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I agree.

It's interesting to note that Wikipedia does this for other pages that were "based on real facts" or were hoaxes. The one that comes to mind right away is Blair Witch.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blair_Witch_Project

The movie's official website featured fake police reports and "newsreel-style" interviews. These augmented the movie's found footage style to spark debates across the internet over whether the movie was a real-life documentary or a work of fiction.[30]

Apparently when its their OX getting gored its not ok.



Articles about hoaxes need to meet same notability standards as other Wikipedia articles. If other newspapers write widely about the Gadyukin article and it becomes a famous example, then an article about it will presumably be created.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Do_not_create_hoaxes...




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