Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ito Pau

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The result was delete as a probable hoax. If anyone can find any reliable sources to state otherwise, I'll restore it. пﮟოьεԻ 5 7 14:07, 6 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Ito Pau

I declined the PROD on this because I know nothing about the subject — the article claims that he's a player for a fully professional Brazilian football club, and it provides a photo, but the PROD stated that "Hoax. There is no such Santos FC player, or any other Brazilian soccer player with that name". Because I know so little of Brazilian football, I won't delete by PROD; however, unless we can find references for him playing professionally, he fails WP:ATHLETE and all other notability criteria. Nyttend (talk) 04:15, 30 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Football-related deletion discussions. -- TexasAndroid (talk) 12:09, 30 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Athletes-related deletion discussions. -- TexasAndroid (talk) 12:09, 30 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football related deletions. Carioca (talk) 19:24, 30 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. As I said when I prodded the article, this is a hoax. The Fupédia website lists all players who competed in the Campeonato Paulista. in the Copa do Brasil and in the Série A, but Ito Pau is not listed in that site. Considering that he supposedly plays for Santos, he would have certainly played at least one game in one of those competitions, as his club participated of all those competitions during the years he supposedly played for the club, especially considering that according to Ito Pau's article, he played 198 games for Santos and scored three goals. Besides that, it is not common for goalkeepers to score goals, so, as Ito Pau scored three goals, if he was a real player he would be pretty notorious. Also, Ito Pau's name is very unusual for a Brazilian, it looks like the name was created by a non-Brazilian. Finally, a Google search found nothing about a footballer named Ito Pau, which is very odd, considering the number of games and the number goals he scored. In conclusion, it is certainly a hoax. --Carioca (talk) 19:24, 30 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per Carioca; hoax player. Giant Snowman 20:08, 30 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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Delete fails WP:V and almost certain hoax. Jogurney (talk) 00:07, 1 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete as hoax. I'd be intrigued to know who the picture is really of..... -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 08:06, 1 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete quite likely to be a hoax. --Angelo (talk) 10:00, 6 July 2009 (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.