I can't see the deleted article, but I bet it was basically orphaned. Make up a fake name and don't link to it from anywhere or in it to anywhere, and if it escapes NPP it'll stick around a long time. So I guess there are two categories (at least) for things "ripe for hoaxes" - technical or esoteric subject matter, or articles of any type that are systematically obscured from the network of content.
On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 12:10 PM, Federico Leva (Nemo) <[email protected]> wrote: > Nathan, 05/03/2013 18:00: > >> Anything that is obscure is going to take a long time to discover. I >> don't think history is special in that regard; problem is one of >> having it come to the attention of someone sufficiently expert enough >> to know for sure it's fake. If it seems technical and esoteric, most >> people will assume its true or be skeptical but not sure enough to >> challenge. > > > Come on, seriously? I'd agree in general, but "Gaius Flavius Antoninus, > supposed assassin of Julius Caesar" is definitely not something technical > and esoteric... It's one of the most famous events in (western) human > history, Dante's Inferno is read in USA perhaps even more than in Italy etc. > > > Nemo > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
