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Hi, I posted on Wikipedia talk:List of hoaxes on Wikipedia/Billionaire space race and at User Talk:Randy Kryn and he recommended I post here. The subpage Wikipedia:List of hoaxes on Wikipedia/Billionaire space race is not a hoax. The subpage was created by copying and pasting content from Billionaire space race while that page still existed. The page was discussed and kept at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Billionaire space race, so it isn't a hoax. Therefore, I think Wikipedia:List of hoaxes on Wikipedia/Billionaire space race should be deleted because it's bad to have a non-hoax linked to hoax pages. Can someone delete the subpage or show me where to go to get it deleted? Thank you! Cauldron bubble ( talk) 03:18, 30 March 2024 (UTC)
Given new sourcing, the Wikipedia:List of hoaxes on Wikipedia/Ruda Real page has been renominated for deletion. Contributions to the discussion can be made at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:List of hoaxes on Wikipedia/Ruda Real (2nd nomination). — CactusWriter (talk) 02:43, 3 April 2024 (UTC)
Is The Encyclopedia of Iranian Old Music a hoax? I tried searching the title in both Persian and English and got no results not derived from Wikipedia. If so this is certainly up there as one of the longest tenured, having been created on December 28, 2004. Pinging @ Aza24: who tagged it for PROD, as well as @ Piotrus: who's dealt with hoaxes upthread. Ten Pound Hammer • ( What did I screw up now?) 04:06, 7 April 2024 (UTC)
One for @ Piotrus:: Kalloor. Created August 31, 2005, not subatantially altered since. Only other inbound link is Shri Datta Venkata Sai Temple, itself made in 2009 and turning up no non-Wikipedia mirrors. It's possibly I'm missing something and these were just not translated properly from one of the many languages used in India. However, the lack of... anything on Kalloor, along with spurious claims of the apostle Thomas being killed there -- itself not supported by Thomas the Apostle. While Kalloor does appear to be a given name in India, the claims about the family name's origins are not backed up by any sources. As these also existed at the same time as the spurious claims of the city, it's very likely all of that is a hoax too. And if so, at nearly 19 years, this appears to be a new record for longest standing. I have also posted at WT:INDIA and WT:GEOGRAPHY for further feedback. Ten Pound Hammer • ( What did I screw up now?) 23:11, 4 May 2024 (UTC)
Apostle Thomas was martyred in Mylapore near Madras (Tradition calls this place Kalloor - the place of rock) in Tamilnadu State, India.Mylapore is a real place, and St. Thomas Cathedral Basilica, Chennai, which supposedly houses the tomb of Thomas the Apostle, does exist in Mylapore. (Kalloor (கல்லூர்) does indeed mean "place of rock" in Tamil.) However, I was unable to find other reliable sources that corroborated this statement. Malerisch ( talk) 00:59, 6 May 2024 (UTC)
in kalloor [sic] on the way to Banisa [sic], and Bhainsa is indeed pretty close to Kallur. There's a "Sai Baba Temple" in this village on Google Maps [12], and images of this temple from Google Maps match the ones in the article: [13] and File:Oveiwe.JPG show the same place; and [14] and File:Temple hall.JPG depict the same interior. Malerisch ( talk) 05:56, 7 May 2024 (UTC)
Does this unsourced article created on 22 January 2011 look more like a hoax, a non-notable local concept, an incorrect definition, or a misspelling of a real thing? – LaundryPizza03 ( d c̄) 13:46, 9 June 2024 (UTC)
Following my piece in The Signpost (which I'll shamelessly promote here:
The lore of Kalloor), I believe I have found another hoax. While attempting to
WP:DEORPHAN the article on
Ahmed Farah Dualeh, I noticed an inconsistency. The article states that he is the President of Jubaland
, whereas
Jubaland has
Ahmed Madobe as the president in the infobox. The results of my research were: Google: I could not find any reliable sources to support the claim that he is the president of Jubaland, or even that he exists. Most sources are either clones of Wikipedia or social media accounts.
JSTOR: Searching "Ahmed Farah Dualeh"
in quotes had zero results. Searching "Ahmed Dualeh"
in quotes had a six results. Some of the results are about Elmi Ahmed Dualeh, which I initially believed that "Elmi" was some sort of Somalian title, which I wasn't familar with. However, it is not, as the papers refer to
Elmi Ahmed Duale. One result,
Against All Odds: The History of Archaeological Research in Somaliland and Somalia, says The most remarkable of these students is Ahmed Dualeh Jama, who published his PhD on Mogadishu
; so talks about a different person who has the same first and middle name. The article was created, with the claim that he is the president of Jubaland, over fourteen years ago.
Svampesky (
talk)
17:27, 11 June 2024 (UTC)
@ Tehonk: As I've alluded to before, the literal meaning of "hassiktir lan" is not "fuck off" as has been attested on the page. [19] Ultimately this comes down to how strict an interpretation of "means" should be used. I would rather possibly use something along the lines of, "which is a/the Turkish equivalent of 'fuck off'" to avoid misleading the reader. 2001:999:504:4C27:15A:935A:F1E2:9FC8 ( talk) 09:29, 9 July 2024 (UTC)
Potential hoax extant for 4 years. Added by
User_talk:2607:9880:1A38:7F:6030:987E:90BC:618B in
[20] and removed by me in
[21]. Nothing on the
J/psi meson article talks about the subject in any way as an "October surprise", even when it was added in 2020. Googling j/psi meson "october surprise"
did not give me any sources related to the subject at all. "Brazilian aardvark" hoax 2.0?
