306:. All the references are academic, in fitting with what you would expect for such a subject. Academic references are one of the most solid types available, because an author providing false or misleading information faces serious recourse in their career and reputation. Admittedly, there is little content here presently, however the correct option for Knowledge (XXG) in this case is to let the article grow as people find time and interest to bring in additional sources. Deleting it would negatively impact both context in other pages and the future of Knowledge (XXG)'s coverage of the important historic
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to be that you feel the subject is a 'hoax or neologism' because you can't see many references to it online. In fact, a lot of human knowledge existed before the internet, still exists outside of the internet, and will continue to do so. In this case, perhaps you are not aware that the subject is an element within near-extinct traditional
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