Wikipedia talk:List of hoaxes on Wikipedia/Charles E. Whitmeyer

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I realize this is just a redirect, but per [1]. --CutOffTies (talk) 22:41, 15 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Help cleaning this article up

I'm attempting to keep this article within the Wiki standards. If anyone could help in those terms, I'd be must oblidged.

Sprgrss 15:50, 14 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Need better references

I originally thought this article might be a hoax, but have since found sources that say a Charles E. Whitmeyer was both an undertaker and a North Carolina state legislator. However, there are several statements in here that seem dubious including that he invented one of the first child leashes and he used his moonshine recipe to embalm bodies. The article's creator seems to be responsible for most of the content here, had few other contributions, and has been inactive since 2007. I'm leaning towards proposing this article for deletion since the majority of the content seems over the top. Gobonobo ^T ^C 03:12, 5 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Have you tried to track down the cited source? --CutOffTies (talk) 03:28, 5 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Yes. A search for the source only brought up this article and a bunch of mirror sites. Gobonobo ^T ^C 03:33, 5 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

How about asking Wikipedia:WikiProject North Carolina if they could verify this? If they can't help, there should be some other project or group or noticeboard or something where they have access to some sort of database to see if this is a legit book. If you get lucky, perhaps someone with access to a college library can actually verify the content. You could also try googling Haywood County and Maggie Valley to see if there's a historical society. They take history pretty seriously there. --CutOffTies (talk) 03:41, 5 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I tried searching multiple databases for this fellow but came up with nothing. I also asked at both the reference desk and WikiProject North Carolina, but neither were particularly helpful. I'm going to redirect this to the North Carolina General Assembly article for now. Gobonobo ^T ^C 13:38, 15 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Here is the back story on our good friend Charles "Croatan" Whitmeyer: I made him up. He doesn't exist. At the time, I worked at the North Carolina General Assembly and we were honoring people left and right. It was devised by a whole slew of us to create a fake character, put him on wikipedia then honor him at the General Assembly to get the whole point across. Every place referenced in the article was a town or county represented by one of the members involved. I'm just surprised it lasted this long before someone realized my good friend Croatan doesn't exist. I created the guy and I am sad to see him disappear. --Sprgrss —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.12.167.112 (talk) 22:27, 15 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]