Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Great Diamond Hoax
User:Helixblue marked it for vfd but not listed on vfd page. Mikkalai
- Delete. Insignificant event with a grandiose title. Gamaliel 03:36, 27 Nov 2004 (UTC)
- If you've found any indication that this "greatest hoax of all time" ever actually existed, you've done better than I have. Either an attempted hoax (on us) or non-notable. Delete. -- Antaeus Feldspar 03:56, 27 Nov 2004 (UTC)
- Delete --fvw* 12:02, 2004 Nov 27 (UTC)
- Delete. I think it's a hoax. Or just possibly a fictional incident from a movie or story presented as if true. Simply delete unless verifiable information is presented prior to expiration of VfD. If it's not a hoax, "The Great Diamond Hoax" is still not a well-known phrase referring to any such incident. It becomes a mildly interesting bit of trivia that could go in some article about the history of California or San Francisco. But do not keep as a separate article or as a redirect. [[User:Dpbsmith|Dpbsmith (talk)]] 14:43, 27 Nov 2004 (UTC)
- Delete: Prank, IMO. Geogre 17:40, 27 Nov 2004 (UTC)
- Delete: Even if it were real (which I doubt), it would be one of the similar numerous attempts to defraud people by salting already empty mines with gold dust or something equally valuable. There could be an article about this type of crime but this incident would be hardly "the largest hoax known to mankind" (see Bre-X, for one) - Skysmith 11:24, 29 Nov 2004 (UTC)
- Delete: Prank. Don't spend any time trying to research this, as it's an obvious hoax- look at that IP's edit history and you'll see that they vandalized several other pages around the same time that day. rjhatl 02:35, 1 Dec 2004 (UTC)