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The result was speedy delete as a hoax article. Chase me ladies, I'm the Cavalry (talk) 20:37, 25 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Onion Rationing in the United Kingdom (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) (delete) – (View log)

This is a hoax. The reference cited is, perhaps deliberately, confused: a mixture of the titles of two Nigel West books: MI6, British Secret Intelligence Operations 1909-45 and MI5: British Security Service Operations 1909-45. An operation like this would come under MI5, but I have checked both books, and neither of them mentions onion rationing, "Operation Omelette" or "Octolitehydroxide". Nor does J.C.Masterman's The Double Cross System, which is a history of deception operations like this. Google finds nothing relevant for Operation Omelette or for onion rationing. Finally, according to Austerity in Britain, the book cited as a source for Rationing in the United Kingdom, onions were not in fact rationed. Delete. JohnCD (talk) 19:04, 25 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete. Clear cut nonsense. Unusual? Quite ^TalkQu 19:06, 25 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• G3 Clear cut vandalism. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • ^{(Broken clamshells • Otter chirps • HELP)} 19:42, 25 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• KEEP. According to Google there was indeed Onion Rationing in WW2 the United Kingdom: http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Rationing-in-the-United-Kingdom-during-and-after-World-War-II. And where does "vandalism" come into this? Proxy User (talk) 19:45, 25 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

• That Google link is a mirror of another erroneous Wikipedia article, which I have corrected - see Rationing in the United Kingdom and its talk page. And the definition of WP:CSD#G3 vandalism includes "blatant and obvious misinformation". JohnCD (talk) 19:51, 25 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

• I've looked at the history of that article, which is interesting: "onions" were added to the list on 1 April 2006 (perhaps a significant date) but they were only in the position this mirror has them until 24 June 2006 when they were moved up into the main list. So the mirror has not been updated for over two years. It just shows that WP is not a reliable source and its mirrors still less so. JohnCD (talk) 20:16, 25 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

• Speedy Delete G3 Blatant vandalism/nonsense. Oh, Proxy User? I believe that NationMaster is a Wikipedia mirror. Doc Strange^MailboxLogbook 19:46, 25 October 2008 (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.