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I have not been able to find a single trace of this hockey league, and am wondering whether it actually exists. The article's creator has created at least two other articles which were blatant hoaxes. It is also rather difficult to find any verification for the existence of the teams which are
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that plays in it. I have no grasp of Latvian though and am doubtful that an article could be made out of the two brief game reports that would pass GNG. But most definitely that league is not the one purported to exist in this article, and thus my vote is for
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Yes, that's definitely possible. A league for teams from the Baltic states is not at all an unlikely thing -- it's just that I'm unable to find any sign of its existence. But I would be more than happy to be proven wrong!
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reveals that this is at least the third hoax article he's created in a few weeks, which so far has comprised his sole Knowledge activity, and sanction as a vandalism-only account should be considered.
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supposedly competing in the league. And finally, the "references" are obviously nonsensical; if the books in question exist at all they are clearly irrelevant to the subject.
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I found references to an existence of an amateur hockey league in Latvia called the Baltic Beaster Hockey League
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One of the references is over 100 years old, another is almost 50 years old. I've read a copy of
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The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below.
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Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's
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and don't remember much about the Baltic states in it. As DJ says, it's a hoax.
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Appears to be a hoax. I've found nothing on the net about a new Baltic League. --
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Its a hoax as none of the things its mentioning exist. -
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