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This is an old revision of this page, as edited by 00sClassicGamerFan (talk | contribs) at 12:19, 30 October 2022 (→‎Ruda Real archive copy deletion request: Reply). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Alan MacMasters

Seems very likely that Alan MacMasters, supposed inventor of the electric toaster and extant on Wikipedia for over 9 years is a hoax. Hemiauchenia (talk) 18:10, 21 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Hemiauchenia: Sure, but we will need an admin to determine the exact date it was created. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 03:29, 28 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
The article was created 08:30, 17 February 2013 by Gustave.iii. – wbm1058 (talk) 14:24, 1 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
And a couple minutes later Gustave.iii linked to it from the toaster article, which cited the Daily Mirror. – wbm1058 (talk) 14:30, 1 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
The Daily Mirror article was written ten years ago today, 1 September 2012, and still claims MacMasters invented the toaster – no correction has been posted to the story yet. – wbm1058 (talk) 14:39, 1 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Need help adding a hoax in "false statements" correctly

I got hasty and added something that irritated me for a while, as it's implausible (voice actor hoax for a silent slapstick cartoon, Oggy and the Cockroaches), but how do you do it? You can see my addition in the edit history. I need to figure stuff out because it got bad when that rumor spread.

I removed my old thread regarding this too, just to put my addition in (aside from lack of activity), not knowing how rows worked. WannurSyafiqah74 (talk) 06:06, 20 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I know, I keep talking about this show. But trust me, I'm just glad Zig & Sharko is SOMEHOW lucky from all this voice cast nonsense. WannurSyafiqah74 (talk) 06:07, 20 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Also, this is just because I realize things like a hoax I archived needing to be moved to the miscellaneous list of hoaxes that lasted less than one year. History looked messy cause of it, but I just need to know how things work. WannurSyafiqah74 (talk) 05:16, 21 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Admitting I made a little mistake

So I added a draft article that was moved under 1 month in Wikipedia:List of hoaxes on Wikipedia/Less than one year, I'll probably add that back once 1 month has passed. P.S. it's okay to delete some of the things I archive. At least the IP who made all those weird WP:MADEUP drafts got blocked now. WannurSyafiqah74 (talk) 06:46, 22 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Ruda Real archive copy deletion request

I request that Wikipedia:List_of_hoaxes_on_Wikipedia/Ruda_Real be deleted due to not being a hoax. 100.7.36.213 (talk) 18:31, 31 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

You can vote for a deletion request at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion? It's not in the mainspace, so... I may be wrong. WannurSyafiqah74 (talk) 05:29, 1 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
It's fully protected, and I prefer to remain anonymous at the moment, so that's a no-go. 100.7.36.213 (talk) 13:07, 1 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Whoops, I was looking at the wrong section of the page. My bad. 100.7.36.213 (talk) 13:08, 1 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Actually, I have no idea what I'm looking at. I can't create a template because the page is fully protected, but I also can't add the page to the Current discussions section without doing so, so what gives? 100.7.36.213 (talk) 13:10, 1 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I filed the nomination for deletion on your behalf. – wbm1058 (talk) 15:41, 1 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks! 100.7.36.213 (talk) 15:59, 1 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Can we please remove Ruda Real once and for all? As the person who originally thought this was a hoax and added it to the list, I'm convinced based on obituary mentions and YouTube music uploads that this was likely a real person - not just one of note. wizzito | say hello! 07:06, 24 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Hello, I'm the person behind the previous IP address, which got changed recently. I made an Mfd to remove the archive copy but botched it, so I was wondering if you could do a better job with another Mfd. 100.7.44.80 (talk) 11:55, 27 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I'll think about it. wizzito | say hello! 19:41, 27 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Let’s summarise the case here. Kudos to everyone who did all this research.
Fact: Kairuba Brown is listed in the Social Security Death Index as having been born on 5 June 1977 and having died on 29 January 2006 (exactly as stated in the deleted article).
Fact: There was an extremely obscure singer/rapper called Ruda Real (also rendered Ru Da Real) who made a few songs from 1997–1999. The Discogs biography appears to have been copied from the deleted article.
Fact: The late 90s Ruda Real linked above sang three songs produced by the also-obscure rapper Cold Blooded (based in New Orleans and died in 2013).
Fiction: He was not discovered by Boyz II Men. They would have stated so if they had.
Fiction: He did not sing "Bounce Ya on My Pole" in 1999 (nor in any subsequent year), nor has anyone else made a song of that name. It did not have a low-budget video starring a girl of 14 called Nichole. (I strongly doubt if that would have even been legal!)
Fiction: Magic (again, based in New Orleans and died in 2013) did not collaborate with him. Again, he would have said so prior to his own death (in a traffic collision, like the deleted article stated for Brown).
Fiction: Brown did not die in Houston (Texas), but rather Louisiana. Deaths are registered where they occur.
The question remains: were Kairuba Brown and Ruda Real the same person? I can’t find out if Brown actually was reported missing during Hurricane Katrina.
Oddly enough, there is a rapper of the same name from Baton Rouge who made a whole album on YouTube in 2018, twelve years after Brown’s death.
An entire article could be written elsewhere about this controversy, but there’s no question that the article that lasted from 2005–2021 was bogus. It was unsourced ab initio ad finem, anyway.
As a similar case, John Seigenthaler was a real and notable person, but the 2005 hoax copy of his article (tellingly titled John Seigenthaler, Sr.) was archived at the hoax museum. 00sClassicGamerFan (talk) 12:19, 30 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Jemal Thompson

Could someone add Jemal Thompson, a made-up football player for the Toronto Argonauts (deleted at AFD here), to the list? Thanks. BeanieFan11 (talk) 17:46, 2 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@BeanieFan11 Feel free to, but since the article was made in 2011, you may use a duration calculator to put the article in the correct category. You may ask for editors of the article to help make the addition be organized correctly... just tech-y Wikipedia stuff. WannurSyafiqah74 (talk) 09:55, 8 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Mount Malaueg

See Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mount Malaueg appears to have existed for at least 10 years. Crouch, Swale (talk) 08:26, 4 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The Rock Gang

I know The Rock Gang was a G3 blatant hoax, but do you know if it’s archived anywhere? I need a good laugh. 00sClassicGamerFan (talk) 21:11, 2 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

International Drift Championship Racing

I just deleted this article in a PROD and when I looked at the page history and talk page, editors who know something about racing claim it was a hoax and the drivers listed on the article were in other locations during this time period. The article was created in 2006. But how can you know for sure when content that some brand new editors say is false, is an actual hoax article? How do you prove a negative, that something didn't happen? Liz Read! Talk! 22:14, 11 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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