Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Pierre Dupont (painter)

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The result was delete. JohnCD (talk) 16:39, 14 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Pierre Dupont (painter)

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The page appears to be a long-lived hoax. No legitimate Google references exist for the supposed artistic career of the subject of this page, created in 2012 by a single-purpose account. It appears that a PDF document, listed as a reference, was created around the same time to support this page. The work "Silver Ghost of Our Time," the imaginary publisher "New Maryland University Press," and the supposed individual "Charles Cecoix" generate absolutely no Google references apart from this article and mirrors. All indications point to a hoax. Calamondin12 (talk) 14:00, 7 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Delete as hoax: In addition to the above, the journal A.R.T. Quarterly does not appear to exist outside of this article and its mirrors, nor does Dominique Boudreau, the collector it claims owned all of DuPont's known works. The pdf to the A.R.T Quarterly paper is hosted on tastykinky.com, which claims to be "online real-estate for web-based art projects". In fact, there doesn't appear to be a single person in the ART Quarterly paper who I can confirm to have existed... Caeciliusinhorto (talk) 15:32, 7 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Delete as hoax - as per above. I'm astounded this has hung around so long. GAB^Hello! 18:13, 7 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Delete as I also found nothing at all. I would even tag it myself but it may be removed. FoCuSandLeArN may be interested to know about this as that user accepted this at AfC. SwisterTwister talk 19:28, 8 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@SwisterTwister: FoCuSandLeArN already knows about this issue. I posted on their talk page, and got a reply, a day before I brought Pierre Dupont (painter) to wider attention by posting in Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Visual arts. Narky Blert (talk) 23:18, 8 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Delete as hoax for the reasons given at Talk:Pierre Dupont (painter). Narky Blert (talk) 23:18, 8 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, per research by Narky Blert. Thanks for bringing this up and having the time to investigate. Best, FoCuS contribs; talk to me! 00:22, 9 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, per all. Johnbod (talk) 16:18, 9 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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