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Taured

"Taured" redirects here but there is absolutely nothing in the article about it 74.90.214.164 (talk) 03:57, 27 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Incorrect Nomenclature

Many of the examples given do not fit the accepted definition of a hoax. That is, a lie perpetrated simply to demonstrate the gullibility of the victim, with no intention to benefit financially, and with the joke being revealed voluntarily by the perpetrator after a relatively short time. Many of the cases mentioned were outright frauds, or were lies which the perpetrators never admitted to be lies. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.142.146.107 (talk) 22:53, 20 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Keow Wee Loong

Only reliable source(except judging by his own words that contain statements that can be proven false) proving what he did as hoax, and it isn't very clearly said, either: http://time.com/4403093/fukushima-exclusion-zone-japan-photos/ ※〶 02:29, 5 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Ysolo (Albanian eggplant festival)

Since 2012, our article on List of harvest festivals has included a mention of Ysolo, purportedly a “festival marking the first day of harvest of eggplants in Tirana, Albania”. I believe this is a hoax. I will shortly delete it from that article, but it might be deserving of mention here, because it seems that its appearance on that page has led to a mountain on Ceres being officially named Ysolo Mons after the spurious festival. (See [1][2][3].) The hoax would seem to have been remarkably successful. —Mark Dominus (talk) 18:15, 24 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

A higher level of evidence is needed to add a new fact to Wikipedia than to remove a dubious fact. Your search for evidence of the Ysolo festival probably justifies its removal from List of harvest festivals, but it does not justify its inclusion here as a hoax. We would need to cite a source to confirm that it is a hoax. Your USGS source [4] cites this blog. This would not be a good source for Wikipedia. Verbcatcher (talk) 18:56, 24 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Of course, and I am not planning to introduce it here without a reliable source. I am only bringing it to your attention as an item of possible interest. —Mark Dominus (talk) 21:13, 24 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, it is interesting. It is a possible candidate for Wikipedia:List of citogenesis incidents. You could follow it up with whoever was responsible for naming the mountain (possibly NASA or USGS). Verbcatcher (talk) 00:34, 25 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, I have mentioned it at Wikipedia_talk:List_of_citogenesis_incidents#Ysolo_Mons. —Mark Dominus (talk) 02:34, 25 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Update: I just received email from USGS that they agree with my assessment and that they are changing the name of the mountain to Yamor Mons. —Mark Dominus (talk) 17:37, 7 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, good. Dinero y amor is better than dinero y solo. Still, an eggplant is better than nothing. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Skylax30 (talk • contribs) 12:35, 26 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Johann Hari added

Corrected the remarkable state of affairs which resulted in the most significant case in modern times of journalistic fraud, fabrication and plagiarism (alongside Jayson Blair) was missing. 82.10.117.175 (talk) 10:36, 27 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I've removed it as it's unsourced and qualifies under WP:BLP - although feel free to re-add once you've collected some sources to support the addition. Chaheel Riens (talk) 10:47, 27 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I've re-added it. It is sourced at the article, like every other entry on this list. The case of Jayson Blair is similar, again, sourced at the article, not here. cagliost (talk) 08:12, 25 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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 Corrected the remarkable state of affairs which resulted in the most significant case in modern times of journalistic fraud, fabrication and plagiarism (alongside Jayson Blair) was missing. [[Special:Contributions/82.10.117.175|82.10.117.175]] ([[User talk:82.10.117.175|talk]]) 10:36, 27 June 2017 (UTC)
 :I've removed it as it's unsourced and qualifies under [[WP:BLP]] - although feel free to re-add once you've collected some sources to support the addition.  [[User:Chaheel Riens|Chaheel Riens]] ([[User talk:Chaheel Riens|talk]]) 10:47, 27 June 2017 (UTC)
-::I've re-added it. It is sourced at the article, like every other entry on this list. The case of Jayson Blair is similar, again, sourced at the article, not here.
+::I've re-added it. It is sourced at the article, like every other entry on this list. The case of Jayson Blair is similar, again, sourced at the article, not here. [[User:Cagliost|cagliost]] ([[User talk:Cagliost|talk]]) 08:12, 25 July 2017 (UTC)