Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mark V Shaney
The article says that "Mark V Shaney" is a Usenet username and does not assert that "Mark V Shaney" is or was ever a real person.  The article itself does not seem to be a hoax in any way-- it is just reporting of a clever hoax that was perpetrated on Usenet.  And it's an interesting story, but that's not enough to qualify a subject for a Wikipedia article.  But we need some cold hard |reliable sources, not firsthand narratives here.  There's got to be a showing of |notability here, or the article can't stay.  has any publication ever written an article about this hoax?  That's what we desperately need.  For example, there was a hoax on YouTube called lonelygirl15.  It made such an impact on the YouTube users and fooled so many people that it was even reported in newspapers across America.  Show us where something was published, please.  If not, then the article has to go
— User:OfficeGirl, 18:56, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
Stance: delete
Cited policy: WP:RS||WP:N (Wikipedia:Reliable sources)