Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kherbet Qanafar (K-City)


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The result was delete. Kurykh (talk) 21:23, 25 February 2017 (UTC)

Kherbet Qanafar (K-City)

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 * Delete. This entire article appears to be a HOAX. The first clue is that it purports to be a city in Lebanon whose official language is English. References appear to be wholly irrelevant. For example, ref [2] purports to document the population of the city, but is a link to an Internet live stats site. Ref [4] purports to document the area of the city, but is a link to the City of Beirut's site. Refs [10] and [18] are the same dead link; ref [19] is the website of a Dubai hospital; ref [20] is the website of a Korean hospital. I can't find any reference on the page that actually mentions or describes this alleged city of almost 50,000 people. R'n'B (call me Russ) 19:26, 17 February 2017 (UTC)
 * [Edit] I note that the title of the article, without the parenthetical, appears to be the actual name of a village in the Beka'a Valley in Lebanon, but as far as I can tell the content of the article bears little or no relationship to that real-world village. --R'n'B (call me Russ) 19:32, 17 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: the original author has moved the page to the title Kherbet Qanafar subsequent to this nomination (and attempted, twice, to remove the AfD template... sigh). --R'n'B (call me Russ) 21:32, 18 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete. If only the emergency phone numbers lined up. CMD (talk) 09:43, 18 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Keep: the page is supported with trustworthy pictures and references, as a linkage, the website used in Ref [1] is Arabic web page of the city which is only available in one language which shows in an unorganized way that all the information found in the article is real, where the pictures are completely verified. Ref [9] shows the web page of the claimed institution (JLSI) which is correct and valid. The title is correct excluding the parenthesized description which was later removed by the original author — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.187.88.108 (talk) 17:03, 19 February 2017 (UTC)
 * As I said above, the name of the article is indeed the name of a real village, and that village apparently does have a real website. The website does not show the large urban center described in the article; it shows a town that is proud to announce it has acquired a new Bobcat to remove snow from its streets! --R'n'B (call me Russ) 23:07, 19 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Good catch on the pictures, the deleting admin should delete these as well, given they were all uploaded for this article and who knows what they're copyright status is. CMD (talk) 02:12, 20 February 2017 (UTC)
 * I took liberty to delete photos. There is no freedom of panorama in Lebanon and architect's permission is needed. But if the photos are not made in Lebanon, then they are clearly hoaxes. Taivo (talk) 20:07, 21 February 2017 (UTC)


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