Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Meshcherts people

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The result was delete. -- Cirt (talk) 07:04, 11 February 2011 (UTC)

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I've declined a db-hoax on this article, as it is not blatant. There has been an explanation on my talk page which highlights why it might be a hoax, but confirms to me that it isn't blatant. As there's already been edit warring over the speedy tag, I've brought it here for wider community discussion. My only opinion is that it isn't blatant, I have no opinion on whether it is a hoax or not. Ged UK 07:58, 4 February 2011 (UTC)

:Delete - Waste of our time. Burden of proof on OC, which seems a likely CSD candidate. Shadowjams (talk) 10:41, 4 February 2011 (UTC)

:Delete. While I agree that it is not a blatant hoax, I can't find anything to confirm that this group actually exists. Though a speedy deletion is unlikely, a SNOW might not be. UltraExactZZ ^Said~ Did 13:13, 4 February 2011 (UTC)

Delete. Whether this is blatant or not is not really important; what's important is that is is an elaborate and subtle hoax, which makes it especially harmful.—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); February 4, 2011; 14:15 (UTC)
Delete. Seems to be a likely axegrinding hoax. The region of Meshchera exists, but I find nothing to confirm anything this article says about the religious demographics of the people living there. - Smerdis of Tlön - killing the human spirit since 2003! 15:33, 4 February 2011 (UTC)
Delete. Typical hoax. GreyHood ^Talk 15:51, 4 February 2011 (UTC)
Note. There is no mention of this group in the Russian article on the Meshchera Lowlands (Мещёрская низменность), which doesn't necessarily prove anything, but it doesn't help the case for keeping this article. Herostratus (talk) 19:17, 4 February 2011 (UTC)
Oh, OK, that was written before I read the thread about the hoax and the deletion from our Russian counterpart. Well then, I would say Delete based on lack of sources. It sounds interesting, and if there's anything to it we should have an article on it, and if and when proper sources are provided (Russian ones would be OK) then it can be recreated. In some cases we can keep an article for a while pending provision of sources, but all in all for this one we shouldn't. Herostratus (talk) 02:49, 5 February 2011 (UTC)
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Russia-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 20:45, 4 February 2011 (UTC)
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Ethnic groups-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 20:45, 4 February 2011 (UTC)
Weak delete: Mescherets people seem to exist as an ethnographic group, but there's absolutely no evidence of the religious adherence. A similar article was already deleted at Russian wiki ( [http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%8F:%D0%9A_%D1%83%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8E/1_%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%82%D1%8F%D0%B1%D1%80%D1%8F_2010#.D0.9C.D0.B5.D1.89.D1.91.D1.80.D0.B0_.28.D1.8D.D1.82.D0.BD.D0.BE.D0.B3.D1.80.D0.B0.D1.84.D0.B8.D1.87.D0.B5.D1.81.D0.BA.D0.B0.D1.8F_.D0.B3.D1.80.D1.83.D0.BF.D0.BF.D0.B0_.D1.80.D1.83.D1.81.D1.81.D0.BA.D0.B8.D1.85.29 see this link] ) --Ezhuks (talk) 20:15, 8 February 2011 (UTC)
Joke It seems plausible. Mesh exists, and so do Cherts. Anarchangel (talk) 02:01, 10 February 2011 (UTC)

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