Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Frolik Island

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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 Delete. However, the article has meanwhile been moved to Oroluk Island and then replaced with completely different content including a different map and might be legit. So I'll delete and then restore the latest version only. Tikiwont (talk) 10:44, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Frolik Island

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Obviously a hoax. The article claims that Frolik Island is an island of the Oroluk Atoll (Fed. States of Micronesia). There are in fact articles in other Wikipedias that claim the same (de, pl, es, ru, fr) but it seems that all these articles were written by the same author. The most detailled of these articles is the one in pl WP: pl:Frolik. There you can find a map of the Oroluk Atoll indicating the alleged precise position of Frolik Island. If you consult Google Earth, you will find a sort of a sand bank or reef there with roughly the same NE/SW orientation as the alleged island on the map but without any vegetation (and of course with no settlements at all). The whole Oroluk atoll has a population of 8 or 10 inhabitants which doesn't match with the almost 100 that are supposed to live on Frolik Island alone. Moreover, the map of the alleged Frolik Island matches perfectly with a mirrorred map of Nanumea Island in Tuvalu, several hundred kilometers away from Oroluk (see the comparison of the images on Talk:Frolik Island. Currently, there is an AfD discussion on de WP stating all these indications for a hoax. pl WP had already an AfD discussion which ended in keep; I suppose the main argument there was the reference of the Statistical Handbook of Micronesia, but on de WP some were supposing that the image of a page from that handbook which is displayed on the talk page of the polish article has been faked, too. --Proofreader (talk) 13:43, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

  • Delete Proofreader says it all, this is a hoax, no doubt whatsoever. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • (Broken clamshells•Otter chirps) 13:57, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Delete. Obvious hoax. Nominate the foreign-language ones, as well. The handbook page looks quite realistic, but, looking at it zoomed in in Microsoft Paint, it looks sort of like a fake. The user does appear to be here for purposes other than hoaxes, but this does look like a hoax. If someone provides sources that definitely aren't hoaxes, I may change my vote. Bart133 (t) (c) 17:45, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

The German article has been deleted today, the article in pl WP has been changed into a redirect to the Oroluk Atoll. There are varying opinions in de WP whether the author deliberately faked the map and the census entry, or whether he just used these sources in good faith; but the probability that these sources provide genuine and accurate information seems to be very low, to put it mildly. And as to the other Wikipedias I want to second Bart; anyone who speaks Spanish, Russian or French should inform these Wikipedias. --Proofreader (talk) 13:11, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

  • Comment I'm willing to believe that the creator used them in good faith. Looking at their user page, they seem to have provided several accurate maps and related information. Bart133 (t) (c) 20:10, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Comment The French version is up for deletion. Bart133 (t) (c) 20:14, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Delete. Sorry, but I'm "lost" my passwort, so I must to be "as an IP" ;-) : There is no island namend Frolik in an atoll. Proofreader has found the real map location: Nanumea. I've made therefore an article in the de.WP (see de:Nanumea-Atoll). Zollwurf --84.176.232.210 (talk) 21:34, 2 February 2008 (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.