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The result of the debate was delete. - Mailer Diablo 05:35, 4 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Article seems to be just something made up by the author. It doesn't look true and it doesn't relate the "Muffin Man" in the story to the song at all. I had it listed as a speedy but the author says that the article is true, so I'm listing it here instead. Delete. TomTheHand 20:15, 29 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

• delete as unverifiable, unless we have a redirect target for the (very famous) song. Brighterorange 20:26, 29 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
• delete as unverifiable, original research, probably hoax. Google '"muffin man" "john baker"' reveals nothing (just a few hits of unrelated lyric compilations). --Quarl 20:39, 29 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
• delete This article is spurious as it stands and requires verification and citation of sources to stand as a piece of factual research. (aeropagitica) 21:05, 29 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • The article cites two books in its References section. Uncle G 22:16, 29 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
    • (The references were added after the above comments [1] --Quarl 22:40, 29 December 2005 (UTC))[reply]
    • Those two books indeed exist, but since I don't have access to them, I can't verify the claim that the books support the claims in the article. I still think it's a hoax. "he decided to go out and travel around Europe", "He was a friendly man, and knew a great deal of people" ? Definitely not something out of a history book. --Quarl 22:44, 29 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
      • I also find the exact age at death but no birth or death date to be odd. TomTheHand 00:49, 30 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete as hoax. There is no John Baker in the index of English Society. -- JimR 08:45, 2 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• BJAODN, quite funny actually. -- King of Hearts | (talk) 23:01, 3 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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