Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ayia Napa sea monster


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The result was delete.  Sandstein  09:07, 26 April 2019 (UTC)

Ayia Napa sea monster

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I first got suspicious of this article simply because, as a resident of a town close to Ayia Napa, I'd never heard of this "monster" and asking around produced the same result (though, obviously, that in itself doesn't mean the monster isn't a real legend). I then noticed that when you Google for the Ayia Napa sea monster, most results reflect the wording of the Wikipedia article, and just about everything post-dates the creation of this article. Then I saw that of the sources, one actually relates to an entirely different part of Cyprus and a pretty obvious single silly-season news story, another is a Department of Antiquities page that simply refers to Scylla rather than to any specifically Cypriot sea monster, and the third is not easily accessible. The television episode devoted to the Ayia Napa sea monster also post-dates the creation of this Wikipedia entry, and given the not exactly thorough nature of the research on Destination Truth it is entirely reasonable to suppose that the TV program was inspired by a hoax Wikipedia page. Finally, the creator's history does not exactly inspire confidence. I'm happy to be proved wrong, but I think that this page is a long standing hoax. Vizjim (talk) 09:03, 19 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete. Likely WP:HOAX or WP:GNG fail. The only source that is not inspired by Wikipedia is the "HadjiPavlou, P: Cyprus Weekly, page 18. March 14 2007" but my search for HadjiPavlou "To Filiko Teras" -wiki or "Cyprus Weekly" "To Filiko Teras" -wiki produce nothing. See also Talk:Ayia Napa sea monster. Bottom line is we need sources, and an offline newspaper article that cannot be verified to even exist is not good enough. Btw, Polish Wikipedia links to this English language source Famagusta Gazette, but it DOES not mention the term "Ayia Napa", instead it talks about the Kouris Dam location. That article also mentions the rumors started around 2005. So it's not a legend, just a recent urban legend. And even if the other article exists, two local newspaper results are unlikely sufficient - this is effectively a tabloid rumor at best. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 09:28, 19 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Cyprus-related deletion discussions.  CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 10:16, 19 April 2019 (UTC)
 * I Just discovered that that was old, uncaught vandalism. The original phrase was "O Filikos Teras".-- Auric   talk  00:27, 22 April 2019 (UTC)


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