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Wikipedia talk:List of hoaxes on Wikipedia/Archive 1
FormatingBravo! But this format extends under the left-hand links in some skins. Septentrionalis 16:38, 10 March 2006 (UTC)
Hoax bandAll the relevant articles have been deleted, but I recall them being around for quite some time before the band and its albums were discovered as a hoax. See here. An admin could take a look at it and find out the length/dates/notes info. --Fang Aili 16:22, 13 March 2006 (UTC)
New hoax: Gordon BaleraMy friend and me was just kidding. We are wrote this article. This is just a hoax test in hungarian wikipedia. Next time we will not writing hoax article. Cheers. Nyikita 10:33, 30 March 2006 (UTC) Indochine ?I don't see what is a hoax on Indochine page (the band exists, the french film exists, and "the French name for Indochina" exists i must say i 'm french but my english allready told it :p — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.249.109.219 (talk) 21:15, 23 June 2006 (UTC) This bit of nonsense has been around since February. --Fang Aili talk 19:49, 28 June 2006 (UTC) Michel Le GrayRecently deleted, but it was subtle enough. See Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Michel Le Gray. Lasted a few months. Admin will need to check for exact dates. Hoaxers still at large, admin will need to check history for that as well. heqs 09:36, 9 July 2006 (UTC) Can that really be considered a hoax article? Granted it had a made-up name, but the concept it addressed is clearly not a hoax. I'd have to say that was a genuine article, titled with a neologism. - Bootstoots 19:16, 7 December 2006 (UTC) I think it's a hoax. see talk page. Udi Raz 22:28, 16 December 2006 (UTC) A small group with that name does exist, but has nothing to do with this article, which is a clever hoax. 193.40.5.245 12:20, 30 April 2007 (UTC) |- | 8 months already | August 2006 - (May 2007 ???) | Fictitious Estonian political party |- Just added: LustfaustLustfaust survived for 21 months, before User:Spazure spotted the problem and AfD'd it. But because the hoax had been debunked in reliable sources, a couple of us decided to rewrite the article instead of let it be deleted. Notably, the NYT article on the subject (used in the new version's references) commented that Wikipedia had fallen for the hoax, but nobody bothered fixing it. JulesH 17:35, 14 July 2007 (UTC) Just found this one, and hopefully it's deleted before its upcoming one-year anniversary (created 2006-10-19). Looks like a chemist in-joke with borrowed information about lions. J. Spencer 19:39, 10 October 2007 (UTC) Possible hoax at Aría?I just happened to come across Aría. It is now a redirect but, according to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Aría, was deleted as a hoax. Any admin want to look into how long the article has been around? :-) --Iamunknown 04:55, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
Old hoaxCame here from WP:HOAX. In 2006 I discovered a prank/hoax that had existed in an article since 2001. Although the page grew considerably over the years, when the misinformation was originally added, it made up half the text. This is not some obscure page, either; it routinely gets more than 5k hits per day. Is that worth listing here? Gimmetrow 04:15, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
Grand Unified Conspiracy TheoryThis isn't really a hoax, but a non-notable topic. The term was in use on the Internet prior to the article being written. <eleland/talkedits> 20:41, 5 March 2008 (UTC) Lonny Fame and the BelltonesA possible hoax at the (now-deleted) Lonny Fame and the Belltones? See also WP:AN (permanent link). --Iamunknown 07:37, 2 July 2008 (UTC) This had an AfD in September 2007, but was recreated one month later and lasted till the 22nd February 2008 without being noticed. Alex Muller 08:11, 2 July 2008 (UTC) If this is a hoax, it is about 10 months old - Lonely Planet Guide to Micronations states that Nick Copeman's real name is Henry Michael King Nicholas, but an IP address here changed the name and it has remained that way for 10 months (for 2 months the correct name was used November - December). Onecanadasquarebishopsgate 16:25, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
This one kept coming back for a long time, doubtless a few iterations have been forgotten above. Guy (Help!) 18:12, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
Bogus Sigavan princess, again took some nuking due to WP:AGF over a purported book source which turned out not to be verifiable. Guy (Help!) 18:12, 4 February 2009 (UTC) Deep in my gut I get a bad feeling about this page. Durova 15:33, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
This was an elaborate hoax (or collection of hoax articles) which has only just been discovered and deleted, having existed for almost four months. The relevant articles are listed at the CFD here: Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2009 March 11#Category:Spring family. Robofish (talk) 18:00, 16 March 2009 (UTC) I've seen these two short-lived hoaxes. Sinclair never existed. Nor Sarah Houston. Nor Andrew Williams. Or David Willis. The only real thing about this TV series is that it's a fake. I was hoping you could put it up, even though it didn't last long. It's currently being listed for deletion. —Coastergeekperson04's talk@May/10/09 01:18 Slow Blind DrivewayIt looks like the jig is up for that great blues master, Slow Blind Driveway. I never edited the article, but I've been aware of it for almost two years now. It has been there for me every time I've needed a laugh. So yes, I'm guilty of looking the other way and even of asking on the talk page about a mysterious harmonica player heard on some of his "songs." SBD's once detailed biography has been cut to a single sentence and is likely to soon face deletion. Maybe some of you can find a way to preserve the article and history in the way others here have been preserved. It's a good study. Several times well-intentioned newbies have blanked the page only to get their hands slapped in the form of vandalism warnings. Numerous editors have visited the page to correct spelling and adjust categories apparently unaware of the article's other issues. The article has been discussed at times in forums elsewhere on the web. Collectors have been looking for his albums. I don't know who put him there, but I'm going to indeed miss him. -MrFizyx (talk) 18:51, 3 July 2009 (UTC) About to reach its fifth anniversary. Kenilworth Terrace (talk) 19:05, 19 October 2009 (UTC) Longevity, ticklish situationWhere are the level-headed hoax-watchers today? What we know:
