User:Shii/Hoaxes

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This is a list of notable hoaxes on Wikipedia. If it's clearly an attempt to make up something, as opposed to libel or other vandalism, then it's a hoax. If it evaded capture for over a month or became mentioned in the media, then it's notable.

You can add any hoax you know of to this page as long as it meets the requirements above. Sort by the length it was visible on the article page.

Do not attempt to create new hoaxes on Wikipedia. Here's why.
Name Length Dates Mirror
Clitoris researchers 4 years, 9 months 26 October 2001 – 26 July 2006 Discussion
Brahmanical See Nearly 3½ years 4 August 2004 – 21 January 2008 Mirror and discussion on wikipediareview.com
Nihilartikel Nearly 2½ years 18 March 2004 – 1 August 2006 Fictitious entry
Dušan Jocić 23 months August 2005 – July 2007
European Tennis Club of Culture Nearly 2 years November 2005 – July 2007
Lustfaust 21 months 15 October 2005 – 14 July 2007 [1]
Brian Reddyb 20½ months 17 October 2005 – 3 July 2007 [2]
Marathonius Granthius 20½ months 21 August 2006 – 2 May 2008 Fake Roman soldier
Æblerød 20 months 12 January 2004 – 8 September 2005
Baldock Beer Disaster 18 months November 2005 – June 2007
AfD: Amorica (legend)
Given its own article for 8 months rather than deletion.
14 months 9 November 2004/24 May 2005 – 22 January 2006 [3]
AfD: Eric Radloff 12 months 5 July 2004 – 23 August 2005 [4]
AfD: Ladedaism 12 months 7 July 2005 – 19 July 2006
Aliquota Nearly 12 months 19 October 2006 – 10 October 2007 [5]
AfD: Tiberius Lowang, Abo Teni, and others 11 months 21 June 2005 – 16 May 2006 [6], [7].
Franz Josef Weern, weernbolle 11 months 25 January 2007 – 29 December 2007 [8], [9].
Porchesia
An island that never existed.
10 months 22 November 2005 – 30 September 2006
AfD:Climbing jack 9 months 1 April 2005 – 5 January 2006
Oliver Bayley, Fungu'lu and Unguru 8-11 months 2 Jan for Bayley / 7 April 2005 for others – Dec 2005
VfD: Cayley-Newbirth operation matrix 8 months 4 April 2004 – 22 December 2004
Afd:Quazer Beast 7 months 3 October 2005 – 17 May 2006 Quazer Beast [10]
Raconteur, Pennsylvania 7 months 24 December 2006 - 28 April 2007; 14 May 2007 - 13 July 2007; 4 September 2007 Fictional town in Pennsylvania
AfD: Tuba (mythology) 7 months May 2006 – December 2006 Fictitious mythical Mongolian animal
Pretraumatic stress disorder nearly 7 months 17 October 2007 - 10 May 2008 Fake medical condition
AfD: Death bird 6 months 15 October 2007 – 23 April 2008 Fictitious mythical Aztec creature
Helleneologism 6 months 2 October 2006 – 1 April 2007
VfD: Comprehensive Corporate Power
previously survived a VfD, embarrasingly
5 months 22 April 2004 – 25 November 2004 Uzerified
Indochine 5 months 29 October 2003 – 30 March 2004
Establishment of Juba, Sudan by Greeks 5 months 30 September 2005 – 16 February 2006
VfD: Demomotus 5 months 4 May 2004 – 12 October 2004 Demomotus
Sean Koo 4 months 8 November 2005 – March 26, 2006
John Seigenthaler 4 months 26 May 2005 – 22 September 2005
Edits by Roylee ~4 months December 2004 through April 2005
Edits by Wonderfool ~3 months August through November 2005
Limelight 3 months 26 January 2005 – 22 April 2005
Llanddewi Rhydderch
Original article lasting 3 months.
3 months 2 July 2007 – 15 Sep 2007
AfD: Township of Asstree, Alabama Nearly 3 months 25 July 2006 – 12 October 2006 Article about a fictional town called Asstree, Alabama
Gurjit Gill almost 3 months February 2008 – 28 April 2008 Came from Articles for Creation
AfD: Navarro's Original Taco Filling 2.5 months 2 August 2006 – October 2006 Fictitious food and company
AfD: Teothuauci 2 months 9 June 2005 – 18 August 2005
AfD: Senate Document No. 43 1.5 months 15 May 2006 – 30 June 2006
Jetix Le Shorts 1.5 months 10 March 2008 – 28 April 2008 Created by User:Gargananet
Nicktoons: Pacmarangs 1.5 months 7 March 2008 – 28 April 2008 Created by User:Gargananet
Nicktoons: Dark Snap 1 month 22 March 2008 – 28 April 2008 Created by User:Gargananet
The Puppet and the Hare 1 month 21 March 2008 – 28 April 2008 Created by User:Gargananet
AfD: Tokgrum republic 11 days - March 3 – 14 2007 A fake nation created by User: Lilidor.[11]
Greenlighting 4 days
AfD: Altruismas 2 days Fictitious holiday
European toilet paper holder
User:Bishonen's famous April Fool's article.
N/A N/A
Tuatafa Hori, fictitious princess of Sigave Recreated several times from April 2 to October 10 Still listed on an educational website March 08 http://www.learningcalendar.com/this_day_in_history/days_template.cfm?history_id=14589.
Ox of Boll October 28, 2005 - August 29, 2006 Complete "boll ox".


These don't count:

Adolph Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenberdorf 
20 May 2005 - 22 January 2006, but technically a hoax in Guinness World Records.
Apollo moon landing 
The biggest hoax of them all! :)


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You can help find hoaxes! Fact-check and source articles on subjects you know about!
  • Talk:Loxodonta, host of The Colbert Report encouraged vandalism which added the claim that the population of elephants has tripled in the past 6 months.
  • Tiberius Lowang and several other articles, listed here: [12], mirror: [13]. I don't remember the dates, sorry, but it was definitely several months. Akriasas 00:38, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
    • 21 June 2005 to 16 May 2006 for Tiberius Lowang. Punkmorten 11:00, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
  • DLC Film Industry, a false prediction of what are supposed to be the leading movies on 2020 that lead to the author being blocked indefinitely. Any sysop who can verify when it existed? Alexius08 is welcome to talk about his contributions. 03:45, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
    • It lasted for one day, 14 April 2008. Punkmorten (talk) 07:16, 5 May 2008 (UTC)