Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Astral Airways (2nd nomination)

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result was delete. Deleted as an obvious hoax and WP:SNOW. No salt applied yet, but if the socks return to try to recreate it, the seasoning than then be used. The Bushranger _{One ping only} 01:42, 24 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Astral Airways

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WP:NCORP fail and most likley a hoax. Absolutely no suitable sources from searching in google for the name of the airline (Google). Searching for the phrase without quotes brings up a different airline (and no results for this airline).

There is a Facebook page, however, this (according to several people in the posts comments and in reviews) is a hoax, as they are using photos of other people, seemingly endorsing the airline, without permission (e.g. facebook where the person in the image asks "Why you put my picture here?"). Also there have been attempts by a new user and IP to say that the airline does not exist (diff) / the airline had a revoked certificate (diff). This could just be vandalism, but coupled with the Facebook page, it seems likely that these are users who are acting in good faith.

Furthermore, all the sources used are about a "Asian Spirit" airline. This airline's wikipedia page redirects to AirAsia Zest and several sources in this page say that it is now part of this airline (and not Astral Airways). Furthermore, sources (and the source wikicode) used on Astral Airways are directly copied to this article from AirAsia Zest.

Even if the airline does exist, I would still say that nearly all content contributions to this are made by accounts seemingly created by someone connected to the airline (or someone wishing to create this hoax) (User:Astralair778, User:Sweety9909 (same userpage content as previous account), User:Flyastralairways), so I would say that WP:TNTing the page wouldn't be a bad idea. Dreamy Jazz 🎷 ^{talk to me | my contributions} 13:48, 17 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Organizations-related deletion discussions. Dreamy Jazz 🎷 ^{talk to me | my contributions} 13:48, 17 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Transportation-related deletion discussions. Dreamy Jazz 🎷 ^{talk to me | my contributions} 13:48, 17 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Aviation-related deletion discussions. Dreamy Jazz 🎷 ^{talk to me | my contributions} 13:48, 17 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Philippines-related deletion discussions. Dreamy Jazz 🎷 ^{talk to me | my contributions} 13:48, 17 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Comment please see Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Astralair778. All accounts listed above are linked via CheckUser, as well as other accounts. Dreamy Jazz 🎷 ^{talk to me | my contributions} 16:47, 18 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

All accounts have been blocked for sockpuppetry and the case was moved to Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Php7788. Dreamy Jazz 🎷 ^{talk to me | my contributions} 13:27, 19 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

It looks like they are continuing to try edit the article, even when they are blocked on their original account. For more info see the SPI page above. Dreamy Jazz 🎷 ^{talk to me | my contributions} 08:23, 20 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

They are creating more accounts... Please, if deleted, can the page be WP:SALTed as they look unlikely to stop. Dreamy Jazz 🎷 ^{talk to me | my contributions} 09:14, 20 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Delete as a probable hoax. If it does exist, it fails WP:ORG. Regarding the first AfD, what would be the merge target? Without RS, a merge would be inappropriate. Miniapolis 21:11, 18 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Delete as a non-obvious hoax. CoolSkittle (talk) 20:03, 19 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom MegaFlyCraft (talk) 08:10, 21 May 2019 (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.