Template:Did you know nominations/Ghosts and spirits in Maori culture

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The result was: rejected by Crisco 1492 (talk) 10:36, 6 February 2012 (UTC)
Misinformation

Ghosts and spirits in Maori culture

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... that Maero is an evil fairy inhabiting forests in the South Island of New Zealand?

Created/expanded by Robot of the five (talk). Self nom at 23:43, 15 January 2012 (UTC)

The reference cited links to a Google Books page with basic info about the book, but not specifically any page. Since the whole article is long enough, referenced, and new enough, I trust that this hook is actually cited in the book itself. Unless anyone else sees something I missed, this seems ready to go. Jrcla2 (talk) 18:05, 29 January 2012 (UTC)
NOTE: I just saw where the creator/nominator has been involved in a sockpuppetry case (see Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Laughing lion of loudness/Archive). I don't know how this will/should affect this DYK (if it does at all - I'm not sure). Jrcla2 (talk) 18:08, 29 January 2012 (UTC)

I have some doubts about the hook fact. To try to confirm the hook information that is supported only by offline source, I googled the words "Maori" and "Maero" together. I learned (from numerous sources, mostly non-RS) that the Maero or are very large, hairy man-like creatures. The sources differ regarding their behavior (often ogre-like, sometimes cannibalistic, sometimes they are just big and hairy), but nothing suggests the "evil fairy" described in this hook. This page is one of the most reliable sources I found. It says that on the North Island ogres that live in the deep bush are known as Maero. Ogres on the South Island have a slightly different name, māeroero. This Google book shows snippet views that support the cannibalistic ogre characterization. --Orlady (talk) 04:45, 30 January 2012 (UTC)

No indication that the contributor is going to come back and deal with this. DYK aside, it bothers me that the article might be propagating misinformation. --Orlady (talk) 04:18, 6 February 2012 (UTC)