Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Korran


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was   delete. WP:SOFTDELETE. No verdict on whether or not this is a hoax; if somebody wishes this userified, feel free to ping me. The Bushranger One ping only 21:53, 27 April 2014 (UTC)

Korran

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Possible hoax, tagged as such since February. This is not my last name (talk) 12:27, 3 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete - As per nominator, many inconsistencies and lack of references and sources on the topic. The topic itself is hardly found in a google search, therefore the hoax/original research tags. Simple facts are not sourced and the article overall does not seem to be neutral.--Blackknight12 (talk) 13:47, 3 April 2014 (UTC)
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 * Keep - I don't believe this is hoax. Contrary to what is said on the talk page, there are numerous references to this individual in books. Here's an article in a Sri Lankan newspaper. -- obi2canibe talk contr 19:38, 5 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Comment - The second article is not reliable as it sites Facebook and Wikipedia as sources.--Blackknight12 (talk) 07:32, 6 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, The Bushranger One ping only 21:41, 10 April 2014 (UTC)


 * Delete as hoax, of Move to draft to give time to clarify the hoax/not hoax nature. Stuartyeates (talk) 11:10, 12 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Comment. Looking at the available sources on Google, I am convinced that this is not a hoax, and that there was someone known as Korran who was a leader in, and probably the effective ruler of, Kudiramalai nearly 2,000 years ago. However, I am not satisfied that all the references in this article necessarily relate to that person: I think that there is a serious possibility of synthesis. PWilkinson (talk) 16:07, 13 April 2014 (UTC)
 * There seems to be a pattern of synthesis with this user. The same issues relate to Kudiramalai and did with Annius Plocamus. It is possible that various facts in the article are true however there are many reference and verification issues, not to mention the distortion and manipulation of information.--Blackknight12 (talk) 07:21, 15 April 2014 (UTC)


 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Randykitty (talk) 14:00, 18 April 2014 (UTC)


 * Comment -- I have no idea, but am suspicious: the sources include "Tamils 800 years ago"= 1000AD, but the text refers to Romans = 1st to 4th centuries AD; and Phoenicians = several centuries earlier. Peterkingiron (talk) 23:19, 20 April 2014 (UTC)
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