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

[Carcharoth]

On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 4:37 PM, Tony Sidaway <tonysidaway at gmail.com> wrote:
> Sure there are articles that can be discussed for five days or so (is
> it really seven now?) The administrators' noticeboard should not be
> involved, and those who go there with evidence to support a non-hoax
> should be firmly pointed at the admin's talk page or, if the admin
> disputes the evidence, deletion review.

I meant people turning up at the admin noticeboards to ask for a
WP:SNOW closure. Those people too should be firmly pointed back to AfD
and told to be patient. Lack of evidence is not proof.

This discussion is not about a hoax article, but makes my point:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Archive127#SNOW_Request_at_AFD

DYK is one area to be strict about possible hoaxes (i.e. remove them from DYK):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/IncidentArchive472#DYK_hoax_averted

Ah! Found it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Military_history/American_Civil_War_task_force/Archive_4#Possible_Hoax

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/IncidentArchive489#DYK_hoax_article.3F

That discussion has all the Swiss cheese stuff as well.

Carcharoth