[WikiEN-l] How long does it take to delete an hoax article at en.wp?

[Tony Sidaway]

I have found that in practice obvious hoaxes will die via a snowball
close, and sometimes an experienced admin will simply ignore all rules
kill it out of hand.   I think that's the right thing to do.

If contrary evidence shows up it's easy enough to rewrite or
resurrect, whereas presence of an article in Wikipedia may have a
disproportionate effect on how the hoax fares.

On 9/11/09, Eugene van der Pijll <eugene at vanderpijll.nl> wrote:
> 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
>
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