I present the evidence in detail because I unintentionally became a partisan in favor of applying policy and style guides to this article in the face of an apparent circling of wagons mostly by its regular editors, and then further stepped into the discovery of this unsourced research, the biggest original chunk of which is the idea that everything in that article has been discussed by sociologists or mythologists as being "longevity myths" in the "inoffensive, technical" sense (WP:WTA again), and that these myths neatly categorize into the thoroughly original categories sprinkled throughout the article. My own POV is that if this level of egregious original research, the worst in my experience, had been discovered while its author was on indefinite block for 9 months for "inserting unverifiable information", there would be nothing whatsoever to prevent the original research sections of it from being listed here as a patent hoax; and the fact that Young has now published his thesis and a book selling for $101.00, with significant sections based thoroughly on this unsourced essay, does not exempt him from naming his sources for these categorizations. Now would you generally well-balanced editors please comment on whether I am going crazy about this? JJB 03:53, 15 May 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for your support, additional views are still solicited. Discussion right now is at WP:FTN and mediation. JJB 13:30, 6 October 2010 (UTC) JohnpallenI believe Earl of Amersham and Fürsts of Schwarzenberg existed for some months at least, but don't know how to find out. —Tamfang (talk) 20:02, 20 December 2010 (UTC)
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CandidateGood likely candidate: Upton H. Pennyworth. Evidence suggests a hoax, lasted about 4 years. Rehevkor ✉ 16:06, 17 February 2011 (UTC)
As far as I can tell, essentially everything in the article created in December 2007 down to today was complete nonsense. The company and its products exist, but I don't believe there is such a thing as "third-generation" cooker technology, working on "either civil or military gas", giving "an economic boost for the 35-40 year-old households in meridional Europe". Does this count as a hoax article if the products actually exist? Hyperdoctor Phrogghrus (talk) 12:25, 20 March 2011 (UTC)
Rope TheoryI can't find a deletion page, but wasn't there once an article on an expansion of string theory called Rope Theory? Lurker 14:37, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
Rope theory is mentioned here http://bjaodn.org/wiki/Special/Funny_vandalism/#Current_Record_for_Longest_Unspotted_Vandalism but not as a full article. There are a few ghits on the term, mostly outside Wikipedia. The term "rope theory" is also validly used in the context of search-and-rescue training classrooms where instructions on how to pull someone out of an awkward position using a rope as lifeline are provided. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.102.80.212 (talk) 02:54, 6 December 2008 (UTC)
The Armenian Tokgrum enclave in Azerbaijan[[4]] 14 days. --86.25.51.168 13:19, 18 March 2007 (UTC)(March 3- 17). A fake nation created by User: Lilidor. It’s mentioned on [[5]] --86.29.255.68, so the hoax is caching on. 12:37, 13 March 2007 (UTC) It's still going on.--86.29.253.15 19:46, 15 March 2007 (UTC) And on these pages- [[6]] [[7]] --86.29.254.174 [[8]]--86.29.254.174 20:42, 7 April 2007 (UTC) The AfD page is here for hoax history Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tokgrum.86.16.1.182 (talk) 18:34, 22 May 2011 (UTC) It was a false rebel nation in the Russian Far East during 1920, see the AfD for historical data and the note that it was spreading to at least 1 other Mirror cite Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Ussuri republic. It ran between January 18 and 27 March, 2008.86.16.1.182 (talk) 19:27, 22 May 2011 (UTC) New Longest Hoax?Hi! I added what I think is a new longest hoax to the list (the AfD closed a few weeks back, but I didn't know this list existed. I hope I formatted everything correctly?--Yaksar (let's chat) 01:56, 29 March 2011 (UTC)
Joseph EversJoseph Evers was listed as the owner of Encyclopedia Dramatica for at least a year if I remember correctly. That was definitely a hoax (He was only CEO, not owner). --24.63.88.164 (talk) 23:01, 22 December 2011 (UTC)
Moroccans with Disabilities Act of 1992Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Moroccans_with_Disabilities_Act_of_1992 – Would this qualify for inclusion? It lasted for three years. --Michaeldsuarez (talk) 00:52, 20 January 2012 (UTC) Proposal to restore hoax pages for educational usePlease see Wikipedia:Village_pump_(proposals)#Proposal_to_restore_hoax_pages_for_educational_use. Direct all comments to that page. Dcoetzee 08:15, 29 December 2010 (UTC)
Not quite a hoax, butNew World Religion, an article about an invented concept made by a persistent vandal called the "Suki vandal", lasted 5 years. Shii (tock) 05:57, 4 October 2010 (UTC) SUKI (tm), The New World Religion (tm) is not a hoax. Its a well known major international religion with over two million members. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.17.53.178 (talk) 02:25, 21 April 2012 (UTC) Jean MoufotImho another top contender for the list: This alleged french philosopher and mathematician got articles in all large wikipedias and survived for many years, even being copy edited by mathematicians not realizing that he was a fake. He finally got deleted around 2008, when in de.wp and en.wp some editors got suspicious. He is still around in various WP clones and other derivative work though: [14], [15], [16], [17]. The French WP has preserved moved the French version of the hoax in a humor section: fr:Wikipédia:Pastiches/Jean_François_Moufot The author of the hoax has preserved the original dutch article and some background information on his personal website: [18] --Kmhkmh (talk) 12:54, 22 April 2012 (UTC)
FormatThere is awkward white whitespace and cramped text, at least to me. The "Length" column is wider than it needs be, and should be retitled to "Duration". The "Dates" and "Links" columns should be wider. --SmokeyJoe (talk) 23:02, 22 April 2012 (UTC)
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-- Michael Bednarek (talk) 03:24, 30 April 2012 (UTC) Interwiki link?On the German Wikipedia is a similar list in userspace at de:Benutzer:Gestumblindi/Fakemuseum. I suppose a formal interwiki link in the article is out of the question? -- Michael Bednarek (talk) 03:24, 30 April 2012 (UTC) One more[19] --95.115.10.227 (talk) 12:52, 16 May 2012 (UTC) Candidate:a series of articlesThe parent article is Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:BradTraylor/Battle of Imizu and the children articles are Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Seven Spears of Imizu. Oda Mari (talk) 17:47, 4 July 2012 (UTC) Sailor ToadstoolSailor Toadstool was on the encyclopedia for, IIRC, six months, but isn't listed on this page. I can't get the exact dates b/c I'm not an admin. I fondly remember this article which was created by a friend of mine when we were teenagers. --✶♏✶ 00:12, 12 November 2012 (UTC)
