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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Estádio Timor Soúl

:The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was speedy delete by User:Boing! said Zebedee under criteria G3; blatant hoax. (non-admin closure). Dylanfromthenorth (talk) 23:11, 18 April 2012 (UTC)

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Possible hoax. There are no sources to verify the claims made in the article, and an IP has explained why s/he believes it is a hoax on the talk page. Another IP indicated on the talk page that a stadium may be under construction in East Timor and provided a source, but the source provided ([http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=pt&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.record.xl.pt%2FFutebol%2FNacional%2F1a_liga%2FBenfica%2Finterior.aspx%3Fcontent_id%3D454263 Google Translate]) only makes vague reference to a stadium, with no additional details.

I for one cannot fathom why or how "one of the weakest [football/soccer] teams in the world and the weakest team in the ASEAN region" (according to their article) would be getting a US$125 million stadium with a capacity of 75,000 when its current stadium only holds 5,000. I'm not very knowledgeable on association football stadiums, but judging from what I know about baseball and American football, I would think that only an elite team or a major international competition would get a stadium of this capacity. For comparison, this alleged stadium would cost 17.6% of the country's nominal GDP and hold 14% of the country's population (based on the figures in the country's Wikipedia article).

I should note that the article creator received a final warning regarding creating hoaxes in October 2011 and was temporarily blocked for socking in December 2011. If consensus holds that this is a hoax I believe he should be indef'd. —KuyaBriBriTalk 19:32, 18 April 2012 (UTC)

  • Piling on: The article creator has claimed that his main "source" for this article is a Facebook page ([http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk%3AAndy4190&diff=487214530&oldid=487173671]), which an anon called BS on: [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Andy4190&diff=next&oldid=487240941]. —KuyaBriBriTalk 19:49, 18 April 2012 (UTC)
  • G3, obvious hoax per the nom's overwhelming evidence. Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 19:55, 18 April 2012 (UTC)
  • Deleted as blatant hoax, and creator blocked for continuing to create hoaxes after final warning. -- Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 21:38, 18 April 2012 (UTC)

:The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.