The result was keep, kudos for rewrite. Singu larity 20:11, 24 May 2008 (UTC) reply
This bio is fictitious.
The article Yves Gérard is the only contribution of User:Crunchochango made by December 31th, 2007. At the same day user Crunchochango wrote at livejournal.com:
Yves Gérard goes live. I repeat, Yves Gérard is a go. Let me tell you a little story; one night a bored Karsten and Tim were wasting time listening to music when someone wondered aloud who Boccherini's contemporaries were. A short trip to wikipedia later, we had our answer. Well, would of had our answer if I hadn't insisted on doing a "dramatic reading" of the text (I screamed all the hyper-links. Yes, it is good to be my roommates!) Three quarters of the way through my reading, I noticed the name of Yves Gérard was red... yes, this poor man had no one to tell his tale. Until now. After probably at least six hours of brainstorming and research, Tim and I have completed the 100% fictitious account of the life and times of Yves Gérard. To truly enjoy our achievement to the fullest, I recommend you do the following.
1. Start here, with the original Boccherini article, moving on to old Yvesy when you come to him. 2. Keep track of how old he is throughout his adventures. 3. Check out our sources.
And finally, check it out soon, because this thing could be axed at any point. I'd also ask that you leave it for now as it is, pristine and beautiful.
So, I guess, the whole article is fake (except the fact that french musicologist Yves Gérard exactly is the author of complete catalogue of works of Luigi Bocherini). Andrei Romanenko ( talk) 21:06, 19 May 2008 (UTC) reply