Carcharoth schreef: > The reason for this is that a seven-day discussion is more likely to > get the "right" answer in the case of seemingly "obvious" hoaxes that > are in fact true, but with reliable sources that it takes time to look > up. Also, it takes time for enough eyes to read a deletion discussion > for the person who knows where to look for the obscure source to > confirm something, to turn up (a week in the case of AfD). > > This applies more to articles where people are guessing something must > be a hoax (and not finding anything confirming it is true), rather > than articles where a reliable sources confirms it is a hoax.
On the other hand, if there are reliable sources that confirm it's a hoax, there is a chance that the hoax itself is notable. In which case, the article could also be kept (and state that it is a hoax, of course). This too is best discussed at a 7-day AfD. Eugene _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
