Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Minggan

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The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result was Delete. Nishkid64 02:23, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Minggan

Minggan (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Appears to be an advertisement for artwork [1] Lyrl Talk C 21:07, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

  • Delete Could be notable, but presently lacking in sources. It is unclear whether this legend was made up by the painter Elito V. Circa or how obscure it was prior to his work; it is unclear how notable Circa's work and this legend are now, at least from what I could find on Google. There just don't seem to be sources in English online. The goddess Mariang Sinukuan appears notable enough. Perhaps someone with access to ethnographic material on the Philippines could help here. --Brianyoumans 22:03, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Comment - it appears to be a Filipino folk tale of some sort, but googling doesn't turn up much in the way of references other than wiki mirrors. -- Whpq 22:05, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete - afer searching around in Google, I'm not able to find any reliable sources for this as folk tale that don't appear to be associated with this painting. -- Whpq 12:34, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Comment - claiming Minggan as a trademark and copyright is a little suspicious - how can you trademark or copyright a myth? But perhaps it could be merged into Philippine mythology. Lyrl Talk C 18:33, 7 January 2007 (UTC)
 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached
 Please add new discussions below this notice. Thanks, —Wknight94 (talk) 01:57, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Comment As above, something is basically wrong with this:
"Minggan was a legendary giant, who lived in North Luzon"
"Note: The name "Minggan" and Human Images is trademark and copyrighted by artist Elito"
If the author/artist is claiming a trademark & copyright on a folktale, how many other spurious claims might there be?
  • Note: This debate has been included in the list of Philippines-related deletions. -- SkierRMH 10:37, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete 79 google hits for "Minggan giant", non notable. If we're at it, Mariang Sinukuan seems to be the same legend [...] popularized by Elito V. Circa, who also has the article Elito V. Circa of dubious notability. For Elito V. Circa i find about 23 google hits that are NOT wikipedia & clones. Smells to me like a bunch of self promo articles -- Chris 73 | Talk 22:24, 13 January 2007 (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 a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.