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The result was delete. --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 22:59, 21 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Kemakmuran[edit]

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This appears to be a hoax. Geonames shows places with this name in Indonesia, but none in Kazakhstan. I was reluctant to speedy-delete it, because in this region there are always uncertainties of transliteration, but neither Google Maps, Bing Maps nor the Times Comprehensive Atlas of the World shows any place with a name anything like this, or any settlement of this size, near Lake Alakol. Fails WP:V. Author is an SPA whose only other edits are a sandbox draft about another unlocatable Kazakh town. JohnCD (talk) 14:03, 14 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Kazakhstan-related deletion discussions. JohnCD (talk) 14:06, 14 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: As much as I like this little article, the notion of a city of 50,000 people, located near a named lake going unreferenced in this day and age is laughable. The lake monster is what tipped me off. I expected more info on the lake article but found none. Google gave nothing. --Auric talk 14:48, 16 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Courcelles 00:49, 21 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Almost certainly a hoax. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 00:53, 21 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy delete since it is almost certainly a hoax. -- Alan Liefting (talk - contribs) 01:32, 21 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Appears to be a hoax --Cameron11598 (Converse) 01:47, 21 January 2013 (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.