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The result of the debate was delete (someone else can BJAODN it, but I was only lukewarm about it). Mindspillage (spill yours?) 03:22, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Society for the Preservation of Waffle Irons[edit]

This appears to be a hoax. While I realise google isn't a reliable determiner of everything, all of the following searches get 0 hits:

  • "Society for the Preservation of Waffle Irons"
  • Society for the "Preservation of Waffle Irons"
  • "Waffle iron preservation"
  • "Ian L. Chalmers"
  • "Ian Chalmers" "Waffle iron" (There appear to be at least three different professors named Ian Chalmers)
  • "Ian Chalmers" "Red China"

Other searches do return results, but nothing apparently relevant

  • "Waffle iron" "Red China" - almost all from different sections of "on this day..." type pages
  • "Waffle iron" "preservation society" - various preservation society pages, the Xanau Preservation Society movie and, curiously, adverts for escort girl sites. Thryduulf 15:49, 26 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete. Smells like a hoax. --InShaneee 15:51, 26 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete, and kudos to Thryduulf for his diligence in verifying that this is a hoax. Meelar (talk) 15:51, May 26, 2005 (UTC)`
  • Delete, please see WP:AN/I for the anon's contributions page, so year and day articles can also be cleared. Mgm|(talk) 15:52, May 26, 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete. Definite hoax aroma. --khaosworks 16:15, May 26, 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete. Hoax. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 16:19, 26 May 2005
  • BJAODN --24.158.179.87 16:31, 26 May 2005 (UTC)(UTC)[reply]
  • Delete No Brooklyn, NY telephone directories list this organization, either---Outlander 16:33, 26 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete and while we're at it the anon user who keeps trying to add this to the 2003 page and has had his entry reverted twice should be reported for vandalism, if this hasn't been done already. PatGallacher 16:39, 2005 May 26 (UTC)
    • That doesn't mean his other edits should be reverted on sight though - [1] was a valid edit. --SPUI (talk) 17:54, 26 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • BJAODN. Scimitar 16:53, 26 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete or BJAODN, if appropriate. "Society for the Preservation of Waffle Irons" gets zero Google hits, as does "Preservation of Waffle Irons".
  • BJAODN. Someone will find it funny. --Aurochs
  • Delete (Not funny enough for BJAODN, IMHO) and congratulations to the nominator for excellent and thorough research. Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 18:41, May 26, 2005 (UTC)
  • BJAODN. Seems like a hoax, and an almost plausible one. Given the randomness of the postings from that ip it could be a public access computer or part of an unsecured wireless network. Spotteddogsdotorg 20:37, 26 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete: Weird hoax, but I really want to know what those call girls are doing with those waffle irons. (Check that: no, I don't.) Geogre 21:25, 26 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete, hoax (but not funny enough for BJAODN). Megan1967 05:21, 27 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
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