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First hoax in the list, "Fictitious biography about a Belgian painter".

It was in place for 13 years, 4 months

But the kicker?

> Speedy deleted as "G3: Blatant hoax"

If that's speedy, what's slow!?



"speedy deletion" is a kind of article deletion, where the wikipedia admin can skip the discussion/consensus stage. The speediness refers to the time between when the deletion nomination is submitted and the article is deleted. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Criteria_for_speedy_...)


Yes, wouldn't want to waste any time; who knows how much harm it could have.


You can still have a a "speedy trial" even if you're not arrested until 20 years after you committed the crime.


All the planning charts and deletion orders were on display at Alpha Centauri.


I know the guy that wrote it. We worked at the same company for a while. I feel a bit bad for not calling it out now tbh.




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