User talk:Calamondin12

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Welcome to Wikipedia, Calamondin12! Thank you for your contributions. I am Everymorning and I have been editing Wikipedia for some time, so if you have any questions feel free to leave me a message on my talk page. You can also check out Questions or type at the bottom of this page. Here are some pages that you might find helpful: Also, when you post on talk pages you should sign your name using four tildes ( ~ ); that will automatically produce your username and the date. I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Everymorning  talk  04:16, 25 January 2015 (UTC)
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 * Also, just out of curiosity, are you User:66.177.64.39? I'm asking because your edit summaries seem similar to those he used when editing. Everymorning   talk  04:17, 25 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Yes, I had been editing for a while (largely things like hoax-hunting, fixing bad ISBNs, finding sources for articles) before starting a regular Wikipedia account a couple of weeks ago. If there's a way to integrate the prior edit history into the new account, I'm not aware of it. Looking forward to continued work on Wikipedia. Calamondin12 (talk) 21:33, 25 January 2015 (UTC)

Krama Inggil
Next time you want to PROD something, google it first. Thank you.-- AldNon Ucallin?☎ 04:29, 10 February 2015 (UTC)

Jacobus Van de Water
I stumbled upon this article while de-orphaning. I see that you inserted a reference that mentions that he was mayor of New York City in 1673. However, I can't find any other sources to confirm that. I agree that he could be a mayor in New York City, but I can't find anything that mentions him as mayor of New York City. I'm debating on whether I should nominate the article for deletion or not. --MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 03:17, 17 February 2015 (UTC)

2 hoax pages from 2008 that need to be added
Check the talk page-they were both closed on afd today! Wgolf (talk) 02:41, 9 April 2015 (UTC)

Hoaxes to add to the list
From 2011: Krishnandan Sahay and one from 2014 to add to the less then a year list: The Babysitter Battle (TV series). Wgolf (talk) 21:53, 14 April 2015 (UTC)

Hoax
Hi, how do you locate possible hoaxes? Thanks, 1Potato2Potato3Potato4 (talk) 18:51, 19 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Usually, I search under the orphaned articles category (articles that have no inbound links from other Wikipedia articles) and start randomly looking at articles. This category includes tens of thousands of articles, including many that are non-notable and a few outright hoaxes. Because these articles don't have inbound links, few users ever see them, and they can often escape scrutiny indefinitely. Not all hoaxes are orphans (in a few cases, a crafty hoaxer has added a link in another article), but the great majority of hoaxes fall into this classification. Calamondin12 (talk) 22:25, 19 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Hello, I simply wanted to thank you for searching and tagging articles recently! I actually removed the tag from My People Will Rise as it seems it existed but still may be obscure. Cheers! SwisterTwister   talk  23:11, 21 July 2015 (UTC)

The Doggs
The Doggs is a hoax I found that lasted for nine years and eight months. Can you add it to the list of hoaxes on Wikipedia please, as suggested here please? TheGGoose (talk) 13:51, 25 August 2015 (UTC)
 * I've included it on the list now. I can't archive the actual page (only an administrator can do that) but it is now included among the longest-lived hoaxes. Calamondin12 (talk) 19:57, 25 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your help. I discovered some hoaxes or at least possible hoaxes in Wikipedia recently. I found them in Google by searching their template messages, especially "All articles lacking sources" and "All orphaned articles" together with quotations on each template and made sure the searches only goes to Wikipedia "site:en.wikipedia.org". I also added -"external links" because many or most hoax articles don't have any external links section, and legit articles tend to have that section; you can also add other terms to find articles based on certain topics. For example, in addition to the search terms in quotations I explained, I added "tv" to the search and discovered another possible hoax television related. I think you won't find all hoaxes with this method, but it could be easier to find one. TheGGoose (talk) 13:56, 26 August 2015 (UTC)