"Deletion of entry by Court order"Or, so this edit claimed. YAH! Yet Another Hoax! Reverted. --Lexein (talk) 14:59, 10 December 2012 (UTC) Kisorsa & Marcus J. BlatterThere was an article on a fictional Hungarian village called Kisorsa. I don't know how long it existed but it was deleted in March 2011 and by that time the author has been absent from wikipedia for more than a year. Kisorsa was described as a village whose primary livestock is the llama, which is somewhat odd for a Central European country. Also, fictional Hungarian politician Marcus J. Blatter had an article for more than two years, without anyone getting suspicious about the fact that a statesman described as having "strong conservative values" has, apparently, a foul mouth befitting a drunken sailor, as the quote in his article testified. – Alensha talk 12:05, 6 January 2013 (UTC) Date FormatWould it not make sense to have two separate columns for date? One for start and one for date of discovery. That way you could sort each independently. Does anyone know of a way to automate this? Winston Spencer (talk) 18:02, 6 January 2013 (UTC) Ocular citrosisI've added ocular citrosis. I think it was an April fools day prank but one that lasted nearly 3 years Aspheric (talk) 17:45, 17 January 2013 (UTC) Martin ColemanThere actually is a American Football player named Martin Coleman: he was a relatively obscure offensive lineman for the University of Southern California Trojans, who played from 2007 through 2011. Timothy Horrigan (talk) 03:11, 25 January 2013 (UTC) Merchant of Venice, musical versionDrat; I forget what other actor's biography also listed this movie as a credit with additional made-up details, but after it was questioned by a non-Wikpedian friend I removed it in this edit Jim.henderson (talk) 21:01, 30 January 2013 (UTC) A new long term hoax should be addedI found a hoax that had been on here for over four years, if any admins want to verify this. Manao was created in 2007 and only deleted in 2011. I believe any admin can look up the exact stats. Thank you. OGBranniff (talk) 16:36, 23 January 2013 (UTC) Colin Kennedy, criminal of the Old WestA long-term hoax may have been identified at Colin Kennedy, now facing a proposed deletion after remained in mainspace for nearly 4 years since its creation on 8 April 2009. This Colin Kennedy was supposedly a notorious criminal who murdered John Sutter's brother in San Francisco on April 9, 1853. Good story, but unfortunately no sources have been found to verify any of this. (Previously, we had an article about a real person of the same name, a Scottish film director[20], but this was deleted on 8 December 2008 at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Colin Kennedy.) --Arxiloxos (talk) 04:09, 31 January 2013 (UTC) Nagoochee FrogNagoochee Frog, created on 24 November 2009, has been prodded by an IP editor, who states in the edit summary that "This does not exist and was created explicitly to demonstrate fake Wikipedia articles." An editor made a similar statement on the talk page on 13 June 2012: "The article was a class project for a university art class in new media back in 2009". And on 8 October 2012 another IP editor inserted the notation "(Fake article)" into the infobox. Apparently no steps were taken to delete the article at either of those times. --Arxiloxos (talk) 03:46, 8 February 2013 (UTC)
Restoring hoaxes to project spaceI've been restoring all deleted hoax articles and their talk pages as subpages of this page so that we can research them, understand them, and hopefully detect and prevent more hoaxes in the future. I remove cats from them, add the {{hoax demo}} tag, and full protect them. So far I've done the first 11 in the table - I linked the article titles in the first column directly to the archived copies. Dcoetzee 10:56, 8 March 2013 (UTC)
Reverts by Sp33dyphilIn this edit, JohnCD added a link to an AFD for a hoax, "Jonathan L. Langer". That edit got reverted without explanation by Sp33dyphil; I restored it, as it was a legitimate addition to this list, leading me to suspect that the reversion was accidental. However Sp33dyphil has just undone that again, with the comment "accidental". That doesn't make sense - what was accidental? If it was his original revert, then my assessment was correct. But all of the succeeding edits were purposeful. I've restored the link again and have asked Sp33dyphil to explain here before removing it again. — Hex (❝?!❞) 09:39, 12 March 2013 (UTC) MortonMorton Schwartz was another hoax we unearthed during the Wikipedia:Unreferenced BLP Rescue Project that might be worth adding. See Wikipedia_talk:Unreferenced_BLP_Rescue/Archive_1#Can_Morton_be_saved.3F. Like the recently unearthed Wikipedia:List of hoaxes on Wikipedia/Yuri Gadyukin, it was fairly elaborate, with fake film clips online and a German wikipedia version too.--Milowent • hasspoken 01:50, 15 March 2013 (UTC)
Once the AFD closes, it looks like there will be another one for the list. Andrew327 18:00, 5 April 2013 (UTC) LengthIsn't this list getting kind of rediculously long? It might be better if the cutoff was 1 year for otherwise unnotable hoaxes. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 107.10.45.112 (talk) 03:41, 2 April 2013 (UTC)
"Balding taste buds"From 04 October 2009 to 18 April 2013 on taste bud: "Some early experimental studies (Kirk and Grills, 1992) showed that subjects who were genetically predisposed to baldness were found to be 78% more likely to experience taste loss sensations in 5 out of 5 taste trials. It was hypothesized that this was due to 'balding' of the tongue." The "experiment", of course, doesn't exist. Is something like this notable enough for this article? Silenceisgod (talk) 22:33, 18 April 2013 (UTC)
Proposal: Only include hoaxes that were live for at least one yearThis list has become unwieldy, as has been pointed out by several editors in the past. I propose only including hoaxes that meet one of the following two criteria:
Andrew327 02:02, 28 April 2013 (UTC) I agree. Silenceisgod (talk) 16:26, 5 May 2013 (UTC)
Could someone please explain to me why Wikipedia:Deny recognition doesn't apply here? --Guy Macon (talk) 12:46, 23 August 2013 (UTC)
Archiving milestoneJust reporting that all pages in the "Hoaxes extant for at least one year" section are now archived as subpages of this page. Feel free to browse through them - there's quite a variety in terms of topics, level of detail, how the hoax was ultimately detected, and so on. Dcoetzee 13:54, 28 August 2013 (UTC)
Upper Peninsula WarReally surprised to find this hoax missing from the list: User:Ned_Scott/Upper_Peninsula_War It's difficult to determine the date range / length of time that this was up before it was discovered, as the linked page is an archival copy kept for humorous purposes. This hoax definitely deserves to be on the list, though. Wingman4l7 (talk) 22:02, 6 January 2013 (UTC)
