Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sukuma Ancient Salt Technology

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The result was delete. Clear consensus for deletion. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 00:14, 5 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Sukuma Ancient Salt Technology

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The article makes unverifiable claims about ancient scientific discoveries. None of the sources actually provide information that is relevant to the claim that inhabitants of Sukumaland discovered a method for extracting Sodium Bicarbonate. Salimfadhley (talk) 20:43, 28 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - this appears to be made up. I raised concerns earlier at Wikipedia:Fringe theories/Noticeboard#Sukuma Ancient Salt Technology, and I haven't found anything that suggests that this is an appropriate topic for an article since then. Cordless Larry (talk) 20:53, 28 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Is this a hoax? The only real reference provided doesn't appear to discuss the subject directly. Vanamonde93 (talk) 22:12, 28 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Delete There's a huge red flag in the simple fact that the editor who created it felt the need to point out that they meant "solar years" instead of "years". There are several other clear indicators that this was written by someone attempting to re-write non-encyclopedic language. However, as bad as they are, those problems could be fixed. What can't be fixed is that I can't find any reliable sources for the claims in this article, not even in the single source cited by it. MjolnirPants Tell me all about it. 02:41, 29 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Speedy delete. Or do I mean SNOW? It seems silly to wait out an AFD on this one. I think it would qualify for speedy delete ~~under A11. Obviously invented~~ as a hoax, especially taking into consideration its twin article Sukuma Ancient Milk Technology (also at AFD) which is equally incoherent, except about milk instead of baking soda. Google doesn't come up with anything that seems remotely related to either article. —PermStrump(talk) 04:49, 29 May 2016 (UTC) *Updated —PermStrump(talk) 18:14, 29 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Science-related deletion discussions. Lemongirl942 (talk) 08:49, 29 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Africa-related deletion discussions. Lemongirl942 (talk) 08:49, 29 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy Delete as a possible hoax, not notable in any way. ThePlatypusofDoom (Talk) 16:58, 29 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - Original Research at best and while the reference is interesting to read, it does not cover the article at all. No references means this article doesn't belong on WP. DeVerm (talk) 14:13, 1 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Speedy delete - Article appears to consist mainly of unverified and dubious claims with no clear explanation. None of this appears to be encyclopaedic material. Looks like a hoax. Drchriswilliams (talk) 19:34, 1 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Delete as nothing convincing of its own separate notable article. SwisterTwister talk 04:14, 4 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Delete And use this "ancient salt technology" to salt this article. The article is total bollocks. Plants called "Nyambo" are burned to produce an "invaluable salt" called "Nyambo" (extracted from ashes) which is later termed as Sodium bicarbonate. And they apparently produce a quantity which is exported to India, China, Japan and Asia? Delete this hoax. --Lemongirl942 (talk) 13:48, 4 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Merge if legitimate into Sodium bicarbonate#History. Aoziwe (talk) 15:14, 4 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.