Hoax bands
Can you add The Rock Gang (2011-2015) and The Meller Band (2014-2015) to the lists of hoaxes please? Apparently, the Meller Band is/was a real band that began about last year, but they tout themselves as a band that started in the 1960s. The article presented the fabrication as facts, not stating that it's actually an homage-type band. Their website has a history page citing the now-deleted article to their claimed five decades of history. TheGGoose (talk) 22:36, 8 September 2015 (UTC)

Interview about hoax hunting?
Hello,

My name is Kim Renfro, and I'm a digital culture reporter for Tech Insider. I'd love to conduct a brief phone interview with you about the Jack Robichaux hoax. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Jack_Robichaux) I'm really interested to learn more about your work as a Wikipedia user. My email address is krenfro@techinsider.io. Thank you! Kimrrenfro (talk) 23:01, 5 November 2015 (UTC)Kim

Hi Calamondin12, I'd appreciate just a few minutes of your time for help with the story I'm writing about this hoax. My office number is (646) 494-4150 and email is krenfro@techinsider.io Thanks!Kimrrenfro (talk) 02:10, 16 November 2015 (UTC)Kim


 * See  DGG ( talk ) 19:31, 4 February 2016 (UTC)

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Congrats on the Tech Insider article
http://www.techinsider.io/wikipedia-longest-running-hoax-2015-10 --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (talk) 01:33, 5 February 2016 (UTC)

Congratulations on your work. I saw your edit about Quiller (TV series). — Preceding unsigned comment added by Askaquestion (talk • contribs) 21:21, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

Barnstar
I just read a news article on Business Insider. Axl ¤ [Talk] 12:12, 5 February 2016 (UTC)

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Hoaxes for archive

 * Steve Moertel  12 March 2009 - 3 February 2016
 * Inventor of a new type of popcorn.


 * Tom Prescillo   21 December 2013 - 19 February 2014
 * Scottish actor, with refs and picture of other people.


 * Alexander Ivanovich Popov 2 August 2009 - 1 January 2013
 * Soviet physicist and inventor. Not entirely clear that this was a hoax, maybe just non-notable. See AfD


 * Noah Chazzman  17 January 2011 - 23 October 2012
 * Copy of Steven Pinker with the name changed.


 * Dav Sorado   12 May 2013 - 14 June 2013
 * Professional basketball player. References and picture are about other people.


 * Mama Mo Yeah 7 December 2012 - 2 February 2013
 * Non-existent "short story written by Guy de Maupassant".

They all pass the one-month threshold. I don't think any of them are interesting enough to be worth undeleting to put in the archive, except possibly Mama Mo Yeah. Sniffing around their creators' other edits, I have found some useful tidying-up to do.

With regard to the two false positives, by all means rehabilitate them if you have sources. Neither was deleted by AfD, so you don't need any permission. In fact Maurice Foxell was a PROD, so I can undelete him if you like. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 11:18, 2 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks! I've added the hoaxes (except the uncertain Popov page) to the applicable hoax lists. Can you undelete the Maurice Foxell article? In addition to the Glasgow Herald article from 1960, I'm also finding additional information (books, WorldCat references, etc.) indicating that the subject was both real and notable. It appears the hoax-hunting algorithm mentioned in the academic paper on hoaxes still needs a few adjustments to reduce the likelihood of false positives like this one. Calamondin12 (talk) 18:50, 2 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Maurice Foxell restored. JohnCD (talk) 19:36, 2 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks for restoring the article. I've essentially reconstructed the Maurice Foxell article from the ground up, clearing out the essay-like content and adding relevant information with references. Calamondin12 (talk) 23:21, 2 September 2016 (UTC)

Two more
I have examined the other contributions of the author of Tom Prescillo, leading to: JohnCD (talk) 19:32, 2 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Articles for deletion/Jason Donoghue (2nd nomination) (article started 29 Dec 2013‎)
 * Redirects for discussion/Log/2016 September 2 (22 Jan 2014)

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Pierre Dupont article
Nice spot! You may be interested to know that the hoaxer has owned up on Twitter. Blythwood (talk) 20:45, 13 September 2016 (UTC)