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"Sproftacchel" is very likely a fake term and an example of citogenesis

I have removed the term "sproftacchel" from the list of alternative names (diff link). I believe its citation is an example of citogenesis.

Timeline:

• On February 15, 2021 an IP editor added "Sproftacchel" to the "also called" list.
• Editors called for this term to be sourced on October 3, 2021 and November 20, 2021.
• On April 1, 2022 a New Zealand Herald article used the term.
• On April 14, 2022 an editor added the NZ Herald article as a source for the term.

Google results:

When I Google search for uses of "Sproftacchel" that predate its addition to this article I only get three results. I believe all three of these are newer additions to older pages and don't actually demonstrate the use of the term before February 15, 2021. See below:

1. enricocorte.net/no-light/ Images at the bottom of this page are labeled with "Sproftacchel". But if you look at the URLs of the images you can see that they were all uploaded in April 2022. I used the Wayback Machine and found no evidence of the term on the site prior to 2022.
2. alamy.com A stock photo taken in December 2020 of a photo stand-in is tagged with "sproftacchel". But the page notes that "Captions are provided by our contributors". So this was likely tagged afterwards.
3. facebook.com/comfortstationlogansquare is from 2010 and is listed by Google as being from 2013. But the actual post that uses "Sproftacchel" is from June 21, 2022.

Conclusion

I have found zero evidence that the word "Sproftacchel" was ever used before it was added to this article. If anyone has a verifiable source predating February 15, 2021 please add it. Jak86 (talk)(contribs) 21:39, 3 July 2022 (UTC)

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