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"Risbury Melonhead" prank edits[edit]

I keep having to revert prank edits by an IP based in the UK. There are no such sources for the material they are adding. In fact, it seems to be an ongoing prank started here between rival football supporters. - LuckyLouie (talk) 18:29, 7 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Unsourced content[edit]

This potentially inflammatory info must be removed from the article until reliable sources can be found:

Legend of the Risbury Melon Head, England The legend of the melon head is also found in central England within a small hamlet known as Risbury, Herefordshire. Here, there is an extended family of Melon Heads, thought to be the result of extensive inbreeding. The large and round-headed family is mentioned in Mary Letherbarrow's seminal work on the Folklore of Herefordshire (1955). Hannah Williams (1961, 56) refers to the Melon Head family of Risbury as 'Weeble Heads' and were noted for their very 'roundish heads'. She also notes that the family-tree section of the early and late 20th century was rather 'complex', referring to the problems of 'isolated' Herefordshire inbreeding. This hitherto undiscovered phenomenon may have origins in nearby Wiltshire where other Melon Heads have been recorded, similar to that of the 'Wobble Heads' lore in the USA. Since adding to this web page in mid-2009, further evidence has been uncovered concerning the Melon Heads lore in Risbury. A sighting of this rare phenomenon has been recorded around the Sandpits Estate, west of Leominster (Herefordshire). This is supported by documentary evidence held by British DHS records (Ref: MH 245367). Here, a common element of the Weeble Head may exist and several members of the family have been seen around Leominster’s town centre. West Mercia records suggest that the family, especially the father are confrontational.

Rodaen (talk) 20:36, 7 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

A user employing various temp. usernames and dynamic IP's has been adding this dubious material for months. Suggest page protection. - LuckyLouie (talk) 16:06, 8 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Much of this appears to be copied from [1], although there is a published source [2]; reliability inconclusive. 71.241.200.94 (talk) 14:21, 16 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

"Mary Letherbarrow" is apparently a fabricated name. There was a Ella Mary Leather who wrote "Folklore of Herefordshire" in 1912. I would have to say the internet forum postings as well as the World's Creepiest Places book by Curran are not a trustworthy or reliable source of fact. - LuckyLouie (talk) 15:22, 16 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

No argument with that conclusion. At the very least the bulk of what's persistently added here is a copyright violation. 71.241.200.94 (talk) 15:39, 16 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Also subject to WP:REDFLAG; claims of inbreeding in Herefordshire and involvement of the "British DHS" (Dept. of Health Services?) in the matter are extraordinary claims that require extraordinarily trustworthy WP:RS sources. - LuckyLouie (talk) 20:23, 16 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Well, now you're distinguishing between thinly sourced nonsense and utter nonsense. 71.241.200.94 (talk) 20:33, 16 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]