Order of precedence in Northern IrelandRecently "Order of precedence in Northern Ireland" was added as the oldest hoax in the list, but I'm quite skeptical that this was an intentional hoax or attempt to mislead, as opposed to merely a clueless user accidentally giving incomplete information. I'm suggesting it be removed. Thoughts? If there are no objections I'll remove it after a few days. Thanks! Dcoetzee 06:40, 3 September 2013 (UTC)
add?http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Ruy_Lopez,_Marshall_Attack,_Rombaua_Trap — Preceding unsigned comment added by 107.10.45.112 (talk) 21:48, 9 September 2013 (UTC) Not sure it belongs on the list, but it's worth noting...I've just removed a reference to "The Duke" as being the tenth member of the champion 1980 University of Otago coxed rowing eight (eight rowers, plus cox, plus...The Duke) in the article Hebberley Shield. So what? "The Duke" was added to the article on 6 September 2006 - meaning it had just passed seven years on Wikipedia before being removed. Since it's not an entire article, just one line in a list, it's probably not worth adding on this page... but it deserves mention here on the talk page at least! Grutness...wha? 13:18, 10 September 2013 (UTC) New long-term hoax that could be added?I recently stumbled across this AfD discussion for Olimar The Wondercat, where the nominator mentions that the article survived for seven years, and it was deleted for being a blatant hoax. I don't know when it was first created, but it was deleted on 9 July 2013. Could this be eligible for addition on the hoaxes existent for at least one year list? If so, it appears that it would be either the second or third longest lasting hoax on the site. Lugia2453 (talk) 20:45, 19 August 2013 (UTC)
The good doctor sent me the image for public domain use. I forwarded his email to commons OTRS. It should pass license muster soon. Admin may wish to fix the caption.--Canoe1967 (talk) 19:30, 28 August 2013 (UTC)
Formatting, 2013Does anyone mind if, in Links, I use the official abbreviations for Wikipedia (WP), and Administrators noticeboard (AN)? Some of the links are force-widening the right column of the table needlessly. I'm going to boldly abbreviate one of the worst, as an example. Also removed some underscores. --Lexein (talk) 06:58, 13 November 2013 (UTC)
Pleasure Island (Borger, Texas amusement park)I've removed Pleasure Island (Borger, Texas amusement park) from the list[24] because it doesn't appear to have been a hoax, just a totally non notable entry. E.g. this 1960 source mentions it. Feel free to readd it if it turns out to be a hoax anyway of course. Fram (talk) 10:33, 13 November 2013 (UTC) How Exactly are Hoaxes Studied??I don't comment on wikipedia much anymore but I've just come across the hoax page and I was curious how you guys "study" hoaxes, per the banner that runs across the page of former hoaxes. 11kowrom 01:53, 24 September 2013 (UTC)
I've found an article that I think could be added to the "Hoaxes existent for at least one year" list - Gold Tea. According to its deletion discussion, it survived for five years, and the comments suggest that it was deleted for being a hoax. If it could be added, could an admin add it to the list? Thanks. Lugia2453 (talk) 18:05, 29 November 2013 (UTC)
"Gold Tea is a brand of ice tea that is originally from the Confederate States of America in the 19th century. It was famous for containing large quantities of small flakes of gold in each cup. This was done not purely for aesthetics, but as a means of smuggling Confederate gold through Union blockades. The public became aware of this action during the trial of Colonel Ryan Mooney of Pennsylvania. Mooney was sentenced to death by firing squad for his role in smuggling the tea to the North on behalf of Colonel Jackson. Gold tea largely disappeared after the Civil War, as the Confederacy no longer required gold to issue money or bribe foreign governments. The idea lived on in the alcoholic beverage Goldschlager. This gold-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it." --Guy Macon (talk) 20:18, 29 November 2013 (UTC) A hoax with potential to be one of the longest-surviving hoaxesSee here. Beats Olimar The Wondercat and comes close to beating Gaius Flavius Antoninus. Pan Miacek and his crime-fighting dog (woof!) 13:31, 21 December 2013 (UTC)
These are interesting. The former lasted from 2012-2014, and the latter is an intricate example of a BJAODN hoax that, although it lasted around 12 hours, would have its own entry here. This is not my last name (talk) 15:08, 25 March 2014 (UTC) Is Who's Closest really a hoax?Because of the nature of the article, it is hard to tell if he purposefully made it up or it was just a non-notable game he played. This is referred to in the AfD. Alexschmidt711 (talk) 01:00, 8 February 2014 (UTC)
This appears to be a long-standing hoax. Bearian (talk) 18:13, 17 March 2014 (UTC)
JohnCD's listJarble has discovered this goldmine of hoaxes assembled by JohnCD. Lots and lots to assess for this list. — Scott • talk 22:55, 26 April 2014 (UTC)
ChihiroThe article formerly at Chihiro numbers reached the front page and caused a lot of internal controversy, despite only being posted for a week (?). It's also linked from Reliability of Wikipedia. Should it be listed here? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2607:EA00:104:1C00:5C13:6116:E063:3F89 (talk) 23:26, 29 April 2014 (UTC)
Newly deleted hoax, lasted at least 3-4 years. Alexschmidt711 (talk) 01:45, 29 May 2014 (UTC) Coati (Brazilian aardvark)Insertion point; coverage in New Yorker: [25] [26] Andreas JN466 21:01, 24 May 2014 (UTC)
Digital LadyThis hoax band was deleted after about five and a half years on Wikipedia. It should be included in notable hoax list. 66.177.64.39 (talk) 17:44, 13 July 2014 (UTC) I just added this, based on this article [[27] in which I was interviewed about Wikipedia hoaxes. (I'm not a real expert on hoaxes, in my mind, I just am fascinated by them). This hoax was 5.5 years old, and was cited numerous times in blogs, books, library lists, etc. even apparently by the descendant and successor of the book series creator at one point!--Milowent • hasspoken 13:37, 29 July 2014 (UTC)
Nobkirelch"Nobkirelch" was an article about a fictitious species of monkey. Jarble (talk) 04:48, 3 August 2014 (UTC) Little hoax tracking?Is there any compendium of "little hoaxes" that last for a bit? I just saw an obviously fake album name removed[28] from Maynard Ferguson's discography; it had lasted 8 months. [29]. The same IP responsible for that did this [30] the same day, which I just reverted myself. Another obvious joke edit [31] lasted 10 days. The same IPs first edit was also vandalism, though quickly caught.[32].--Milowent • hasspoken 18:21, 5 August 2014 (UTC)
