Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Li M'Ha Ong

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The result was delete per WP:SNOW and WP:CSD#G3. —David Eppstein (talk) 19:06, 31 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Li M'Ha Ong

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A speedy delete tag was placed on this claiming its a hoax. Given the article has existed for six years and that it does not appear to be OBVIOUSLY a hoax, I declined speedy and am taking it to AfD instead. Article has no sources and looking at it, I see at least the possibility that it might be a hoax. Safiel (talk) 18:47, 30 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

See fr:Wikipédia:Le_Bistro/30_août_2014#Soup.C3.A7on_de_canular : Li M'Ha Ong = Lime à ongle = in english : nail file. --Nouill (talk) 19:48, 30 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Strong delete. Indeed, the original French article has just been deleted, or rather, moved to where it belongs, i.e. fr:Wikipédia:Pastiches/Li M'Hâ Ong ("WP:Pastiches" meaning "WP:Hoaxes"). I am sure you appreciate that in French, Li M'Hâ Ong is a droll "Chinese transcription" meaning nail file (no connection whatsoever with the Chinese pirate Limahong). The French page was created in June 2004, as a full-fledged article from the start, by user:Lamdan (who never contributed anything else in connection with China), which implies that the only citation in the article most probably is absolute bogus, added up by user:Bozon de U as an afterthought to provide some credibility ("Monde de la Bible, special issue Chrétiens en route vers Pékin, 07/08 2008 (in French)"). --Azurfrog (talk) 01:11, 31 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom. and above comments. --Jersey92 (talk) 02:29, 31 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Delete a hoax that managed to stay unnoticed for an unfortunate long time. I couldn't find anything about his supposed work, "Treaty of Seeds and Stars", and while the translator, "Melchior Nuñez", likely existed, any article I can find with both his name and that of Li M'Hâ Ong appears to have been copied from WP. Upon reflection, there's no way this article could be genuine. Esprit Fugace (talk) 07:42, 31 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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