Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:WikiAfrica/Stubs/Prominent Yao people

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The result of the discussion was: delete. JohnCD (talk) 16:12, 26 July 2016 (UTC)

Wikipedia:WikiAfrica/Stubs/Prominent Yao people


Draft started in 2014 but recently edited in April that is basically covered by Yao_people_(East_Africa). This however isn't sourced to another than to a blog. Given that there's no sources that these people are notable Yao people, there's no reason to merge any of the names. Ricky81682 (talk) 05:29, 18 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Unsourced, or unverified, doesn't mean unverifiable. Implies Don't demolish the house while it's still being built.
 * On the other hand, unverified claims about living people may be removed, not to be replaced until verified. I don't know whether being Yao could be negative, I guess it could.  If any one person wants to argue the point, Biographies_of_living_persons then applies and it has to go.
 * On theright foot, someone has been putting this material together, these things are not easily sourced in the third world, the deletion could look like systematic bias.
 * On the left foot, "Notability" sections are a poor article structure to build upon, and assigning current membership to a historic grouping that is on decline is to create anachronism. I read (lede of Yao people (East Africa)) that "The Yao people have a strong cultural identity".  Does this mean that all Yao people have strong identification as Yao?  In every grouping of peole I know of, this sort of thing is contentious.
 * Leaning delete, but noting that age is not a factor. --SmokeyJoe (talk) 07:07, 18 July 2016 (UTC)
 * The main point was that it already exists in mainspace but since there's nothing sourced well there's nothing to merge (for the minimum copyright concerns over descriptions). -- Ricky81682 (talk) 07:54, 18 July 2016 (UTC)
 * I think the real issue is the large number of names ascribed as Yao people, names that are not in the mainspace article. Presumably in mainspace more attention is made to what is included.
 * Actually, why is it being drafted when it is in mainspace. As a rule, I don't agree with drafting fork material.  Did I already say delete?  Bit stronger then.  --SmokeyJoe (talk) 08:19, 18 July 2016 (UTC)


 * Delete per above - Editor's buggered off and we pretty much have this content above so delete. – Davey 2010 Talk 13:21, 19 July 2016 (UTC)


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