Masal Bugduv?A tricky one: Masal Bugduv. This past hoax article was significant enough to get its own article (as a known hoax) and attracted numerous mentions in reliable sources, including some that did not recognize the hoax: [37] [38] [39]. Should this article be added to the hoax list? 66.177.64.39 (talk) 00:50, 13 August 2014 (UTC) E'tedalion PartyIt will likely be deleted soon as it has had a prod tag on it for 7+ days. The deleting admin should be sure to move it to a subpage of this page. Jinkinson talk to me 19:39, 22 October 2014 (UTC) 2008 Summer Olympics closing ceremony flag bearersNot really a hoax, but since its creation over two years ago, until I removed 95% of the article today, the list 2008 Summer Olympics closing ceremony flag bearers (not really an obscure topic) was completely and utterly wrong. It was deliberately created with incorrect information, as stated on the talk page: "the list which I have currently created is totaly wrong with the wrong flag bearers at the moment but the order to which the countries came in is correct, all that is needed to be done is the names need changing and the sports which they are assacited with." These changes were never made. I listed a few of the blatant errors on the talk page. Does a page that has been knowingly created with wrong information, and survives in that state for two years, deserve an entry on our list of hoaxes? It certainly gives a very bad view of the reliability and crowd-sourcing aspects of Wikipedia. Fram (talk) 09:59, 18 November 2014 (UTC) Another oneI recently tagged P. V. Rajan & Company as a possible hoax. Do others agree? I did so b/c of the lack of Google Books or Google results. If it is a hoax it is one of the longest-lived ones on Wikipedia, in the same neighborhood as Snappy & friends. Everymorning talk 18:39, 19 December 2014 (UTC) Hoax Finding StrategyWhile checking up on the latest antics of fictional person George P. Burdell, I found he had been busy overthrowing governments in Africa. After fixing that, I checked the User Contribution page of the antisocial vandal who inserted this imaginary exploit, and found six unrelated articles that were similarly vandalized on the same day back in 2009, five years six months ago. Some of the articles had been corrected over the years, but some had been enhanced in their incorrectness. In particular, one article had a false bit of body text innocently (I think) incorporated into an infobox. I suggest when you find a hoax that you track back to see who put the garbage in there, and then see what else shown on their User Contribution page might need fixing. Megapod (talk) 19:31, 23 December 2014 (UTC)
Haď ČarémSomeone should probably archive the Haď Čarém page, deleted 29 January 2015. This hoax, extant for a year and ten months, describes a supposed Czech-Hungarian merchant, economist, and influential Muslim convert in the early 10th century. It approaches Bicholim conflict and Upper Peninsula War among the most elaborate hoaxes constructed here. Calamondin12 (talk) 13:17, 29 January 2015 (UTC) Fisah Ketsi / Joe JacksA hoax 'ghost ship' FISAH KETSI which still returns top google results from the paranormal community. Discovered to be an anagram of 'This is fake' when the user's other submissions were also exposed as fabrication, e.g. abstract artist and Pollock-influence JOE JACKS. Both articles were popular in my high school and survived deletion requests for some time by using fabricated scholarly citations and referencing. Would be worthwhile editions from the archive? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tefalstar (talk • contribs) 16:26, 9 February 2015 (UTC) GamerGateA hoax that has been known for sometime, often misconstrued as whitewashing by special interest groups. There is still considerable discussion on just how this article came under the guize of Wiki:Feminism, but rest assured it is important to them that they maintain this ruse. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.254.196.200 (talk) 17:09, 6 March 2015 (UTC) Well found this one-has been around since last July and is not a real tv show at all! Wgolf (talk) 22:26, 29 March 2015 (UTC)
Possible one from 2008-Daniel PontillasDaniel Pontillas-I can't find ANY proof that this is a real fictional character. Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Daniel Pontillas Wgolf (talk) 03:23, 1 April 2015 (UTC) Okay-I'm almost positive this is one-someone add this to the list sometime. Wgolf (talk) 03:25, 1 April 2015 (UTC)
And another one from 2008-O-Ha!O-Ha!, one that is very hard to tell if this is real or not. Its tough to find a title like O-Ha! when searching due to how the words can come up with a bunch of stuff. Given the creator of the article was blocked for creating hoaxes though....Wgolf (talk) 20:01, 1 April 2015 (UTC)
Hoax?Wgolf: I have just opened Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Alsayed Ali Ahmad Alshaykh, but I would appreciate a second, more experienced pair of eyes to check it please? Thanks, 1Potato2Potato3Potato4 (talk) 14:22, 17 April 2015 (UTC) Battle of Mikagehama-looks li ke the all time record for the longest listed hoax!Thanks to a few people for this one Battle of Mikagehama looks like a hoax! All the way from, are you guys ready??? 2003! Wgolf (talk) 17:42, 18 April 2015 (UTC)
What counts as a hoax?Does it have to be originated by the article creators? What if it comes from a book written in 1930, which is universally considered a hoax by people familiar with it, but some "facts" from which have seeped out into the popular consciousness (because some people believed it in 1930), occasionally appearing unattributed as "obscure" information in modern writings.--Pharos (talk) 18:40, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
Furthermore: intent and extentObviously, one of the reasons this list is maintained is to document the repercussions hoaxes have made. Purportedly some also consider it possibly useful in studies of the phenomenon. I argue that it is also important to recognize the difference between hoaxes and attempts at humor, surreal or nonsense, for at least the latter rationale.
It would be much more beneficial to keep a list of occurrences where the Wikipedia process has demonstrably failed, would it not? It is possible that someone wrote a term paper citing Functional Temporalism, but such an incident hoax or farce is no more pragmatic than inventing a fictional one to provide hypothetical examples. Krishnandan Sahay-article from 2011Okay this article Krishnandan Sahay, I am having a hard time making things of it-check the AFD page. I'm not even sure if this is real. Wgolf (talk) 23:29, 6 April 2015 (UTC)
One I found listed as a prod of a article from 2008-Mop weddingMop wedding, looks like a hoax! Wgolf (talk) 17:02, 26 April 2015 (UTC) Possible hoaxes older than Jar'Edo Wens?Two articles I nominated for PROD would be the oldest hoaxes that could have ever existed on Wikipedia.
