Week9.1（4.29Mon)Wikipedia:List of hoaxes on Wikipedia(YANGPEIFU)

 1. Summary

The information summarizes the historical scams that appeared on English Wikipedia. It excludes well-known scams like Piltdown Man and focuses on situations where false information is deliberately presented as facts and has not been detected for more than a month, or has attracted reliable media attention. The standard requirement for inclusion in the list is that scams must be distinguished from April Fool's pranks or factual articles about well-known scams. Each entry includes the start and deletion dates, as well as the approximate duration for which the article remains visible. Archived versions of deleted articles are usually accessible, and administrators can create such archives upon request. The study of Wikipedia scams explores their impact and characteristics and proposes automatic detection methods. Automatic systems have shown higher accuracy than humans in identifying Wikipedia scams (86% vs. 63%). These systems analyze the structure, content, embeddedness in Wikipedia and editor characteristics of articles. Scam articles are often lengthy and lack typical Wikipedia tags, references, images, or other article links. They are less likely to be mentioned in other Wikipedia articles before creation, usually created by new accounts with fewer edits. Most scams discovered have a short duration, with 89% being flagged within an hour and only 1% lasting for more than a year. However, if a scam can pass preliminary screening, it has an 18% chance of lasting for a year or more. Persistent successful scams often include Wikipedia tags and links to other Wikipedia articles. Compared to legitimate articles, successful scams have lower daily traffic, longer median length (134 pairs of 71 words), and relatively shorter links to other articles. This includes confirmed scams, articles describing well-known scams, a list of citation-generated events, a Wikipedia controversy list, Wikipedia reliability, categories of articles suspected of being scams, AfC submissions rejected as a joke, Wikipedia's Association for the Protection of Quads, fictional entries, an article on The Signpost titled "How many more scams will Wikipedia discover", and relevant pages of Wikipedia records.

2. Project

1. Rainbowfish (mythology)

   - Creation date: December 13, 2005

   - Deletion date: June 9, 2023

   - Duration: 17.49 years

   - Type: Fictitious Hindu myth

2. Method of focal objects

   - Creation date: April 21, 2005

   - Deletion date: September 23, 2022

   - Duration: 17.42 years

   - Type: Fictitious problem-solving strategy

3. The Heat Is On (TV series)

   - Creation date: July 10, 2005

   - Deletion date: July 24, 2022

   - Duration: 17.04 years

   - Type: Fictitious BBC TV series

4. CTB Flying Squad

   - Creation date: November 28, 2005

   - Deletion date: April 19, 2022

   - Duration: 16.39 years

   - Type: Fictitious unit of mobile security and maintenance personnel set up by the Ceylon Transport Board

5. Dream Craft

   - Creation date: June 4, 2006

   - Deletion date: September 12, 2022

   - Duration: 16.27 years

   - Type: Fictitious tabletop role-playing game

6. Pan-African pellet compass

   - Creation date: December 30, 2007

   - Deletion date: April 6, 2024

   - Duration: 16.27 years

   - Type: Fictitious sociopolitical and militaristic concept coined by Kwame Nkrumah

7. Domon group

   - Creation date: March 4, 2007

   - Deletion date: April 21, 2023

   - Duration: 16.13 years

   - Type: Fictitious research group

8. Eduardo Corrochio

   - Creation date: July 10, 2005

   - Deletion date: August 27, 2021

   - Duration: 16.13 years

   - Type: Fictitious 1890s New York tap dancer

9. Indigo Muldoon

   - Creation date: February 23, 2006

   - Deletion date: March 31, 2022

   - Duration: 16.1 years

   - Type: Main character in a fictitious series of novels

10. Jack "Russer" Russell

   - Creation date: September 11, 2005

   - Deletion date: September 19, 2021

   - Duration: 16.02 years

   - Type: Fictitious 18th-century traveler, a "Western Icon" in Japan,ect.There are still many projects.

3. Question

What are some key characteristics and durations of notable historical hoaxes documented on English Wikipedia, and how do automated detection methods compare to human detection rates in identifying these hoaxes?

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