Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Beverly fight

Beverly fight

Hoax. The poor woman lost her legs at six, got mauled by her dog, taught school with a "grabbing hook" for replacement, couldn't hack it with the younger people and ultimately got struck by lightning. Doesn't Google, written up by an anon and managed to linger around for more than a month. I believe this situation should be rectified. Delete. JRM 19:35, 2005 Jan 13 (UTC)

• Delete. I'd say it's close to being a speedy. Xezbeth 19:38, Jan 13, 2005 (UTC)
• Delete Decidedly odd story, to say the last, no Google hits -> Mot likely hoax. -- AlexR 19:42, 13 Jan 2005 (UTC)
• Alexandra Parker, of the Arizona State University College of Law, graciously provides the information that the first two women to graduate from the College were Mrs. Ruth G. Finn and Mrs. Dana M. Porter. Draw your own conclusions; I say delete. --Kelly Martin 21:38, Jan 13, 2005 (UTC)

Additional note: I don't have a date for when Mrs. Ruth G. Finn graduated from ASU, but her daughter, Elizabeth R. Finn, graduated in 1972—only five years after Ms. Fight is purported to have enrolled. The odds seem quite long, now, don't they? --Kelly Martin 21:55, Jan 13, 2005 (UTC)

More information: Ruth Finn graduated in 1970, a member of the inaugural class of the college (it opened for operation in 1967). According to my contact at ASU, there were two other women in the inaugural class who did not graduate. Ms. Finn was an older woman at the time she attended the school; her husband was already a well-known attorney in Arizona. There is no reasonable way that the facts as provided to me by ASU can be reconciled with the recitation in this article. I am now tempted to write articles about Ruth Finn and her husband, Herb, both of whom appear to be notable persons in the history of the struggle for civil rights in Arizona during the 1950s and later. --Kelly Martin 23:04, Jan 13, 2005 (UTC)

• Delete even though it's probably one of the top 10 gag articles I've seen on WP so far. My personal favourite line: "They pursued interests of older womens lawyers who had families and who did not like to party like the two younger women lawyers" Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 22:02, Jan 13, 2005 (UTC)
  • Shound it be preserved on BJAODN? --TenOfAllTrades 22:59, 13 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  • Oh, yes. This is better than the vast majority of current BJAODN stuff. Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 02:24, Jan 14, 2005 (UTC)

    If you want to copy it, you're free to do so. I for one don't care for this feeble attempt at trolling, but if someone finds it funny, you don't need consensus to do it. JRM 23:44, 2005 Jan 13 (UTC)

• Delete, not notable, possible hoax. Megan1967 00:53, 14 Jan 2005 (UTC)
• Speedy Delete as both sneaky and silly vandalism. Wyss 22:20, 14 Jan 2005 (UTC)

  "Speedy" and "sneaky" contradict each other, Wyss. If it's sneaky, it can't be speedy. That's what we have VfD for, and Kelly's tireless research. :-) I symphatize with your feelings, though. JRM 04:20, 2005 Jan 15 (UTC)

• Patent nonsense. Delete. - Mike Rosoft 19:52, 15 Jan 2005 (UTC)
• Delete -- Infrogmation 23:06, 15 Jan 2005 (UTC)