Category:Wikipedia suspected hoax articles
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The purpose of this category is to list articles that may be hoaxes (prank, fake or joke articles).
- This category is hidden on its member pages—unless the corresponding user preference (Appearance → Show hidden categories) is set.
- These categories can be used to track, build and organize lists of pages needing "attention en masse" (for example, pages using deprecated syntax), or that may need to be edited at someone's earliest convenience.
- These categories also serve to aggregate members of several lists or sub-categories into a larger, more efficient list (discriminated by classifications).
To add an article to this category, put {{Hoax}} on top of the page. Articles in this category should either have appropriate citations added to verify accuracy, then have the hoax tag removed, or be proposed or nominated for deletion if indeed they are hoax articles. Articles that are not hoaxes but have content or sections of disputed accuracy can have the {{Accuracy}} or {{Disputed}} tag added in appropriate places in the article, which will draw attention to the disputed content without tagging the entire article as a hoax.
For articles about notable hoaxes, and not actual Wikipedia articles that are suspected of being a hoax (with a few possible exceptions), see Category:Hoaxes.