Member Since: 8/19/2013
Posts: 26,488
|
This is on my user page on Wikipedia
Quote:
When I first saw the history of the page Lucia Cole, I thought it was clear that this user was a vandal, and blocked on sight. However, the more I diged into this matter, the more hazy it became. I've come to the conclusion that your claims are true: Lucia Cole does appear to be a hoax. Penguin888, you handled this matter incorrectly. If you believed it was a hoax, you should have sought out an administrator, or a proper noticeboard like here, and explained your case, not edit war, and turn the article into a battlefield. Please do not do this in the future. My block was to prevent you from continuing what I thought was disruption. I now understand that this was not disruption, and I apologize for the block. I have unblocked you. And I thank you for helping us clean this up.
I now believe that Lucia Cole, and several associated articles, are hoaxes for a variety of reasons. Republic Records' website lists all artist currently signed. There is no mention of Lucia Cole. Further, artists that are signed by major record labels almost always recieve coverage significant enough for a Wikipedia article. This is not the case, it seems. The Dreams Fulfilled article claims that it was produced by Babyface. Sources do not support this. Additionally, all of the references at Lucia Cole seem to be of questionable notability and verifiability. I would like to get more eyes on this, per WP:HOAX#Dealing with hoaxes, but as for this block, I no longer think it is justified. Best, --ceradon (talk • contribs) 06:31, 14 July 2015 (UTC)
Aaaand nuked, all the traces. Penguin888, thank you so much for helping us uncover this, and sorry we blocked you first, asked questions later. Max Semenik (talk) 06:55, 14 July 2015 (UTC)
|
|
|
|