The Snowager-is awake 17:32, 26 April 2015 (UTC)
Hoax? I think so, but not 100%. Article dates from 20:26, 11 February 2005 written by 216.107.36.38 . If it is a hoax, it's old, if it isn't a hoax, I can't see any references... 1Potato2Potato3Potato4 (talk) 18:23, 26 April 2015 (UTC) New longest hoaxWe have a new longest hoax, which lasted 10 years and 2.5 months, another deity. Thanks, 1Potato2Potato3Potato4 (talk) 19:36, 26 April 2015 (UTC)
AdditionsI have a couple of articles that have been deleted recently, but I didn't note the creation date (I think they were over 5 years), and I would be grateful if an admin could spare a minute to tell me or add them to the list. They are: Thanks, 1Potato2Potato3Potato4 (talk) 10:14, 26 April 2015 (UTC)
Should this protozoa be added to the list?Please see this. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 13:58, 4 May 2015 (UTC) Article from 2008-Desportivo TeteDesportivo Tete it has the hoax tag on it-thoughts? Wgolf (talk) 18:37, 9 May 2015 (UTC) Giancarlo CannitoCan Giancarlo Cannito get added to this? It was an article that lasted for about a year and a half on a largely fictitious professional Call of Duty player.--Prisencolinensinainciusol (talk) 01:21, 28 May 2015 (UTC) Old hoax from 2004 - Demomotus SuggestionI remember a hoax page about a Greek philosopher named Demomotus that was live in the early 2000s. It looks like it was deleted around October 2004. Archive.org has a copy of the page from July 31, 2004 which would make it old enough to include in the list, but if I remember correctly, it was actually much older, somewhere around 2002. I wasn't able to find any page history for it, but I imagine the admins might be able to still see it. Daniel (talk) 16:21, 16 June 2015 (UTC) Snappy & friendsSnappy & friends has been around since March 2005 and seems to be a hoax flat on its face. Can someone verify its hoaxiness and add it to the list? Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 02:35, 22 August 2014 (UTC)
Almost 10 yearsThe Doggs has been tagged as a hoax after having been here for almost a decade (created Dec. 25, 2005). I think it should be added to this list if it is deleted. Everymorning (talk) 17:49, 24 August 2015 (UTC)
According to Calamondin12, the user who identified this as a hoax, "At 10-plus years, this would be the longest-lived hoax on Wikipedia known so far." I think, then, that if it really is a hoax (seems probable) that it should be added to this page. Everymorning (talk) 23:39, 27 August 2015 (UTC) Another oneSt Angeline--tagged for speedy deletion, created October 4, 2007. Everymorning (talk) 02:39, 31 August 2015 (UTC)
Chad Berryman hoaxCould someone add Chad Berryman to the list? This article was made in 2010 and only recently deleted as a hoax. Thanks --MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 02:48, 14 October 2015 (UTC) Delicate slender opossum (fictitious material)According to the talkpage of this article, an older revision featured extensive false claims about these mammals being eusocial, living underground, and cultivating fungus. Though short-lived, these "facts" got picked up by many websites and can still be found online, for instance here and other "free essay" type sites. Is this worth including in our "Less than one month" section? 75.4.18.95 (talk) 22:11, 1 November 2015 (UTC)
Martin ColemanThere actually was a real college football player named Martin Coleman. He was an offensive lineman for the University of Southern California whose forgettable and injury-plagued career ran from the 2007 through 2011 seasons. Timothy Horrigan (talk) 03:39, 10 November 2015 (UTC) It seems a bit redundant......to include "fictitious", "nonexistent", etc. in the description of every item on the page. We know they are hoaxes. Equinox (talk) 21:39, 3 December 2015 (UTC) 2010-15 Hoax on John ChivingtonSee Talk:John_Chivington#Allegation_of_deliberate_hoax_re:_colorblindness. Oncenawhile (talk) 22:23, 29 December 2015 (UTC) Looks like a few articles are currently in the category of suspected hoaxesMight want to check them out also! (I did find one about a year ago that I don't think was added here that was up for more then a year) Wgolf (talk) 01:30, 10 March 2016 (UTC) Jerome Rey-hoax page since 2007Thank you Joe Decker for finding Jerome Rey-hoax page from 2007! (I happened to have this on my watchlist from a while back after finding a dead link on it) Wgolf (talk) 05:35, 11 March 2016 (UTC)
How do you add these to the main page? There are a few others that I've seen that have never been added that have been around for years! (I did find one that almost qualified but it was around for 11 months) Wgolf (talk) 01:17, 23 April 2016 (UTC) Buck Rogers (Western)-around since 2005, possible hoaxSee Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Buck Rogers (western). I can't find any info at all for Buck Rogers (western). Wgolf (talk) 01:16, 23 April 2016 (UTC)
The Doggs hoax status debunkedAccording to a User_talk:Wasted_Time_R#The_Doggs discussion with the creator of The Doggs article, the band actually existed. Any classification of the band as a hoax will be reversed as much as possible. I was prompted by the Buck Rogers discussion above to contact the creator of the alleged hoax. TheGGoose (talk) 01:09, 11 May 2016 (UTC)
Dinger McCloudCan I add Dinger McCloud to the list (see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dinger McCloud) as it was a probable hoax? Greenshed (talk) 01:42, 25 August 2016 (UTC) Fake Confucius quoteI have tried many times to remove this one from Wikiquote, but it keeps coming back There is a fake quote in Wikiquote article on Confucius: "A man living without conflicts, as if he never lives at all". Let's hope posting here will help. Yitzhaks (talk) 15:10, 6 November 2016 (UTC) Chen Fang End DateUhhh the length is 6 days yet it falls under extant for at least a year. Wondering if this is an error in the end date or if it is placed in the wrong section? Funkyman99 (talk) 05:24, 30 November 2016 (UTC) The purpose is to show the first time the page appeared.--Alexschmidt711 (talk) 21:09, 18 December 2016 (UTC) FormattingI suggest that, just to make things even more clear, all the text in the example hoaxes be JohnCD's listI've just noticed that JohnCD (RIP) compiled a list of hoaxes here. They may not all be on this list, I don't currently have the time to check. — Scott • talk 01:19, 9 January 2017 (UTC) Glenn O'Brienhttps://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Glenn_O%27Brien&diff=prev&oldid=453627713 Looks like this made into print from Wiki. Anmccaff (talk) 19:18, 8 April 2017 (UTC) Hoax off (and on) Wiki?Should this article include hoaxes which originated off Wiki, but that Wiki has substantially amplified? Anmccaff (talk) 06:03, 25 March 2017 (UTC) Pushing eight years, looks like it's some highschool classmate....https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Isaiah_Oggins&diff=prev&oldid=277776521
Nine-year WikiHoax. John_Pelham_(officer)https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_Pelham_(officer)&diff=prev&oldid=247185843 Made in into print -granted, only Arcadia. Alabama and the Civil War: A History & Guide Jones, Robert C., Arcadia Publishing, Jun 12, 2017 pp31&33. Anmccaff (talk) 05:52, 5 July 2017 (UTC) Radio Disney Music Award for Best Band hoaxGreater than one year hoax if someone wants to add it to the list. Please see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Radio Disney Music Award for Best Band. There are still 32 articles which link to the deleted article as well.--☾Loriendrew☽ ☏(ring-ring) 00:53, 8 August 2017 (UTC) Blue wikilinksWhy are many of the titles of articles still blue wikilinks? Surely if these articles were hoaxes, they should have been deleted from Wikipedia and only be red wikilinks now. Vorbee (talk) 16:58, 12 August 2017 (UTC) Other WikisDo hoaxes on other Wikis count? Because I've discovered a possible hoax on another Wiki that's lasted nearly as long as Bine. jc iindyysgvxc (my contributions) 02:59, 7 September 2017 (UTC) "Hairy Bush Fruit"The name for the Kiwi known as The Hairy Bushfruit is 100% fake. It's a very longlasting hoax. The guy who did it admitted it on reddit... 3 years ago. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/249rd9/whats_your_best_story_that_is_100_real_but_nobody/ch4zpbp/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nungimelheshin (talk • contribs) 01:19, 23 October 2017 (UTC) Hans Geiger, aka "Gengar"?Until recently, our article on Hans Geiger claimed that he was nicknamed "Gengar". Hans Geiger was the physicist who invented the Geiger counter. Gengar is a Pokémon. The claim was added in March 2009, then removed, then added again in December, then removed again after an 8-month delay, then added again on 30 September 2010 and not removed until 18 November 2017. (In fairness, it was tagged with a "citation needed" back in May.) A Google Books search turns up a few "sources" for the claim, but they turn out to post-date its inclusion in Wikipedia, or they are just repackagings of Wikipedia articles. XOR'easter (talk) 17:23, 24 November 2017 (UTC) Wrong orderingI'm sorry for posting on this page, but I don't really know how to report this to developers: This problem might exist on a greater scope than only this page. Could someone show me how to fix this type of problem, please? Trying to order the hoaxes on this page, I noticed that the ordering was wrong. The second column, named "length", sorts the amounts of time the hoax has been out alphabetically. For instance, "12 years, 4 months" is placed between "6 days" and "4 years" (and other items in between). The problem is probably caused by a wrong format of this data, set to 'text' instead of 'date'.
