Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kim wong-shing

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The result of the debate was DELETE. Eugene van der Pijll 18:02, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Kim wong-shing

Likely vanity. Typical vanity miscapitalization. Neither Google nor Amazon give hits for any variation I tried of the name. Xcali 06:17, 30 May 2005 (UTC)

• Delete. I tried to verify this as well with a google search for "Wong-Shing"+guyana [1]. If this is real, then that will give us results. The lack of results indicates that this is either fully unnoteworthy or a hoax. Furthermore, I don't pretend to be an expert on names, but Kim Wong Shing sounds Korean, and I've never heard an African name that sounds like that. -- Barfooz (talk) 06:20, 30 May 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. This is complete nonsense. freestylefrappe 23:31, May 31, 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. While I agree that this is most likely a fake, I just want to respond to Barfooz's comment. Kim Wong-Shing, or, rather, the surname Wong-Shing is Chinese, definitely not Korean. And it is entirely possible that there are Chinese people living in Guyana. Also, Guyana is a french-speaking country in South America, not Africa. I just wanted to clear that up. But otherwise, I think there is a possibility that there is a novelist by this name in Guyana, but unless a more valid source is found I say delete.
• Keep. Last year i wrote a term paper on South American (note: south american, not african) authors and Kim Wong-Shing was one of them. So I think that all of you are depending on Google etc. much too much. Also the name Wong-Shing is Chinese not Korean. Kim Wong-Shing is certainly not very well known, but if I could go find the book where I found information on her, I would post it. This isn't the most well written paragraph on her, but at least someone out there was trying.
  

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• Please cite your sources so we can check them. Mgm|^(talk) 07:21, May 30, 2005 (UTC)
• Delete, there are Chinese individuals living in Guyana however the person in question is not notable and certainly the claims appear to be fictious. Megan1967 09:27, 30 May 2005 (UTC)
• Delete, apparent vanity. — Phil Welch 09:45, 30 May 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. Currently, there are no credible third party references to verify this. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 10:54, 30 May 2005 (UTC)
• Delete vanity. - Etacar11 00:00, 31 May 2005 (UTC)
• Delete I swear that I've seen this name before, when I was researching foreign authors. I'm looking for it right now, where I saw her listed. On the other hand, I don't think shes exactly famous, this entry seems overly flattering, so I don't think its worth the entry.

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