Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Scottish Mob


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The result was speedy delete. PhilKnight (talk) 20:59, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

Scottish Mob

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Looks like a hoax. Not only is the article lacking inline citations, but a number of the assertions are untrue on their face. Grahamec placed a hoax template on the article because, as he says, "The bit on Canberra is clearly untrue, a city founded in 1913" could not have had Mob activity since the 19th century. Furthermore, the lede is copied, word for word, from the Irish Mob article, with only the city names changed. Other factual assertions, for example, those involving the Winter Hill Gang in Boston, have no relation to any so-called Scottish Mob. The two titles listed as "references" are both by soldiers of the Boston Irish Mob. Delete as unreferenced, speculative, most likely a hoax.- RepublicanJacobite  The'FortyFive'  20:33, 13 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Speedy delete G3 Pure vandalism, so tagged. Clearly a copy-paste of Irish Mob with a few names and numbers switched around. Ten Pound Hammer  and his otters • (Broken clamshells•Otter chirps) 20:44, 13 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Delete delete per nom, no reason to believe it's not a hoax ukexpat (talk) 20:45, 13 April 2008 (UTC)


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