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Accuracy of this article

When I first came across this article, I compared it to another, Kongu Arts and Science College:

Erode Arts College	Kongu Arts and Science College
The Erode Arts College is an arts college in Rangampalayam, Erode, Tamil Nadu, India, founded in 1971. The college belongs to the Mudaliar Educational Trust, which also includes Dr.RANM Arts & Science College.	The Kongu Arts and Science College is an arts college in Nanjanapuram, Erode, Tamil Nadu, India, founded in 1994. The college belongs to the Kongu Vellalar Institute of Technology Trust, which also includes Kongu Engineering College, Kongu Polytechnic College, Kongu Industrial Training Center, and the Kongu National Matriculation School.
The Erode Arts College is an educational institution in Erode, NAAC accredited with B++, offering various programmes in the arts and science stream. It is a Autonomous co-educational institution affiliated to Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, and is run by the Kongu Vellalar Institute of Technology Trust, Perundurai. The trust has secured the approval of the Government of Tamil Nadu and of the Bharathiar University. The professional courses offered have been approved by the AICTE (All India Council for Technical Education).	The Kongu Arts and Science College is an educational institution in Erode, NAAC accredited with B++, offering programmes in the arts and science stream. It is a co-educational institution affiliated to Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, and is run by the Kongu Vellalar Institute of Technology Trust, Perundurai. The trust has secured the approval of the Government of Tamil Nadu and of the Bharathiar University. The professional courses offered have been approved by the AICTE (All India Council for Technical Education).

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Given that this article has no references, and that the Kongu Arts and Science College article has had minimal changes since 2009, questions have to be raised about the accuracy of this article and the information it contains. Dori ☾Talk ⁘ Contribs☽ 03:49, 15 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

It's possible that the creator simply used the Kongu article as a starting point from which to write an article on Erode. To me that speaks more to either 1) lack of familiarity with English, or 2) lack of originality. Either way, on the surface that doesn't lead me to conclude that this article is a complete hoax. I have changed the tags on the page from {{unreferenced}} → {{refimprove}} and {{hoax}} → {{disputed}}. Having one reference that is not a reliable source is different from being completely unreferenced, and a simple Google search would corroborate the existence of this institution, which means the article is not a complete hoax. —KuyaBriBri^Talk 15:19, 16 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]