Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/High Fenton
- The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.
The result was Speedied as a hoax article. In addition to the nom's points, I see that that User:Hyllsberg, who created this article nearly four years ago, has no other contributions, which is always a bad sign in the case of a suspected hoax. User:Durham-man-lol, who edited the article within three minutes of its creation, likewise has no other contributions and also has "lol" in his username. Verified that there are no non-mirror Google hits to this title or anything similar. Newyorkbrad (talk) 23:10, 5 June 2016 (UTC)
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The village appears to be a long-lived hoax. No references can be found to support the existence of this village or the supposed "cheese wheeling" practice that originated there. Of the "famous residents" listed, the first two generate no Google hits (aside from this article and mirrors) in conjunction with "High Fenton," while the other two are known to be from other locations. Calamondin12 (talk) 20:37, 5 June 2016 (UTC)
- Note: This debate has been included in the list of England-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 21:42, 5 June 2016 (UTC)
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