Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Progesterex
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- The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.
The result was Keep, as I withdraw my nomination. The main reason that I thought this wasn't notable was because the provided sources (i.e. Urban Legends and Snopes) do not make something notable; I didn't have time to do some checking when I saw this. Non-admin closure. bwowen talk•contribs 18:24, 8 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
This is a non-notable hoax. The circulation of a hoax email around the internet does not make it inherently notable; not even an MP asking someone about it makes it notable. For something to fulfill Wikipedia's notability guidelines, it needs credible third-party coverage, which this hoax does not have. bwowen talk•contribs 23:12, 5 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Weak keep: a search on the Internet shows a large number of third-party sites with articles on this hoax drug, which implies notability and verifiability. Mh29255 (talk) 00:35, 6 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Keep. Plenty of credible third-party coverage here. Phil Bridger (talk) 14:04, 6 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Keep: This hoax has received press-coverage internationally, and is seemingly notable. Here are just a few samples of this I found using google news. I think the fact that a non-fact checking MP made such a big 'Oops' in asking the Home Secretary that question is also fairly notable - I'm sure it would have received plenty of press coverage at the time, at least in the UK. Tinkstar1985 10:15, 7 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Keep, decent coverage, notable hoax. Deiz talk 08:24, 8 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
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