Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/PTI-609


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The result was soft delete. Based on minimal participation, this uncontroversial nomination is treated as an expired PROD (a.k.a. "soft deletion"). Editors can request the article's undeletion. Liz Read! Talk! 23:39, 15 November 2022 (UTC)

PTI-609

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This article is about a non-notable chemical compound. There is only one reference; it’s a primary source and there doesn’t appear to be any secondary coverage. In the twelve years since the cited reference was published, there has been no follow up. In addition, the primary author of the paper, Hoau-Yan Wang, is under investigation for research fraud and has already had several of his publications retracted as a result. (https://retractionwatch.com/2022/03/30/five-studies-linked-to-cassava-biosciences-retracted - https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/18/health/alzheimers-cassava-simufilam.html - https://eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/messenger/2022/05/27/the-next-theranos-an-alzheimers-drug-and-a-cuny-professor-face-questions-over-research-validity/ ) I don’t know if this particular paper is part of the fraud investigation or not, but it’s certainly risky to attach the credibility of a Wikipedia article to a single unreliable author. Overall, the subject of this article lacks notability and the sourcing for the content is insufficient. Reba16 (talk) 23:44, 8 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Comment There's another paper (by the same authors) that also talks about it. This is probably not an improvement; nothing that cites it goes into any nontrivial depth.  &#x2130; mi1y&#x29fc;T&middot;C&#x29fd; 07:54, 11 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete. Inadequate sourcing, in a context where we might be inadvertently perpetrating a fraud. Thparkth (talk) 14:52, 15 November 2022 (UTC)


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