Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sao Pan Thee

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 of the debate was delete. --Sam Blanning^(talk) 01:01, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sao Pan Thee

This article was nominated (and blanked) by Furrymee (talk · contribs), who left edit summaries reading "Remove false article from Wikipedia" and "This is a shabby fabrication". I'm just tidying the botched nomination, I personally express no opinion. Middenface 16:46, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

• Comment - it is noteworthy that the article cites no sources, and that googling for the name "Sao Pan Thee" produces only wikipedia or wikipedia mirrors. Someone needs to present strong evidence that this isn't another hoax article. Middenface 16:55, 30 April 2006 (UTC)
  • But yes, I'm conscious that transliteration from Burmese is an imperfect and sometimes divergent business, so maybe he's known under an alternative latinisation. -- Middenface 16:56, 30 April 2006 (UTC)
    • Yesterday an obvious sock Myolin (talk · contribs) and a long-time contributor to the article Aung win (talk · contribs) both removed the AfD tag - Aung win is the same guy who'd earlier removed accuracy, fact, and verify tags ([1], [2], [3]) . In the light of this, and of the observations of Hintha, I'm no longer willing to assume good faith on the part of the contributors to this article. It ignores wikipedia's most fundamental rules, WP:CITE and WP:VERIFY. Delete it. Middenface 08:20, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

• Comment No vote, but I'd like to point out that User:Furrymee only has edits relating to this subject. Darquis 23:10, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

• Comment No vote, but when I contacted The Irrawaddy (a Burmese news magazine published in Thailand) via e-mail, they responded stating they had no idea who he was. Maybe contacting Shanland.org (Shan Herald Agency for News) may provide further information. Some users also seem adamant in removing tags for verification, etc. Also, considering Sao Pan Thee is supposedly Shan, only the 'Sao' hints of Shan descent (or Sai), as it is commonly used for Shan men. 'Pan Thee' seems like it is Burmese, and alternatives could for 'Pan' may be 'Phan' or 'Hpan', and for 'Thee', 'Thi' or 'Si'. Hintha 04:10, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

• Delete. The article has been in Wikipedia for exactly 6 months today, been seen/edited for at least 10 different editors, and it has yet to give a source. One of Wikipedia main guidelines is WP:V, and this article has been failing it for half a year. We don't even need to know if this guy's claim is valid or not, just be able to verify his claim, which we cannot. Delete as hoax. -- ReyBrujo 07:13, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

• Delete I tried this [4] query on Google - all these combinations Hintha wrote, but the result is WP only. I agree with ReyBrujo. --MaNeMeBasat 07:21, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

• Delete There are so many factual contradictions. One example: No colonel of Tatmadaw (Burmese Army) can also be a colonel of Shan State Army (SSA) or SSA North. All these armies are fighting against each other. Google it. This is a kid's joke ended up in Wikipedia. Total disgrace to Wiki. -- Kyaw_2003 9:46 PM, 5 May 2006 (GMT)

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.