Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Boar Man

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The result was delete. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 11:56, 19 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Boar Man

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This may be a hoax the principal source "Legend of the boar man" that has now been removed by the article creator is impossible to find and I could find no trace of a boar man in Wichita or any where else on the web but in any case this does not pass WP:GNG a search of cryptozoologynews (one of the sources cited) for boar man or wichita turns up nothing. Domdeparis (talk) 16:46, 11 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Almost certainly a hoax, and definitely not notable. As the nominator stated, there is pretty much no information anywhere about this supposed cryptid, even on the actual sources being used in the article such as cryptozoologynews. And even if the subject wasn't just completely WP:MADEUP, the article is mostly OR and Synthesis, as it takes sources not about the subject, and tries to make claims connecting it (i.e., a report from the US Fish and Wildlife Services is being used to claim that animal deaths might because of Boar Man, or using sources on actual mythological subjects to claim that its related to this subject). As none of the sources being claimed in this article even mention the creature, thus making them complete false flags, I'd argue that this article could even just be Speedied as a blatant hoax. 64.183.45.226 (talk) 17:05, 11 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Comment I hesitated about going down that road but as the creator seems to have had a lot of fun sourcing or rather pseudo-sourcing the subject I thought he might like the chance to defend it here and go the whole hog with the hoax. Domdeparis (talk) 17:12, 11 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: I find this article to be a hoax. The sources are general titles of websites, when you visit Cryptozoology News the main title (in the top of the browser navbar) is what is given as an article title. There is no mention of Boar Man. Ashley. "The Haunted Parallel Forest In Oklahoma Is Not For The Faint Of Heart." OnlyInYourState. N.p., 2016 makes no mention of this creature, and most of the other sources are in relation to other things. There is no sourcing or even mentions of this legendary creature online. This deceitful sourcing and lack of mentions online leads me to believe that this is indeed, a hoax. I would not speedy the article, because that is for obvious cases. The sourcing makes this non obvious. Nevertheless, a hoax must be deleted. TheMagikCow (T) (C) 20:41, 11 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Pure vandalism. I note that this is the creator's only work on Wikipedia. Notability cannot be verified. MartinJones (talk) 16:21, 14 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Delete I don't think there's any point having articles for fake animals that present them as though there is even a possibility they are real. Clawsyclaw (talk) 09:09, 15 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Paranormal-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 01:11, 17 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Mythology-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 01:11, 17 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Oklahoma-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 01:11, 17 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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