Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kerosene Island, Bermuda

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The result was delete. $Salvio$ ^{Let's talk about it!} 01:55, 29 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Kerosene Island, Bermuda[edit]

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I can't find any evidence this island actually exists. The coordinates are for a different island, and I suspect there may be a combination of citogenesis and a poor database. I removed a blatant hoax, and there's nothing left. Creator is banned but not sure if they hoaxed. If there were proof that this was the former name of an island then redirection should apply. AFD not PROD due to potential for good faith recreation. ^~Hydronium^~Hydroxide^~(Talk)~ 13:37, 21 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Delete, borderline speedy per A1/A3. --Jayron 32 14:20, 21 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Unless the island mysteriously disappeared into the Bermuda Triangle I think this can be safely dismissed as a hoax. — Frayæ (Talk/Spjall) 18:22, 21 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. There really is a Kerosene Island, but it's in Madang, Papua New Guinea on the other side of the world, and we don't have an article on it. The coordinates were inserted by a bot citing the source as GNS (GEOnet Names Server ? ). If this really is a hoax the bot owner (@The Anome:) ought to look into how this has happened. SpinningSpark 16:28, 22 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
- @The Anome: repinging because I messed up the formatting the first time. SpinningSpark 16:30, 22 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
- Not necessarily a hoax, but in need of absolutely reliable sourcing if not - possibilities include: Bermuda originally having had many more islands than it currently does (a bunch were destroyed in land reclamation); extant islands having had multiple official names through their history; islands potentially having had local/folk/non-official names; and database/transcription errors. In the case of the coordinates, they might be generic for the country if KI was added without coordinates? ^~Hydronium^~Hydroxide^~(Talk)~ 04:44, 23 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Geography-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 01:22, 24 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Caribbean-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 01:22, 24 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Delete, does not meet WP:GEOLAND, sources are lacking, even if there are other island(s) with this name without sources a standalone article is inappropriate. Coolabahapple (talk) 01:31, 24 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - No sources apparently anywhere back up the the existence of this topic as written. --Oakshade (talk) 05:00, 25 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per WP:GEOLAND. OccultZone (Talk • Contributions • Log) 15:30, 25 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Delete as unverifiable. -- The Anome (talk) 18:59, 25 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per above. MB 01:56, 28 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.