Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Pilot Season (film)

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The result was speedy delete as hoax. How did this survive for three years? Being an orphan may be one reason. Now preserved for your delight at Wikipedia:List of hoaxes on Wikipedia/Pilot Season (film). — RHaworth (talk · contribs) 14:23, 28 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Pilot Season (film)

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Feels definitely like a hoax to me. Freshh! (talk) 18:10, 26 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy Delete - hoax - I have found no reliable sources. Kevin Smith made only the movie Mallrats in 1995. Selena Gomez was 3 years old in 1995. The names Peter and Louis of the characters are names from Family Guy. The budget and box office for part 1 and 2 are the same. -- Taketa (talk) 20:08, 26 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

At first I wanted some more input, but now I am 100% certain that this is a hoax. I am changing to speedy delete. -- Taketa (talk) 08:28, 27 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Delete-hoax, also Weinstein studios didn't exist till 2007. Wgolf (talk) 01:59, 27 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Also I just checked and its box office is exactly the same as Mallrats. Surprise nobody caught this till now. Wgolf (talk) 02:10, 27 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Delete as hoax. This is a pretty clear hoax. Given how insanely popular the Jay & Silent Bob films are, there's no way that two films featuring them (and directed by Smith) would have received absolutely no coverage. What's even more telling is the complete lack of discussion on fan forums and whatnot when it comes to Pilot Season. Even if by some strange, random chance the media were to have completely ignored Smith's early work, the fandom wouldn't. And you have to consider that these films were supposedly made when Smith was starting to hit his peak, meaning that it's pretty unlikely that there would be absolutely no coverage about these movies. Then you have to figure that Trevor Moore would have been about 17 and in high school when he made Pilot Season 2. This would be before Moore even got started with his public access show, meaning that Smith would have been calling on a high schooler with no prior experience in film or directing: it's very unlikely, to say the least. Not to mention that Selena Gomez didn't start acting until 2002 and would have been about 4 years old when Pilot Season 2 was made. Bluntly put, there's no coverage in RS, no coverage in fan forums and the like, and one of the directors for the second film would have been too young to have performed as a director. This is very, very blatantly a hoax and couldn't be any more blatant unless they were to say that Shirley Temple came out of retirement to perform in a lead role.
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Comment-man that just made me laugh. I am surprise nobody noticed this till now you know. Wgolf (talk) 05:32, 27 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

(edit conflict) It was already tagged as a hoax, and I declined it. I don't see why you need to tag it again. If you believe it's a hoax, there's no problem with your speedy deleting it on that basis. I certainly won't object.--Bbb23 (talk) 05:35, 27 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
- I can understand why you wanted more input, I had the same reservation myself. With the current case made above, I think it is painfully clear at this point that the subject is non-existant, and this article can be deleted. -- Taketa (talk) 08:31, 27 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy delete Hoax and fails
WP:V. And should be listed on Wikipedia:List of hoaxes on Wikipedia too (created 14 April 2011, deleted August 2014). Lugnuts ^{Dick Laurent is dead} 08:55, 27 August 2014 (UTC)[reply
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Note: This debate has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 16:50, 27 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete fails
WP:V. Schmidt, ^{Michael Q.} 18:40, 27 August 2014 (UTC)[reply
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