Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Republic of Pelau (micronation)


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The result was delete‎__EXPECTED_UNCONNECTED_PAGE__. Complex / Rational 22:21, 23 June 2024 (UTC)

Republic of Pelau (micronation)

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Appears to fail WP:GNG. While I don't have access to Micronations (Ryan et al. 2006), the CBS News article doesn't mention Pelau at all. A quick WP:BEFORE doesn't give anything either, except, when the term "micronation" is removed from the search, a lot of misspellings of Palau.

Even assuming the 2006 book does indeed mention Pelau, a single book mentioning it (along with many other such micronations) isn't enough for GNG. Chaotic Enby  (talk · contribs) 20:53, 16 June 2024 (UTC)


 * Speedy delete as a hoax. The Micronations book is accessible through the Internet Archive and Pelau is not mentioned anywhere. Astaire (talk) 21:12, 16 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Thanks a lot! Looking at the page range given (pp. 90–93), the book appears to talk about the "Principality of Vikesland" and the "Great United Kiseean Kingdom", but no mention of Pelau at all. Chaotic Enby   (talk · contribs) 21:30, 16 June 2024 (UTC)


 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Geography and South Korea.  WC  Quidditch   ☎   ✎  22:12, 16 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Delete: Clearly a hoax as stated above, plus the page creator had a similarly-named page (misspelling of another country) speedy deleted a month ago: . I would say speedy delete if an admin hadn't already removed the CSD tag. Helpful Raccoon (talk) 03:39, 17 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Speedy delete G3. Mccapra (talk) 08:22, 17 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Delete: Both sources fail WP:SIGCOV. Numberguy6 (talk) 16:58, 17 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Delete likely a hoax; no evidence for the existence of this micronation in cited articles. Regardless, fails SIGCOV. Note that Muhammad Luqman, allegedly an LTA, has made several other hoax articles on Wikipedia about different micronations before which were all speedied. Incidentally he has been banned from MicroWiki 53 times for the same reason of repeatedly creating hoax articles. ❧ LunaEatsTuna  (talk), proudly editing since 2018 (and just editing since 2017) – posted at 11:44, 22 June 2024 (UTC)


 * Comment note ongoing sockpuppet investigation. This page and Muhammad Louqman have had consistent issues with sockpuppeting before. This should be speedy deleted imo 104.232.119.107 (talk) 05:38, 19 June 2024 (UTC)


 * Speedy delete per WP:G3. It's a hoax. Get rid of it. Cielquiparle (talk) 08:34, 23 June 2024 (UTC)


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