Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Easy-cook rice (joke)


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The result was Delete -- JForget  23:36, 25 June 2008 (UTC)

Easy-cook rice (joke)

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I suspect that this article is a 1 year and 9 month old WP:HOAX. The article is the sole edit of its contributor and nobody has made substantial changes to it since. It is an article about the "ECRB" or "Easy Cook Rice Bit" - a comedy act. But googling "Easy Cook Rice Bit" produces only 3 hits, this article and two clones of it on external sites. Googling "ECRB" with "comedy" is equally fruitless. This strongly suggests that the article is just made up.

There are no sources and the article freely admits that "The ECRB has never featured on a UK TV comedy show". However, it has been "alluded to". I wonder even if sources are found whether the topic would be notable enough for an article anyway. TwoMightyGodsPersuasionNecessity 18:11, 21 June 2008 (UTC)


 * Delete lacks verification and reliable sources. Doc StrangeMailbox Logbook 18:34, 21 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete no sources provide, and Google searches do not provide any reliable sources. Also, no google hits for the lines of the 4 line version. Silverfish (talk) 19:15, 21 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete. Doesn't assert notability, and lacks sources. Bart133 (t) (c) 19:36, 21 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete, no attribution of the notability of this joke to reliable sources. Vague claims of well-known comics "alluding" to it are insufficient. --Dhartung | Talk 20:24, 21 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Speedy delete per WP:HOAX and lack of WP:V Artene50 (talk) 04:34, 22 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete No joke doktorb wordsdeeds 22:47, 22 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete as I too could not really find anything to verify this one. Sincerely, --  Le Grand Roi des Citrouilles  Tally-ho! 00:06, 23 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete. No references. Not notable. Axl (talk) 14:47, 23 June 2008 (UTC)


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