Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/1952 Olinda massacre

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The result was delete. WP:SNOW closure. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 02:38, 20 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

1952 Olinda massacre[edit]

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It is probably a false article. Almost all sources are not verifiable (dead links), and the only verifiable reference does not refer to the alleged "massacre".

In addition, in a quick search, the only results that mention the massacre are Wikimedia links. In all Wikipedia, the article was created by the same user, exception of the Spanish, created by an ip Edmond Dantès ^{d'un message?} 23:31, 13 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: discussion on the Lusophone Wiki. Edmond Dantès ^{d'un message?} 23:32, 13 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Delete I don't find anything through a google search. The first two references (The Straits Times (January 20, 1952) and The Bend Bulletin (January 21, 1952)) are both digitised and freely available online. Neither mentions anything about a shooting at Olinda, Brazil. It also seems rather suspicious that none of the perpetrator or victims are named. It does seem very likely that this is a made-up story. RebeccaGreen (talk) 08:44, 14 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Another Bicholim conflict. Bilhauano (talk) 12:25, 14 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Everything points to this being a lame hoax. --Lambiam 21:11, 14 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Delete It is obvious hoax, it was created on the Wikimedia project, which means it is a hoax. Felicia (talk) 22:57, 14 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Speedy Delete As per all of the above.TH1980 (talk) 03:55, 15 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

According to the article, were 22 victims. This number would put the "massacre" among the five largest in Brazil, however, with no source! Edmond Dantès ^{d'un message?} 07:52, 15 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. There is no historical record of this happening. Adriell (talk) 11:42, 15 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. As the owner of this article, i translated the Spanish article in good faith, but i now suspect that this never happened, given that the sources are unavailable. As the Adriell said, there is no historical record of this event happening. --Cientific124 (talk) 15:22, 16 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. If such a fact had existed, there would be numerous sources on.Fabiojrsouza (talk) 15:30, 16 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Delete there would be abundant sources if this was real - I can't find any. GirthSummit _(blether) 12:23, 17 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Delete It's a pile-on, at this point. WP:HOAX. Capt. Milokan (talk) 19:42, 19 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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