[WikiEN-l] Porchesia

[Ray Saintonge]

daniwo59 at aol.com wrote:

>I have posted this to foundation, but for those who do not know--
> 
>Today I deleted the article [[Porchesia]], which was created on November  23, 
>2005, i.e., 10 months ago. The article described an island off the coast of  
>Lebanon with a population of over 300,000. The languages are Arabic, Greek, 
>and  English.
> 
>I will gladly restore the article when someone finds me one source  verifying 
>the facts of this article. You might start by finding Porchesia on a  map. 
>
The population statistics, making it Lebanon's third largest city, and 
the claim that the population almost tripled since 1982 makes me wonder 
how much of that population can be attributed to elephants. :-)

Ec