Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Shindwa

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The result was delete. Dakota 02:41, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Shindwa

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Nomination for deletion Fails WP:V. Can't find supporting reliable references for this on google or google books. This is the only unreliable source I can find[1]. Yes, its African, so potentially WP:BIAS issues in searching for references. On the other hand, its purportedly a sweet, edible fruit - information on which should be quite readily available unless this is an obscure slang word. Bwithh 04:27, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

• Delete the vast majority of the ghits aren't related - here is a dictionary definition from yale; it only mentions the verb "to fail". Of course, I can't understand most of the hits, so I may be missing something. Ultra-Loser ^{[ T ] [ C ]} 04:47, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per nom. With sources this could be kept as a stub, but as is I'd say no. - wtfunkymonkey 05:14, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
• Delete unless someone can give the "real" name. SkierRMH,12:08, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
• Comment I find it interesting that the "unreliable source" the nominator cites is related to Sakeji school, given that our stub on Sakeji school (which appears to be real enough) was created by the same user as the article in question here. Here is another page which references the school and what I assume is the same fruit. This seems unlikely to be a hoax, since the school's website is verifiable on archive.org back to 2002 -- so I am inclined to believe this is true, but perhaps hard to verify -- for example, perhaps it's a local or regional term.
  I concur with other editors that we can't keep this unsourced, but I do just wonder whether it's worth not being hasty here. I have notified the user who created the article (this should really have been done before, as s/he appears to be a newcomer); hopefully s/he will be able to provide sources. Remember not to WP:BITE. — Haeleth Talk 23:11, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

Apologies, I overlooked notifying the creator. As my editing history will show, notifying the creator after I afd-nom is something I routinely do, even with new users. This article was afd'd during my first session with new page patrol, and this put off my tempo/routine rather. Thanks to Haeleth for notifying the user, though I don't see my oversight or my nom statement as a violation of WP:BITE at all. Bwithh 23:18, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

Oh, and just wanted to point out that noone has suggested that this is a hoax. Only that this fails WP:V - the "unreliable" source (the only source I could find) I cite does not help the current lack of sources, as it certainly fails WP:RS. The new link you suggest above also fails WP:RS. Bwithh 23:18, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

• Delete Until some references is provided. Anyone could create thousands of hoax articles about unreferenced things.Edison 00:00, 20 November 2006 (UTC)
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Africa-related deletions. --   ⇒ bsnowball  12:34, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

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