Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kawasaki city birds and beasts park


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The result was speedy delete as WP:G3, blatant hoax. Good work guys! Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡)  04:39, 13 July 2015 (UTC)

Kawasaki city birds and beasts park

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This article is problematic - possibly a hoax, possibly just wrong. The author has added a link to it from List of zoos in Japan next to (and in addition to) Yumemigasaki Zoological Park implying it is something different. However, in looking for references I can find no evidence of a zoo in Kawasaki other than Yumemigasaki Zoological Park, and I can find nothing with the name given (although that might be difficult as I am looking for an English name for a Japanese zoo). Then there is the contradiction between the prose (200 acre zoo) and infobox (710 acres) which demonstrates that the content is unreliable. I have asked the author to comment on their talk page but have as yet received no response. With no references to verify the content or assert notability, and with the content being demonstrably unreliable, deletion seems the only option. RichardOSmith (talk) 09:01, 12 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Comment: I don't read/speak Japanese either (so my username is sort of misleading) but the article did have the zoo's name in Japanese. I did a search for this using Google Translate and I brought up exactly 6 sources. These were pretty much mirrors of Wikipedia except for some links at the Japanese Uncyclopedia, where it looks like it was deleted because the author was trying to post random things. I kind of got the impression from the editor's talk page that the page (along with others) were deleted because they weren't fit for Uncyclopedia and because they were fake. It definitely looks like it's the same person that was editing on Uncyclopedia. In any case, I'm leaning towards this being a hoax since the editor has taken pains to make sure that people know that this is not the Zoological Park. I'll drop a note at WP:JAPAN just in case, though. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡)  03:40, 13 July 2015 (UTC)
 * This cached page gives off the strong impression that this is likely a joke that the same editor decided to bring over to Wikipedia, especially since the Uncyclopedia pages were created first. The user was blocked, so it's probable that he figured that he'd continue his fun in a place where he wasn't blocked. If this is a hoax, let me know and I'll block him from Wikipedia as well. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡)  03:42, 13 July 2015 (UTC)


 * Delete I agree with Tokyogirl's assessment above. The "川崎市立" portion of the park's name implies that it is run by the Kawasaki Municipal government, but there is no mention of the park on the city's website. Further, the address given in the deleted Japanese Uncyclopedia page is a residential area. A google map search shows that there is no large park in the area. Even at the smaller size of 200 acres quoted in the article it would be clearly visible. There is a soccer stadium down the road from where the zoo is supposed to be, so perhaps it is a joke aimed at the city's soccer fans. But that speculation aside, the mere fact that there is no mention on the city's website, when the city is supposed to be running it, convinces me that it is a hoax and should be dealt with accordingly. AtHomeIn神戸 (talk) 04:33, 13 July 2015 (UTC)


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