ^{talk to me | my contributions} 16:17, 17 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Be A Star (UK TV series)

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This article a blatant hoax. (Because this hoax has survived on WP for over two years, could the closing admin please archive this article over at WP:HOAXLIST, the instructions on how to archive are on that page). This article was spotted by @Kam Solusar: and after failing to find anything to support it they notified WT:TV. I've also searched and failed to find a shred of evidence to indicate that this show ever existed. I've searched for the program, checked the work history of the presenters and celebrity stars and searched for some of the contestants, I found nothing in each case. The only thing found were loopbacks to the WP article. X201 (talk) 14:03, 17 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Television-related deletion discussions. Dreamy Jazz 🎷 ^{talk to me | my contributions} 14:20, 17 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Delete I can see no sources to support that this TV show exists and seems like a massive hoax. For example The partners will hate each other in a sing-off. Why "hate each other". No sources in article to support anything either. Seems to be created by the same person (the account names are similar) ~~(maybe they forgot their first account's password)~~. Dreamy Jazz 🎷 ^{talk to me | my contributions} 14:26, 17 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Both accounts have been editing at the same time, so seems unlikey that, if connected, the person forgot their password for the first account. Dreamy Jazz 🎷 ^{talk to me | my contributions} 14:29, 17 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per WP:PROVEIT. If no sourcing can be found, esp. for a TV series (like this), it is unlikely that it ever existed. Thus, the odds of this being a hoax are indeed very good. --IJBall (contribs • talk) 14:54, 17 May 2019 (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.