174.92.25.207 (
talk)
00:53, 12 July 2024 (UTC)
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Hi, I posted on Wikipedia talk:List of hoaxes on Wikipedia/Billionaire space race and at User Talk:Randy Kryn and he recommended I post here. The subpage Wikipedia:List of hoaxes on Wikipedia/Billionaire space race is not a hoax. The subpage was created by copying and pasting content from Billionaire space race while that page still existed. The page was discussed and kept at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Billionaire space race, so it isn't a hoax. Therefore, I think Wikipedia:List of hoaxes on Wikipedia/Billionaire space race should be deleted because it's bad to have a non-hoax linked to hoax pages. Can someone delete the subpage or show me where to go to get it deleted? Thank you! Cauldron bubble ( talk) 03:18, 30 March 2024 (UTC)
Given new sourcing, the Wikipedia:List of hoaxes on Wikipedia/Ruda Real page has been renominated for deletion. Contributions to the discussion can be made at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:List of hoaxes on Wikipedia/Ruda Real (2nd nomination). — CactusWriter (talk) 02:43, 3 April 2024 (UTC)
Is The Encyclopedia of Iranian Old Music a hoax? I tried searching the title in both Persian and English and got no results not derived from Wikipedia. If so this is certainly up there as one of the longest tenured, having been created on December 28, 2004. Pinging @ Aza24: who tagged it for PROD, as well as @ Piotrus: who's dealt with hoaxes upthread. Ten Pound Hammer • ( What did I screw up now?) 04:06, 7 April 2024 (UTC)
One for @ Piotrus:: Kalloor. Created August 31, 2005, not subatantially altered since. Only other inbound link is Shri Datta Venkata Sai Temple, itself made in 2009 and turning up no non-Wikipedia mirrors. It's possibly I'm missing something and these were just not translated properly from one of the many languages used in India. However, the lack of... anything on Kalloor, along with spurious claims of the apostle Thomas being killed there -- itself not supported by Thomas the Apostle. While Kalloor does appear to be a given name in India, the claims about the family name's origins are not backed up by any sources. As these also existed at the same time as the spurious claims of the city, it's very likely all of that is a hoax too. And if so, at nearly 19 years, this appears to be a new record for longest standing. I have also posted at WT:INDIA and WT:GEOGRAPHY for further feedback. Ten Pound Hammer • ( What did I screw up now?) 23:11, 4 May 2024 (UTC)
Apostle Thomas was martyred in Mylapore near Madras (Tradition calls this place Kalloor - the place of rock) in Tamilnadu State, India.Mylapore is a real place, and St. Thomas Cathedral Basilica, Chennai, which supposedly houses the tomb of Thomas the Apostle, does exist in Mylapore. (Kalloor (கல்லூர்) does indeed mean "place of rock" in Tamil.) However, I was unable to find other reliable sources that corroborated this statement. Malerisch ( talk) 00:59, 6 May 2024 (UTC)
in kalloor [sic] on the way to Banisa [sic], and Bhainsa is indeed pretty close to Kallur. There's a "Sai Baba Temple" in this village on Google Maps [12], and images of this temple from Google Maps match the ones in the article: [13] and File:Oveiwe.JPG show the same place; and [14] and File:Temple hall.JPG depict the same interior. Malerisch ( talk) 05:56, 7 May 2024 (UTC)
Does this unsourced article created on 22 January 2011 look more like a hoax, a non-notable local concept, an incorrect definition, or a misspelling of a real thing? – LaundryPizza03 ( d c̄) 13:46, 9 June 2024 (UTC)
Following my piece in The Signpost (which I'll shamelessly promote here:
The lore of Kalloor), I believe I have found another hoax. While attempting to
WP:DEORPHAN the article on
Ahmed Farah Dualeh, I noticed an inconsistency. The article states that he is the President of Jubaland
, whereas
Jubaland has
Ahmed Madobe as the president in the infobox. The results of my research were: Google: I could not find any reliable sources to support the claim that he is the president of Jubaland, or even that he exists. Most sources are either clones of Wikipedia or social media accounts.
JSTOR: Searching "Ahmed Farah Dualeh"
in quotes had zero results. Searching "Ahmed Dualeh"
in quotes had a six results. Some of the results are about Elmi Ahmed Dualeh, which I initially believed that "Elmi" was some sort of Somalian title, which I wasn't familar with. However, it is not, as the papers refer to
Elmi Ahmed Duale. One result,
Against All Odds: The History of Archaeological Research in Somaliland and Somalia, says The most remarkable of these students is Ahmed Dualeh Jama, who published his PhD on Mogadishu
; so talks about a different person who has the same first and middle name. The article was created, with the claim that he is the president of Jubaland, over fourteen years ago.
Svampesky (
talk)
17:27, 11 June 2024 (UTC)
@ Tehonk: As I've alluded to before, the literal meaning of "hassiktir lan" is not "fuck off" as has been attested on the page. [19] Ultimately this comes down to how strict an interpretation of "means" should be used. I would rather possibly use something along the lines of, "which is a/the Turkish equivalent of 'fuck off'" to avoid misleading the reader. 2001:999:504:4C27:15A:935A:F1E2:9FC8 ( talk) 09:29, 9 July 2024 (UTC)
Potential hoax extant for 4 years. Added by
User_talk:2607:9880:1A38:7F:6030:987E:90BC:618B in
[20] and removed by me in
[21]. Nothing on the
J/psi meson article talks about the subject in any way as an "October surprise", even when it was added in 2020. Googling j/psi meson "october surprise"
did not give me any sources related to the subject at all. "Brazilian aardvark" hoax 2.0?
174.92.25.207 (
talk)
00:53, 12 July 2024 (UTC)