Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Yehudei sheqolenique

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The result of the debate was delete. Mindspillage (spill yours?) 20:41, 30 May 2005 (UTC)

Yehudei sheqolenique

This article asserts that there is a group of Jews positioned somewhere between the Ashkenazim and the Sepharadim, and that its name is the etymology of the name Skolnick. Every Google link on the subject is a Wikipedia mirror. Delete, fantasy. JFW | T@lk 15:57, 19 May 2005 (UTC)

• Delete. There is no town anywhere as far as I can ascertain called "Sheqolenique", nor is there any record that this fantabulous ethnicity ever existed. It is difficult to imagine that nothing has been written about these people in the past 1800 years...and, in fact, no evidence they existed prior to the time of their allegèd departure either. Not only that, but the article makes some pretty wild claims about the supposed purity of this group's traditions...certainly there would be extant commentary (and I have no doubt, a great deal thereof) if such a group actually existed. Tomer ^TALK 16:22, May 19, 2005 (UTC)
• Delete, although it must be fun to invent new Jewish ethnicities, Yehudei Rugalach, anyone? (mmmm.... rugalach) --Goodoldpolonius2 16:42, 19 May 2005 (UTC)
  • Heh. JFW | T@lk
• Given that it is anonymous and lacks cited sources, I am very suspicious. If someone can give decent sources for this, now that the POV material has been removed it would be a perfectly OK article, but without sources, I agree, it smells like a Nihilartikel. -- Jmabel | Talk 16:41, May 19, 2005 (UTC)
  • I forgot to say: Delete -- Jmabel | Talk 02:06, May 20, 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. Unverifiable; looks like someone had some fun at Wikipedia's expense. Jayjg ^(talk) 17:48, 19 May 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. I just got off the phone with Dr. Abraham Lavender, who is quite familiar with the various Jewish groups of origin, and he questions the validity of this term, (which I would take to mean there's probably no such thing). -- BD2412 ^talk 17:54, 2005 May 19 (UTC)
  • Thanks. This strengthens the case enormously. JFW | T@lk
• Delete. HKT 18:33, 19 May 2005 (UTC)
• Delete, unverifiable. Megan1967 07:04, 20 May 2005 (UTC)
• Delete, what a bubba-meise. IZAK 07:46, 20 May 2005 (UTC)
• Nice piece of fiction. Delete. Etz Haim 10:27, 20 May 2005 (UTC)
• Right, I forgot about this "article." As I told IZAK last week, it's a hoax. Delete. El_C 13:30, 24 May 2005 (UTC)

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