Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Eugene Gu

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The result of the debate was delete -- Joolz 17:39, 10 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Eugene Gu

The article says this guy isolated a gene that causes schizophrenia in some people. It looks like a hoax to me. Sietse 10:24, 2 September 2005 (UTC)

  • Delete as unverifiable. Two Google hits for mention of name and disease; one was from a WP mirror site, with an article called Eugene-Gu. klenk 12:27, 2 September 2005 (UTC)
  • Abstain - The information needs to be verified! UniReb 12:34, 2 September 2005 (UTC)
    • This would be major news if it was true, but Google doesn't find any news articles about the discovery. The article doesn't provide any sources either, so it's essentially unverifiable. The claim also sounds unlikely, considering that much research on inheritance of schizophrenia has already been done. Sietse 13:15, 2 September 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete. Wikipedia doesn't have to be a breaking news source. If this does resurface, which I seriously doubt, then it will no doubt reappear. In the meantime it looks like a hoax to me as well. Prime suspect: some guy called Eugene Gu. Peeper 13:30, 2 September 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete No mention of this guy as even a co-author of any article indexed by the National Library of Medicine. There is, however, a listing for him at Stanford as an undergrad employed by the Department of Undergraduate Advising Programs.Crypticfirefly 14:41, 2 September 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete - So far, it seems to be a possible hoax! UniReb 19:33, 2 September 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete as non-verifiable and possible hoax. Hall Monitor 21:37, 2 September 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete per research above. Dottore So 01:10, 3 September 2005 (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 an undeletion request). No further edits should be made to this page.