Deletion of United States Civil Flag

Comment: Whether the topic is about a hoax or about a real event, the topic fails . There is not enought |reliable source material to write a POV|neutral and unbiased OT|compilation of previously written, |verifiable facts about the topic. Not that this is directly relevant, but even the topic '''civil flags''' may fail . Here's all I could find on civil flags: (1) civil flag of the Islamic Emirate; (2) civil flag of the Republic of Lithuania; (3) in some countries of the Americas you find two versions of the national flag," continues Smith. "Private citizens fly a civil flag of plain stripes, but those used by the government bear an additional national coat of arms.http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/summary_0199-2201346_ITM; (4) The Red Hand of Ulster flag was the civil flag of Northern Ireland until 1973; (5) The Union Jack, however, remained the official Australian civil flag. http://www.ausflag.com.au/debate/nma/dt030127.html
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:N||WP:RS||WP:NPOV||WP:NOT||WP:V||WP:N)

Comment: Hoax which fails . The article takes a complete hoax and promotes it to a "controversy" leaving readers with th impression "Where there is smoke there is fire." It is not presented as a hoax at all. The sources which present it as true are not independent reliable ones and do not satisfy . The ones which mention it as a hoax do not show that it is a notable hoax. As a hoax it has not been discussed in depth in sufficient reliable sources to justify devoting an article to it. The alleged flag may have been a banner used on customs houses, but falsely purported to be the "True US Flag
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:N||WP:A)

Comment: after all the "improvements" there are still no es that show that this controversy is notable. Even bizarre controversies (Face on Mars, Starchild skull) and opinions held by fringe groups garner media attention, but this apparently hasn't
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Reliable sources (WP:RS)

Comment: Not a hoax article, just an article (with decent references) describing a (non-Wikipedia) hoax. If it needs to outline that better, |fix it, don't delete it
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Be bold (WP:SOFIXIT)