Krypton Mingling (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 14:44, 30 November 2017 (UTC) I think the first lasted around 2 years from 2012 to 2014, but I don’t know about the second. The second was a fictitious mathematician and was G3’d; the first was PRODded. Also something in the history of truncated icosahedron about it supposedly modeling plate tectonics. 165.91.13.204 (talk) 19:51, 28 November 2017 (UTC) Also, Lukatwi and many others have been removed from the “at least one month” section. 165.91.13.204 (talk) 19:54, 28 November 2017 (UTC) The suspected hoax page Bad Harbour was just deleted. It lasted at least 9 years. 108.210.218.199 (talk) 17:28, 19 December 2017 (UTC) I’d like to announce that Michael Merz, created in 2015, is being speedied as a blatant hoax. 108.210.219.2 (talk) 18:03, 24 December 2017 (UTC) Hi, I found an article, Hokl/EB Films, that was created in 2012, that appeared to be a hoax article as it has no listing on IMDb, not for any of its supposed films. Since “Chicago Stories” supposedly won an unspecified award, I concluded G3. LaundryPizza03 (talk) 21:16, 26 December 2017 (UTC) A 7-year-old article, Arturo Villavicencio, has been nominated for G3. LaundryPizza03 (talk) 17:32, 28 December 2017 (UTC) Also, Casquito has been PRODded as a possible hoax. LaundryPizza03 (talk) 17:43, 28 December 2017 (UTC) And Latin Christmas, Vol. 1 & 2. Both this and Casquito date back to 2006. LaundryPizza03 (talk) 17:45, 28 December 2017 (UTC) I remember seeing this on CSD in 2011 with {{Db-g3}} which dated from 2007. Should this be on? Crouch, Swale (talk) 19:02, 31 December 2017 (UTC) Reverse Laffer was speedily deleted as a blatant hoax. Profit efficiency is proposed for deletion as a creation by the same user. LaundryPizza03 (talk) 20:51, 1 January 2018 (UTC) George K. Broomhall has been nominated for speedy deletion; see the talk page for explanation. LaundryPizza03 (talk) 00:31, 5 January 2018 (UTC)
Tong Seal has been tagged for PROD as an apparent hoax. It was created on June 15, 2006. LaundryPizza03 (talk) 21:58, 8 January 2018 (UTC) Irmãos Coragem, a supposed remake of Irmãos Coragem (telenovela), has been PRODded as an apparent hoax. LaundryPizza03 (talk) 02:24, 9 January 2018 (UTC) Gomez das Mariñas was flagged as G3. It was created on October 16, 2004. I believe that’s 13 years, 3 months, and 2 days. We have a new record! LaundryPizza03 (talk) 10:50, 18 January 2018 (UTC) Battle of PęciceBattle of Pęcice has existed since January 5, 2008. A quick Google search shows absolutely no results that aren't Wikipedia mirrors. Also from the same author is Żaglowiec Group, around since February 5, 2008. Can anyone prove that these are unquestionably hoaxes? Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 19:44, 10 January 2018 (UTC)
Cliff Padgett has been prodded as a possible hoax. It was created on 22 March 2007. LaundryPizza03 (talk) 17:51, 9 January 2018 (UTC) ...and, as simply checking the easily available cites shows, it isn't. Anmccaff (talk) 21:38, 18 January 2018 (UTC) Cool ZoneCool Zone appears to be a hoax. It's been around 2/25/06 with no proof that it actually exists. Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 06:13, 11 January 2018 (UTC)
I wanted to add Michael Merz (deleted as G3 on 25 Dec 2017) to the list, but wasn’t sure exactly when it was created. I think it was some time in 2015. LaundryPizza03 (talk) 02:34, 31 January 2018 (UTC) Kōtahi and Sea-beeWe should probably add this. (A fictitious entry from List of legendary creatures from Japan that was taken seriously and incorporated into a board game.) Also, last month I found a dubious article on a supposed heraldic creature called the sea-bee, which was deleted. The article existed for over ten years, and had only one source from a very hard-to-find academic journal. It was suspected of being a hoax but not confirmed, as the supposed source couldn't be checked (as far as I know). Should it be added? 169.228.164.250 (talk) 14:51, 2 February 2018 (UTC) Punctuation - a periodShould the annotation in the Hoax column end with a period or nothing? It's widely inconsistent.--Adûnâi (talk) 07:31, 15 February 2018 (UTC) More dataIn the wikipedia in Spanish, a user put a possible sequel to a movie released on 4th March, 2016 called “Zootopia” (from more information) Maybe I should add this edition of the article “Zootopia” in the Spanish Wikipedia. --SoyLunano23 (Go to play and eat Krabby Pattys) 22:16, 11 March 2018 (UTC)User:Soylunano23 The Gaveltons was just deleted per G3. See also Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Gaveltons. It lasted over 10 years. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 11:50, 3 May 2018 (UTC)
Spanish Tickler/Cat's Paw torture device: incorrectly listedI don't think the "Spanish tickler" device belongs here. I have seen it in older print sources, and I found this reference from a magazine in 1996, well before the article existed: https://books.google.com/books?id=1XgxAQAAIAAJ&q=Spanish+tickler&dq=Spanish+tickler&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi1qIGmn_zbAhVQHqwKHTUODPQQ6AEIUjAI This 1973 book also comes up in Google Books, though no preview is available: https://books.google.com/books?id=0XSRSQAACAAJ&dq=Spanish+tickler&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiO8_6ZoPzbAhWo6IMKHRx0CVs4HhDoAQhNMAg The device in question may well be fictitious, but it appears that the concept of it predates our article by at least a decade, and as such it should not be considered a "Wikipedia hoax." 2602:304:B041:C79:6088:AE34:7BEE:3165 (talk) 20:48, 30 June 2018 (UTC) William StirratA little over 10 years ago, there was an article about a man named William Stirrat who claimed to be the author of the song Unchained Melody. The article linked to some local publications, and eventually found itself to the song’s main article. The hoax propogated to imdb, yaho, and even the New York Times. Wikipedia editors, using wp:rs, corrected this. The page may have been purged, because there is no record of it or its edits. The man had passed away some time ago so not sure why records would have been purged. Work permit (talk) 16:46, 5 August 2018 (UTC) Zechariah SealSee Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Zechariah Seal. Zechariah Seal appears to be a hoax that's been around for over three years. Should we list it here? Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 00:22, 11 August 2018 (UTC)
