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-'''Bicholim conflict''' was a 4.5 thousand-word fictitious [[Wikipedia]] entry noted for receiving the status of "Good Article" before it was deleted.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.yahoo.com/video/top-10-weirdest-things-wikipedia-114004409.html|title=Top 10 Weirdest Things About Wikipedia|date=29 April 2015|work=Yahoo News|accessdate=16 November 2015}}</ref> It was created in 2007 and lasted {{#expr:(2012)-(2007)-((12)<(07)or(12)=(07)and(29)<(04))}} years before being deleted in December 2012.<ref name="Bicholim Deletion">{{cite web|title=Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bicholim conflict|url=http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Bicholim_conflict&oldid=530321030|publisher=Wikipedia|accessdate=22 May 2013}}</ref>
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-It talked about a war that took place in India between the years 1640 and 1641, but was later confirmed to be completely fictitious.<ref>{{cite news|last=Pfeiffer|first=Eric|title=War is over: Imaginary 'Bicholim Conflict' page removed from Wikipedia after five years|url=http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/war-over-imaginary-bicholim-conflict-page-removed-wikipedia-234717353.html|accessdate=8 January 2013|newspaper=[[Yahoo! News]]|date=4 January 2013|archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/6DVqgGTAM|archivedate=8 January 2013|deadurl=no}}</ref> The hoax article had won Wikipedia's "Good Article" award, a status conferred on fewer than 1 percent of articles on the site, a few months after its creation in 2007, and held that status for five years.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.dailydot.com/news/wikipedia-bicholim-conflict-hoax-deleted/ | last = Morris | first = Kevin | title = After a half-decade, massive Wikipedia hoax finally exposed | work = The Daily Dot | date = 2013-01-01 | accessdate = 2014-03-25}}</ref>
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-*[[Wikipedia:List_of_hoaxes_on_Wikipedia/Bicholim_conflict|Read an archived copy of the hoax]]
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