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The result was Speedy delete as hoax. GiantSnowman 10:09, 2 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Andrei Grimanov[edit]

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I am not able to determine if this is a real soccer player or if this whole article is an elaborate hoax. A Google search on the name returns only Wikipedia mirrors and the given sources are not really helpful, when they even work. If somebody can find a reliable source demonstrating that this is a real player and he satisfies WP:NFOOTY, I will be happy to withdraw this AfD. Safiel (talk) 16:51, 31 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete I think its a hoax. I checked the rooster (past and present) of Spartak Moscow for players with his data but there is nobody with this name, birthdate or the other data from article. Number 34 is worn by a different player. No database seems to have this player and the links in the article are all "broken". He is definitely not on the first team, especially not with this age and all sources which list the players of this major soccer club do not mention him. I also checked the other teams (team 2 and reserve) of the club if there is someone with the name (its on their webpage), but couldn't find him. I therefore think this can be deleted per WP:HOAX and WP:V. Dead Mary (talk) 18:46, 31 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Football-related deletion discussions. Kosack (talk) 09:53, 1 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football-related deletions. Kosack (talk) 09:53, 1 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete - Appears to be a hoax. A 15 year old goalkeeper playing in the top division in Russia would be garnering huge amounts of press, especially given the claim of the page that he's actually scored twice as well. However, there's barely any search results for the player, the most of which are simply mirror sites of this page, and none of the references included actually seem to work. Kosack (talk) 10:07, 1 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete - as hoax Spiderone 13:12, 1 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete - as hoax. None of the sources cited in article actually mention him. Sir Sputnik (talk) 22:41, 1 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete as a hoax.John Pack Lambert (talk) 01:19, 2 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment Since consensus has developed pretty quickly that this is a hoax, I will tag the article with the hoax maintenance tag, pending deletion at the end of this AfD. Safiel (talk) 03:31, 2 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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