Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Battle of Yindurupilly


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The result was speedy delete. CSD as an obvious and blatant hoax. Lankiveil (speak to me) 12:20, 28 April 2015 (UTC)

Battle of Yindurupilly

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Per my comment on the talk page, I cannot establish that this battle existed. There are no sources that I can see other than mirrors, and even if there were, I cannot establish that this event was notable. 1Potato2Potato3Potato4 (talk) 13:55, 25 April 2015 (UTC)


 * delete Looks like some local myth/gossip right now.-- C E  (talk) 17:22, 25 April 2015 (UTC)
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 * Delete as a HOAX (or potential one). If this happened, I cannot beleive that it would not have been mentioned in Australian newspapers.  The placename occurs in this article.  As I understand it "squatter" means a free settler, who had occupied land without first obtianing legal title: it is not a derogatory term.  Peterkingiron (talk) 17:23, 25 April 2015 (UTC)
 * It may well be a hoax, but you should be aware that in Australia, many murders of Aboriginal people were covered up. I'll see if I can find anything. Cheers, Peacemaker67 (crack... thump) 22:55, 25 April 2015 (UTC)


 * Keep - Websearches do not trump the two printed sources, and I think it is a long bow to draw that a few internet searches show this as a hoax. From my research incidents like this are not covered in sources on the internet, I've read multiple sources on multiple such incidents where there is zero trace on the internet. Library visits are required. This incident or battle looks to be in line with the Australian_frontier_wars, the earlier Battle of One Tree Hill. The area and people's spelling is not consistent over time so some care and scholarship is called for - Peripitus (Talk) 02:03, 26 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete This is an obvious hoax. Chris Coulthard-Clark's book The Encyclopaedia of Australia's Battles features a very comprehensive listing of the larger and most significant battles of the Frontier Wars, of which this claimed engagement would have been among the largest and, by taking place in modern-day Brisbane, among the most important. Coulthard-Clark doesn't mention it. There is zero percent chance that a large battle could have taken place near Brisbane at this stage of the colonisation of Queensland and not be easy to confirm through reliable sources. The State Library of Queensland does not have records for a book called "A Colonial Life" by anyone by the last name of Whitehead or "Colonial History Archive" by anyone going by the last name of Winters (and I note that these kind of vague references to obscure hard copy sources are pretty common for hoax articles). Nick-D (talk) 06:12, 26 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Speedy delete. Hoax, any event resulting in the deaths of 77 settlers would not have gone unnoticed.  IgnorantArmies  (talk)  16:50, 26 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Speedy delete - the two cited sources don't check out (can't verify their existence). Renata (talk) 19:44, 26 April 2015 (UTC)
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