Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Zhou Peng (microbiologist)

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The result was delete. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 09:56, 16 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Zhou Peng (microbiologist)

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This is an ordinary Chinese researcher that works in a larger team at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, which is tied up the 2019–20 Wuhan coronavirus outbreak. His boss, Shi Zhengli, the leader of the team, has become notable in this crisis. Howevre, Zhou's only claim to fame is that a website called Zero Hedge doxed him on Twitter as part of a discredited conspiracy theory, which BuzzFeed News covered as: A Pro-Trump Blog Doxed A Chinese Scientist It Falsely Accused Of Creating The Coronavirus As A Bioweapon. Twitter banned Zero Hedge as a result of the article (Bloomberg CBS Washington Post), and the theory was debunked (Washington Post). Case of WP:BLP1E and WP:NOTPUBLICFIGURE, and he is not remotely close to any kind of WP:NPROF/WP:NACADEMIC, as he is a mid-level researcher in a bigger team at the Institute (e.g. he gets his name added to lists of names from papers the Institute published on the virus). Britishfinance (talk) 23:15, 8 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. Britishfinance (talk) 23:15, 8 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Science-related deletion discussions. Britishfinance (talk) 23:15, 8 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of China-related deletion discussions. Britishfinance (talk) 23:15, 8 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Delete No demonstration yet of satisfaction of any of the eight pointers at WP:NACADEMIC, and per BLP1E. CaradhrasAiguo (leave language) 23:20, 8 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Delete as per above. Zezen (talk) 22:59, 9 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom! Idolmm (talk) 17:34, 10 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per the nomination. XOR'easter (talk) 17:14, 12 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - per nom. - MA Javadi (talk) 22:22, 13 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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