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118: 31: 69: 186:(who was by the way co-created by Svěrák). Other contributions by the creator need to be checked, as the hoax was written and referenced in a persuasive way - in 2015 it found a way to the main page through the "Did you know" section. The Czech phrase "Ležící studenta" is gramatically incorrect. Good catch 99.54.104.131. -- 297:
It isn't easy to detect hoaxes written and referenced in a persuasive way, such as this one. I've checked most of new Czech related articles for many years and I'm pretty sure I would be able to detect this one but I'm not as active as I used to be. I would say that this was revealed by accident.
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It has been copied here solely for the purpose of documenting hoaxes on Knowledge (XXG), in order to improve our detection and understanding of them. If you would like to actually make a comment on this page or the discussion you see below, please go to
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I've detected some hoaxes in the past and I've seen far more detected by others. I would say that Knowledge (XXG) hosts hundreds of hoaxes, but it's just my opinion. Anyone can edit here with little or no responsibility/accountability, don't forget. --
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It's a rather elaborate hoax. It makes me wonder what the purpose of it was. I also wonder how many other such hoaxes are in Knowledge (XXG), and how we go about detecting them. Finally, who has blown the whistle, and why now?
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The Wiki article was written entirely by one user, and the page hasn't been edited for content since then--just formatting or categorization edits.
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I agree, but this was actually featured on the main page. It can't find its way to the main page unless it is notable, so that's a problem.
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So I've never done this before and I'm not sure if I'm following the right procedure, but I'm pretty sure this article is a hoax.
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in which he appears to be falsifying and inventing details, working from an article about a different, Ukranian poem.
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Yes, it's a hoax, undoubtedly. I believe that the "author", Jára Svěrák is a combination of the names of
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If you Google the poem title, all that comes up is this article, or direct quotations from this article.
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was written in 1914, but not published until most of the manuscript was rediscovered in 1981?
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No, but since it has now been identified as a hoax, the article should be deleted.
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I looked up the 4 cited sources and one of them (Karel Čapek: Life and Work) has a
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available. I checked the cited pages, 150-156, and they're completely unrelated.
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please note that this page, which you accepted in good faith at
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and a famous fictional character of the Czech culture,
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111:Knowledge (XXG):Recent additions/2015/February 8: 156: 92:). The text of the entry was as follows: 37:This is an archive of the discussion of 117: 109:A record of the entry may be seen at 7: 151:Most importantly, that user made an 24: 67: 29: 78:appeared on Knowledge (XXG)'s 1: 312:18:16, 27 December 2016 (UTC) 292:13:22, 27 December 2016 (UTC) 270:17:12, 24 December 2016 (UTC) 256:12:01, 24 December 2016 (UTC) 218:19:02, 23 December 2016 (UTC) 200:09:41, 22 December 2016 (UTC) 171:02:01, 21 December 2016 (UTC) 53: 153:initial draft of the article 88:column on 18 February 2015 ( 328: 122: 120: 143:Google Books excerpt 123: 173: 161:comment added by 127: 126: 102:The Lying Student 61: 60: 45:that was deleted. 39:The Lying Student 319: 249: 236: 119: 71: 64: 33: 32: 26: 327: 326: 322: 321: 320: 318: 317: 316: 247: 222: 132: 121:Knowledge (XXG) 57: 30: 22: 21: 20: 12: 11: 5: 325: 323: 315: 314: 279: 278: 277: 276: 275: 274: 273: 272: 203: 202: 175: 174: 149: 146: 139: 131: 128: 125: 124: 114: 108: 107: 72: 62: 59: 58: 34: 23: 15: 14: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 324: 313: 309: 305: 301: 296: 295: 294: 293: 289: 285: 271: 267: 263: 259: 258: 257: 254: 251: 250: 244: 240: 234: 230: 226: 221: 220: 219: 215: 211: 207: 206: 205: 204: 201: 197: 193: 189: 185: 181: 180:Zdeněk Svěrák 177: 176: 172: 168: 164: 163:99.54.104.131 160: 154: 150: 147: 144: 140: 137: 136: 135: 129: 115: 112: 105: 104: 103: 97: 94: 93: 91: 87: 86: 81: 77: 73: 70: 66: 65: 56: 51: 46: 44: 40: 35: 28: 27: 19: 280: 245: 184:Jára Cimrman 157:— Preceding 133: 100: 99: 96:Did you know 95: 85:Did you know 83: 75: 74:A fact from 55:Deletion log 43:hoax article 38: 36: 300:Vejvančický 284:FunkyCanute 233:FunkyCanute 188:Vejvančický 90:check views 243:Fayenatic 98:... that 80:Main Page 308:contribs 262:Miyagawa 225:Miyagawa 210:Kiwifist 196:contribs 159:unsigned 231:, and 82:in the 229:Ktr101 253:ondon 130:Hoax? 16:< 304:talk 288:talk 266:talk 214:talk 192:talk 167:talk 41:, a 310:) 306:/ 290:) 268:) 227:, 216:) 198:) 194:/ 169:) 52:. 302:( 286:( 264:( 248:L 235:: 223:@ 212:( 190:( 165:( 113:.

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Knowledge (XXG) talk:List of hoaxes on Knowledge (XXG)
hoax article
Knowledge (XXG) talk:List of hoaxes on Knowledge (XXG)
Deletion log

Main Page
Did you know
check views
The Lying Student
Knowledge (XXG):Recent additions/2015/February
Google Books excerpt
initial draft of the article
unsigned
99.54.104.131
talk
02:01, 21 December 2016 (UTC)
Zdeněk Svěrák
Jára Cimrman
Vejvančický
talk
contribs
09:41, 22 December 2016 (UTC)
Kiwifist
talk
19:02, 23 December 2016 (UTC)
Miyagawa
Ktr101
FunkyCanute
Template:Did you know nominations/The Lying Student
Fayenatic

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