Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Finland does not exist
whether it's a bona fide conspiracy theory (people really believe the Japanese invented Finland out of nothing to preserve fishing rights halfway across the planet) or a satire of conspiracy theories (some bored redditor decided to see if they could convince others that Finland is fiction, with hilarious results) the story has been reported in-depth by multiple news agencies generally considered reliable, and has been analyzed by well-known conspiracy debunking organizations. Some refs: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/oct/27/jk-rowling-doesnt-exist-conspiracy-theories-internet-cant-resist https://www.vice.com/en_id/article/xyd48w/this-dude-accidentally-convinced-the-internet-that-finland-doesnt-exist https://theculturetrip.com/europe/finland/articles/does-finland-exist-many-dont-think-so/ https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4573 https://www.msn.com/en-gb/travel/news/a-man-managed-to-convince-internet-that-finland-doesnt-exist/ar-AAoBcbr?li=AA5afI https://www.indiatimes.com/news/world/a-man-is-trying-to-convince-everyone-that-finland-doesn-t-exist-it-s-all-kinds-of-bizarre-326327.html,&nbsp;all from Google's first page. http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/finland-does-not-exist KnowYourMeme explains that this originated on Reddit in December 2014; the earliest of these refs I've posted is from December 2016 (two years later) and there has been consistent detailed coverage of the meme throughout 2017. This doesn't need to be Paul is dead to be a notable conspiracy theory,&nbsp;it meets our |general criteria for notability, and |notability is not temporary
— User:Ivanvector, 19:57, 6 November 2017 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:GNG||WP:NOTTEMPORARY (Wikipedia:Notability)