Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jakob the Messiah

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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 as apparent hoax. DS (talk) 21:58, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Jakob the Messiah

May be legit, but the source of the material cannot be found (no Google hits). VivioFateFan (Talk, Sandbox) 04:51, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

  • Delete in that case, looks like a nonsense hoax that someone made up on the spot.--h i s s p a c e r e s e a r c h 04:55, 16 November 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete: Probably a hoax. I cannot find anything via google/yahoo. - Rjd0060 05:09, 16 November 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete Agree; an apparent hoax. • Lawrence Cohen 06:13, 16 November 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete unless reliable sources can be found -- ¿Amar៛Talk to me/My edits 10:52, 16 November 2007 (UTC)
  • Comment Dont rush on this one--needs expert attention--there have historically been many false Messiahs, so this might be one of them. I notified the Judaism Wikiproject. DGG (talk) 04:07, 17 November 2007 (UTC)
  • delete seems to me to be a hoax. There is no mention in the Jewish Encyclopedia PSEUDO-MESSIAHS which list many obscure false messiahs. Jon513 (talk) 19:01, 17 November 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete. No complete citation in any event, no corroboration in standard reference works on the subject of Jewish Messiah claimants, and the alleged reference to a "Sefer Ha-Kaifungi" is not a complete citation, is uncorroborated, and appears a hoaxish pidgin of Chinese and Hebrew. "ung" is not a Hebrew dipthong and it is unlikely a genuine transliteration of a Hebrew work would have such a pronunciation. Best, --Shirahadasha (talk) 20:49, 18 November 2007 (UTC)
  • Comment. I was unable to find the book in the Library of Congress online catalog. --Eliyak T·C 09:43, 19 November 2007 (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.