VandellaVandella, deleted at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Vandella in July of this year, is not mentioned here. — Mr. Guye (talk) (contribs) 18:00, 18 August 2018 (UTC) Include other hoax torture devices: Heretic's fork, Knee splitter, and Mask of infamyAfter seeing that the "Spanish Tickler" was a long-lasting hoax I found that the Mask of infamy, Heretic's fork, and Knee splitter which all came from the same hoax sources. They were all deleted on 20 July 2018.
Dik-dik pronunciationStarting from at least 2012, users have vandalised the page dik-dik to say that the animal's name is pronounced 'xylophone'. This erroneous information became an Internet meme because the vandalism was left on for so long. Should this merit an entry? --Corsican Warrah Israeli Pika 13:28, 5 March 2019 (UTC) Ludwig HeidlerThis can be added. I don't remember how long it was on here for but was deleted as a hoax. See Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Ludwig_Heidler Valenciano (talk) 13:47, 13 March 2019 (UTC) There is an AFD at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Albaina for Albaina which dates back to September 2004, I don't think this is a (deliberate) hoax but simply confusion with Armenia, Belize but it could go on the hoax list if it doesn't exist. Crouch, Swale (talk) 20:04, 7 March 2019 (UTC)
Homa Shaibany-article from 2006 (!), possible hoax?Okay I just put up a new AFD for this lady Homa Shaibany, I can't find ANY info about her outside of mirror sites. Wgolf (talk) 23:59, 16 March 2019 (UTC)
Possible hoaxA guy on 4chan claims he made a hoax article on a genocide. Says its' about 2 years old. Probably a stub with few links and likely only a few edits. I don't know where to report potential hoaxes, so I am posting this here. Harizotoh9 (talk) 06:29, 11 April 2019 (UTC) Hoax list candidateThe article mentioned in this AfD discussion claimed that a person in Galway, Ireland lived to be 280 years old, dying in 1580. The article was added about 9 years ago with little subsequent editing. It also mentioned an Irish historian as the source; the historian's article listed a book on the history of Galway. I found the book's full text online, and the late-1500s section had nothing related. Although the article is deleted, is there a way to get it onto the hoax list? RobDuch (talk) 03:58, 5 May 2019 (UTC)
Tim Hayes (screenwriter)The article Tim Hayes (screenwriter) has been around since May, 2011. This looks pretty much like a hoax article. If removed as a hoax-someone add it on here. Wgolf (talk) 20:53, 13 March 2019 (UTC) Can someone please add it to the project page? Thanks! Wgolf (talk) 00:34, 21 March 2019 (UTC)
Here @Alumnum:, article was from May 2011 and just recently deleted. It was a supposed screenwriter of Teen Wolf. Wgolf (talk) 14:53, 25 March 2019 (UTC)
Hoaxes that lasted under a year section (or rather page)Was just looking over that-it seems there are not that many that have been added over the past few years-I'm sure there are some hoax articles that could go there if we can find them (I also looked on the archive articles and there are some that have been mentioned but never added-well there is also the one from 2011 I mentioned earlier that has yet to be added) But yeah getting back on this-someone might need to go over that page (the sort by date does not go by the date of them either) Wgolf (talk) 06:22, 27 June 2019 (UTC)
Hoax nominee: Synchronized FootballI just found another hoax: Synchronized Football. It was PRODed by an IP but, noticing this is 12 years old, I would like it moved to WP:LHWP. FoxyGrampa75 (talk) 00:49, 17 June 2019 (UTC)
Eric van Viele Hoax candidate from 2006!Now while Eric van Viele apparently was a real person, the article about him is a hoax. The article was started April 14, 2006. And here Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Eric van Viele. Wgolf (talk) 20:53, 30 June 2019 (UTC) @Alumnum:, here Wgolf (talk) 20:55, 30 June 2019 (UTC)
Steve MoertelThe entry for Steve Moertel is missing an archived link to the entry and to any deletion discussions. Is it possible to add these? 24.217.247.41 (talk) 10:24, 15 August 2019 (UTC) Why the hell do we have this list?It can only encourage people to create hoaxes in order to see them listed here. WP:DNFTT would seem to apply. Beyond My Ken (talk) 09:23, 28 August 2019 (UTC)
The Fake Nazi Death Camp: Wikipedia’s Longest Hoax, ExposedThe Fake Nazi Death Camp: Wikipedia’s Longest Hoax, Exposed - Haaretz For over 15 years, false claims that thousands of Poles were gassed to death in Warsaw were presented as fact. Haaretz reveals they are just the tip of an iceberg of a widespread Holocaust distortion operation by Polish nationalists One that would be near the top of the list!Tim Verfaillie was deleted yesterday by User:Muboshgu. It looks as if it was created in or before early June 2006, which would make it (one of the) longest-surviving hoaxes on enwiki. Fram (talk) 07:00, 7 October 2019 (UTC)
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