Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Shengyi


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was   delete. Spartaz Humbug! 20:04, 26 August 2009 (UTC)

Shengyi

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No such individual ever existed, and the biography is virtually the same as that of Zhou She Taurion (talk) 08:15, 19 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Speedy Delete under CSD G3 (vandalism). The only "references" given in the article are to Wikipedia. (There previously were two dead links, which have now been removed.) Some time spent on web searches has failed to turn up any coverage of this woman not derived from Wikipedia. The article Zhou She says that Shengyi is a courtesy title of Zhou She; if so there is no need for both articles. Furthermore, in Zhou She, Zhoue She/Shengyi is male, and in Shengyi the same person is female. All the evidence suggests that this article is a fictionalised version of Zhou She, and therefore a hoax. If not then the onus is on anyone wishing to keep the article to produce sources showing otherwise. JamesBWatson (talk) 09:54, 19 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete as WP:HOAX. JamesBWatson's analysis is correct. The Shengyi article is also evidently problematic for several other reasons. The surname Sheng is rare if not unheard of; the supposed meaning provided for the name simply doesn't match the Chinese. Besides, it is very, very rare in ancient China for women to hold any position of power, Wu Zetian being the most famous exception. I do not agree, however, that the hoax was sufficiently blatant to justify G3, and instead recommend WP:SNOW. (I checked the Chinese source cited and confirmed that the person does not exist.) Tim Song (talk) 17:14, 19 August 2009 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.