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The result was delete. NW (Talk) 20:24, 24 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Cristoferus Malinia

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Hoax. The genus Cristoferus is not included in Kew garden's GrassBase [[1]]. A google search only gives the wikipedia entry. The image shows a chive plant (onion family). The snail 'doopahe' does not exist. JoJan (talk) 13:11, 17 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hoax. I agree completely, the article is riddled with deliberately bogus "information" and cannot be construed as any kind of good faith effort to make a real article. Invertzoo (talk) 14:17, 17 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete I have made numerous searches, and can confirm that there is no evidence that either the supposed plant nor the supposed snail exists. The Flora Europaea does not list the plant, which it certainly would if it were common in Europe. The picture looks to me like a chive, as stated by JoJan, and in any case it is certainly not a member of the family Poaceae. A hoax, without a doubt. In fact would it qualify for a speedy delete? Just what constitutes a "blatant" hoax? JamesBWatson (talk) 14:38, 17 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Postscript: I have now looked at the image file at full size, rather than as displayed in the article, and there is no doubt whatsoever: it is a chive. JamesBWatson (talk) 14:50, 18 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Comment A check of the contribution history for the editor who created this article reveals a history of frequently adding information which has no sources cited and for which I can find no evidence. Frequently the information is such that I would expect confirmation to be easy to find if it were true, and sometimes the information is clearly false. JamesBWatson (talk) 15:25, 17 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - ~In my opinion, this hoax isn't covered by CSD policy as this hoax is not blatant. It could have fooled anyone who is not versed in botany. JoJan (talk) 14:46, 18 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. No verifiable citations for the claims. This is starting to look like a standard modus operandi for this editor. Side note (full disclosure): I was involved in the deletion (FfD process) of an unsourced file this editor added to Wikipedia and made unsubstntiated claims about in some of his early edits; q.v. N2e (talk) 15:29, 17 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Note to closing admin - please attend to File:Cristoferus.jpg, I declined speedy so that it would be available for the remainder of the discussion here. Skier Dude (talk) 21:35, 19 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

As for the image file, Delete because the author has written "DUPA" on the image in small handwritten letters near the shell aperture. Other than that it's not a bad image at all except that I think someone may have physically placed the snail onto the chive flower. It's the snail Cepaea nemoralis on a chive flower. Invertzoo (talk) 13:52, 20 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
May I also say we should watch out for edits from User:83.4.190.87 as it appears that this may well be a sock puppet of the same user, User:Czlowiek widmo, who has so far shown a pattern of problematic edits of various kinds. Thanks, Invertzoo (talk) 17:20, 21 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I gave User:83.4.190.87 a level 3 warning for adding a probable hoax to List of Polish people. JoJan (talk) 17:46, 21 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete as a hoax, esp. per JamesBWatson's comments. Drmies (talk) 17:48, 24 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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.