Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Henryk Batuta


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The result was keep. Krakatoa Katie  12:37, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

Henryk Batuta

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An article about a hoax on the Polish Wikipedia, with a few media sources. 588 Google hits including Wikipedia, mirrors, Polish Wikipedia et al. WP:ASR applies heavily here. References are inadequate. Delete or maybe merge into Criticism of Wikipedia.-h i s  s p a c e   r e s e a r c h 14:23, 17 June 2007 (UTC)


 * Delete - get rid of it per nom. Don't give him the publicity of a merge! Rgds, --Trident13 20:14, 17 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep as a notable hoax. This is elaborate enough to be encyclopedic. DGG 00:51, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep, the media attention in Poland appears to grant minimal notability. We should ASR, but notability isn't relative to whether it's a self-reference. --Dhartung | Talk 07:30, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep and rename to Henryk Batuta (hoax). It's notable enough as a hoax that duped major newspapers. It is the hoax that is notable. -- Kimon talk 14:57, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep. The mention in the Polish and British newspapers seems enough to show external-world notability, beyond the walls of Wikipedia. Since the article tries to document the history of the hoax, it might be worth adding to the article that the original Henryk Batuta was created by an anonymous editor in 2004, and we no longer allow anons to create articles. In general there is some risk of glamorizing vandalism when we publicize the former existence of hoax Wikipedia articles, but this one seems helpful as an object lesson, plus it's not in the English Wikipedia, so the risk of glamorization seems reduced. EdJohnston 17:31, 24 June 2007 (UTC)
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