Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kuan pha na dum

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The result was delete. Mark Arsten (talk) 04:47, 14 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Kuan pha na dum[edit]

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Only source I could find was a book from after the article's creation which was likely automated. The translation the article gives is way too long in Lao.The creator has only edited this page. Although there are some other scant articles on gods, they at least have sources. Could be the second oldest hoax article. If so,archive it. Alexschmidt711 (talk) 02:05, 6 January 2014 (UTC) Please clean up the page,I must have made a mistake.Alexschmidt711 (talk) 02:08, 6 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete, I also get hoax feelings. I searched for 'axe' in Legends of the Lao, and some other books dealing with Laotian folklore, and came up with nothing related to this feature. --Soman (talk) 04:40, 6 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment', google translate gives heavenly axe as 'tad thon laichai khong savan' in Laotian. --Soman (talk) 04:46, 6 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Comment, The publisher of the book with the mention is LLC, which means there are no known non-mirror sources. Google cannot find any sources from before this article, although a computer discussion board's forum about Laos lists a user named kuan pha na dum from 2007. It is possible this person noticed the article while looking up Laos. Actually it's the third-oldest known hoax when detected, but it's still a great find. Alexschmidt711 (talk) 23:49, 6 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Delete It turns out that this is an alternate spelling of Kwan fa nah dum,the titular character of a '80s Lao lokarn (soap opera). The article is not a hoax,per se, but both the lokarn and the character are not notable, and the article is misleading. Unfortunately, I will have to take down the hoax tag.Alexschmidt711 (talk) 00:21, 7 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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