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The result was speedy delete as hoax. I'm going to go ahead and close this one myself despite participating earlier. This is a clear hoax so there's really not much point in dragging this one out for a full week, especially after it's already been tagged. I'm moving this to Wikipedia:List of hoaxes on Wikipedia/La Croix du Sanguine Rouge since it's been here since 2010. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡) 06:31, 3 October 2015 (UTC)Reply[reply]

La Croix du Sanguine Rouge[edit]

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Nothing has been found that verifies this novel's existence. Correct me if I'm wrong. TheGGoose (talk) 04:41, 3 October 2015 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Delete/move to Wikipedia:List of hoaxes on Wikipedia. I can find absolutely nothing to substantiate that this book ever existed. A search for the title in French and English only brings up references to this Wikipedia article. I'd be willing to chalk this up to it being a pre-Internet released book, except that the article asserts that the book gained more attention after the author's death. Even if this was a low profile book, there should be something out there for this work - even if it's just a routine listing. A search for the author's name with the title of his other book Marie also brings up nothing, which is troubling considering that this book was supposed to be far more popular. This gives off the impression that this book and its author either never existed or this was an indie book that was stocked in a handful of specialty stores. I'm leaning more towards hoax at this point given the lack of non-Wikipedia mentions on the Internet and zero hits for the author or either book on WorldCat. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡) 05:06, 3 October 2015 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Since this has been around since 2010, this could be archived as a hoax. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡) 05:06, 3 October 2015 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Delete This unreferenced article is almost certainly a hoax. Nothing available through various Google searches shows anything other than content copied from Wikipedia. The editor who created the article five years ago made only two edits creating this article, and then disappeared. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 05:08, 3 October 2015 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of France-related deletion discussions. SwisterTwister talk 05:11, 3 October 2015 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Literature-related deletion discussions. SwisterTwister talk 05:11, 3 October 2015 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Delete by all means as there's simply nothing to suggest better and I have tagged it as G3 (as there's simply nothing to suggest keeping). SwisterTwister talk 05:12, 3 October 2015 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I'm going to go ahead and delete/move this to the hoaxspace. I generally like to archive stuff like this for the fun of it. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡) 06:28, 3 October 2015 (UTC)Reply[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.