Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/People's Republic of Zhongtai

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The result was delete. Michig (talk) 08:24, 23 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

People's Republic of Zhongtai[edit]

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Seems to be a (perhaps machine assisted) translation of the Chinese WP article. But not sure the refs satisfy our GNG: the first two are cartoons, the others seem local and fairly trivial. I found this [1] that seems a better source but still seems like trivia, something someone made up in a day. JohnBlackburne^words_deeds 05:27, 16 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy delete G10. Obvious attack page with unsourced negative allegations. --Randykitty (talk) 14:33, 16 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Weak delete I don't see how this could be considered an attack page, but it does seem to me to lack sufficient notability. The article is about a stunt that lasted half a day and got a little bit of local media and internet attention, but does not seem to have any long term notability. Categorizing the restaurant as a micronation is stretching it a bit. BabelStone (talk) 17:11, 17 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Read the article. It's a clear attack page, with unsourced claims of the restaurant being in violation of health regulations and being the ridicule of the whole of China. The restaurant owner is mentioned by name (making this a BLP issue). Claiming that a restaurant does not adhere to health regulations is a business killer, so something like this should not go to AFD, but should be speedily deleted. One of our first rules is "do no harm". Well, we're currently harming this restaurant owner. --Randykitty (talk) 17:22, 17 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of China-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 01:57, 19 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Organizations-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 01:57, 19 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - no evidence of true notability supplied. One could argue BLP1E as well. --SarekOfVulcan (talk) 12:44, 19 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Fails GNG, attack page issues. Hullaballoo Wolfowitz (talk) 14:24, 19 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Delete The one identifiable WP:RS, apparently the site of a provincial government, did not appear to actually mention the supposed declaration of an independent micronation. Instead is talked about government inspectors citing a number of establishments for various concerns. The other sources were not reliable for citing that this supposed micronation was actually declared by the restaurant owner. One, in fact, cited the whole "People's Republic" stuff to unidentified online forums, but when their reporter went there, the business was operating "normally." Much better sources would be needed to save this article. --Eggishorn (talk) (contrib) 22:55, 19 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Delete NOTNEWS / BLP1E no indication of any lasting coverage of a cagey (or squirrelly) attempt to skirt the law. -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 02:42, 20 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Per nom. -- Alexf^(talk) 13:52, 20 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Delete non-notable local event. -Zanhe (talk) 08:47, 22 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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.