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Shabbos App

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This page was created as advertising by the developer of a hoax product called the "Shabbos App". It caused a small amount of controversy for a short period of time, but all of that controversy was predicated on there actually being such a thing as the "Shabbos App". There never was. The official website of the "app" is gone. This was all a clever trick. Wikipedia is not to be used in this way, and the momentary controversy caused by the creator of the hoax is hardly notable. - Lisa (talk - contribs) 19:57, 10 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Hoaxes (or even vaporware) can be notable, and this one is, as can be seen by the worldwide significant coverage in reliable sources extensively cited in the article. In "Category: Hoaxes" and its various subcategories, you can see that we have hundreds of articles about hoaxes, including over 70 articles about internet hoaxes. This topic is notable. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 20:18, 10 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Please also note that we have 55 articles in "Category:Vaporware". Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 21:57, 10 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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 This page was created as advertising by the developer of a hoax product called the "Shabbos App".  It caused a small amount of controversy for a short period of time, but all of that controversy was predicated on there actually ''being'' such a thing as the "Shabbos App".  There never was.  The official website of the "app" is gone.  This was all a clever trick.  Wikipedia is not to be used in this way, and the momentary controversy caused by the creator of the hoax is hardly notable.  - [[User:Lisa|Lisa]]&nbsp;([[User talk:Lisa|talk]] - [[Special:Contributions/Lisa|contribs]]) 19:57, 10 July 2016 (UTC)
-*'''Keep''' Hoaxes (or even vaporware) can be notable, and this one is, as can be seen by the worldwide significant coverage in reliable sources extensively cited in the article. In "Category: Hoaxes" and its various subcategories, you can see that we have hundreds of articles about hoaxes, including over 70 articles about internet hoaxes. This topic is notable. [[User:Cullen328|<b style="color:#070">Cullen</b><sup style="color:#707">328</sup>]] [[User talk:Cullen328|<span style="color:#00F">''Let's discuss it''</span>]] 20:18, 10 July 2016 (UTC)
+*'''Keep''' Hoaxes (or even [[vaporware]]) can be notable, and this one is, as can be seen by the worldwide significant coverage in reliable sources extensively cited in the article. In "Category: Hoaxes" and its various subcategories, you can see that we have hundreds of articles about hoaxes, including over 70 articles about internet hoaxes. This topic is notable. [[User:Cullen328|<b style="color:#070">Cullen</b><sup style="color:#707">328</sup>]] [[User talk:Cullen328|<span style="color:#00F">''Let's discuss it''</span>]] 20:18, 10 July 2016 (UTC)
+::Please also note that we have 55 articles in "Category:Vaporware". [[User:Cullen328|<b style="color:#070">Cullen</b><sup style="color:#707">328</sup>]] [[User talk:Cullen328|<span style="color:#00F">''Let's discuss it''</span>]] 21:57, 10 July 2016 (UTC)