# Wikipedia hoax debunked after five years

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wikipedia-hoax-debunked-after-five-years/646629>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 9, 2013, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wikipedia-hoax-debunked-after-five-years/646629 "2013-01-09T15:18:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2013, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wikipedia-hoax-debunked-after-five-years/646629/1 "2013-01-09T15:18:18Z")

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[Link](http://phys.org/news/2013-01-wikipedia-goan-war-unmasked-elaborate.html#jCp). I’d be curious to know how many views it got during that time.

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**Author:** ![Cugel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cugel/32/1199_2.png) [@Cugel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cugel)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2013, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wikipedia-hoax-debunked-after-five-years/646629/2 "2013-01-10T02:22:25Z")

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According to this, [bugger all](http://stats.grok.se/en/latest90/The%20Bicholim%20Conflict)