Wikipedia talk:List of hoaxes on Wikipedia/Chen Fang

Mayor of Yinchuan
This article on MOFCOM's website says that Wang Rugui is the mayor of Yinchuan as of April this year. This article has claimed Chen Fang to be mayor since it was written in [ September 2005]. Also, Yinchuan's website makes no mention of "房晨" (the Chinese characters for Chen Fang). Based on English-language sources, I have the following people as mayor around the time this article was first written:


 * Liu Xuejun: July 2005
 * Bai Xueshan: August 2005, December 2006

Clearly, this article is inaccurate. The mayorship was the only thing that allowed this article to meet Wikipedia's notability guidelines, so I'm proposing this article for deletion.

– Minh Nguyễn (talk, contribs) 03:07, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

Also, this article has been deleted before as a hoax. – Minh Nguyễn (talk, contribs) 03:14, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

This article says he was the Yinchuan mayor in 2004]. This biography doesn't sound like a hoax to me, just inaccurate. 171.64.15.187 (talk) 12:06, 1 August 2008 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the information. Unfortunately, it's behind Lexis' login wall, but I'll take a look when I'm on campus. In the meantime, could you correct this article based on the information you found in that source? Thanks. – Minh Nguyễn (talk, contribs) 09:37, 4 August 2008 (UTC)

Updated using Lexis information. 140.247.131.120 (talk) 21:55, 29 September 2008 (EST)