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The result was delete. JohnCD (talk) 15:31, 9 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Quaff distillery[edit]

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This seems to be a hoax. The events described in the article regarding a strong alcoholic drink brewed by the mutineers on Pitcairn Island are true and confirmed by sources, but none I can find confirm that this drink was called "Quaff"—the only citation given in the article makes no mention whatsoever of Pitcairn, HMS Bounty, etc. Article was created by Textet in December 2013 about an hour after he inserted references to "Quaff" in several Bounty-related articles (see contributions). I suspect this is some kind of joke on the English term "quaff", meaning to imbibe vigorously. In any case the article totally fails WP:VERIFICATION. — Cliftonian (talk) 14:21, 2 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Food and drink-related deletion discussions. Everymorning talk 15:09, 2 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Probably a hoax as the nominator says, but even if this is not 100% certain, my searches found no indication of reliable sources to support this, much less sufficient coverage to establish notability. --Arxiloxos (talk) 01:02, 3 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - Probable hoax. The one footnote does not document what is purported to be documented in the piece. Carrite (talk) 21:18, 3 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete No sources found. Most likely a hoax. Geoff ^{Who, me?} 21:37, 4 June 2015 (UTC)
Send to the list of hoaxes or, if not a hoax, Delete as failing the general notability guidelines. --TL22 (talk) 23:06, 4 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
HOAX -- The whole thing is highly improbable. Pitcairn island is one of the most remote in the world and it is barely (if at all) feasible for an organisation based there to have a worldwide impact. That there were murders among the Bounty mutineers (its first settlers) and that some one died by falling from a cliff on Pitcairn Island are both feasible; and these may have been drink related. However relating that to an alleged Quaff distillery seems fanciful. If the distillery exists at all, I would guess that it has invented this as a foundation myth, but this would not be a myth in the technical sense of the word. It is pure fiction, and has no place in WP. Peterkingiron (talk) 16:23, 6 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Peter—as I wrote at the top the events described such as five mutineers being murdered and one, William McCoy, dying falling from a cliff, are true and confirmed by sources (see the article at Mutiny on the Bounty). Indeed the latter event was probably caused by the alcoholic drink McCoy and Matthew Quintal had managed to distil from a local plant. However I can find no evidence whatsoever that this drink was called "Quaff" and even if it was there was no "distillery". As you conclude this article's subject is pure fiction, despite the veracity of certain events described therein. — Cliftonian (talk) 16:43, 6 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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