Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tonqué

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The result was Speedy delete as vandalism. It is also not verifiable. - Richard Cavell (talk) 00:07, 2 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Tonqué[edit]

Probable hoax. I can find no online references, and some of the links from within this article are clearly incorrect, eg Maxime Weygand would have been ten years old at the time claimed, and Paul Reynaud was not yet born. I can find no online reference to Jordane Elias either. Britannica doesn't appear to know anything about this tribe despite being cited as a ref. Tatau Island does exist. gadfium 02:52, 1 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delete- A hoax. Well spotted, gadfium. I can't find any evidence that Paul Gemmanti or William Governor, two of the "sources" for this article, exist either. Reyk _YO! 03:01, 1 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. This says it all really, as pointed out by Reyk above - it doesn't meet verifiability standards, and the sources given appear to be bogus. If we can be a hundred percent sure it's a hoax, we should delete it under the WP:CSD#G3, which includes "blatant and obvious misinformation".--Les boys (talk) 09:33, 1 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, surely a hoax. --Anna Lincoln (talk) 14:40, 1 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: Looks like a hoax, albeit a (fairly) subtle one. Cosmic Latte (talk) 14:47, 1 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep: I know it's real, I met them. --user: j3nnilee —Preceding comment was added at 23:20, 1 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment: The author has 3 edits, of which only one (the creation of the subject of this AfD) is in the project space. - Richard Cavell (talk) 00:07, 2 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Oceania-related deletion discussions. -- Fabrictramp | talk to me 23:16, 1 July 2008 (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.