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Darkworks[edit]

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Not finding evidence the company passes WP:NCORP; the only sources around, even in gaming magazines, are trivial mentions, corporate announcements and interviews. Almost everything about them is in the context of the Alone in the Dark reboot and I Am Alive. Was created by a WP:SPA and of unclear notability since then, suggesting some level of WP:SPAM. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 03:37, 11 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Video games and Companies. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 03:37, 11 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of France-related deletion discussions. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 10:58, 11 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It appears relevant for Video games in France: Gamekult" "De "Alone in the Dark" à "I am Alive" : la malheureuse histoire de DarkWorks", "Cinq studios français allient leur force", "Antoine Villette", thegameeffect: "Behind the Scenes: I Am Alive's Development Disaster", Libération. IgelRM (talk) 14:36, 11 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Antonio DeVity[edit]

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A poster on the Wikipedia subreddit surfaced this as This page has very purple prose and this person doesn't exist. It's a fake name used by chinese artists that massproduce oil paintings that appeal to people who don't know much about art and are psyched to have a real oil painting. The sources seem sus. The prose is very sus. I look forward to being proven wrong and finding out this is a Very Important Artist but my gut says otherwise. jengod (talk) 18:50, 8 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Artists, France, and Italy. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 18:54, 8 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Leaning toward delete. I've been looking into this too, I get no results for him (or his birth name) on various 20th century newspaper databases. The sources cited are art auction related and Worthopedia seems like it might be user generated content. All three references have wording similar to the Wikipedia article, suggesting there's some plagiarism going on here possibly although it's unclear in which direction. For example "His life can be described in a few words: a big passion for painting and art and a great love for Paris" appears in both Wikipedia and the Worthopedia reference. Not sure what's going on exactly but it does not make this source seem credible. I will keep tabs on this to see if anyone can find better sources. --Here2rewrite (talk) 19:27, 8 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. The only results I've been able to find have been of very low quality, and the sources the article itself uses are of dubious quality (as has been noted). No idea about claims of non-existence, but there doesn't seem to be much in the way of reputable biographical sources. If anyone does have citations that would meet standards I'd be swayed, but as it stands the article has too many issues and too little grounding for it to be worth keeping. Occo5903 (talk) 22:00, 8 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Looking into the previous AfD, as well as the largest contribution here, it seems like this is possibly a real entity. However, this does not seem to pass WP:N, since there are barely any 3rd party sources referring to this artist. In addition, his website (Wayback link) seems to refer to "Antonio De Vity" as a *studio* name, which is supported in the plain text, as the "born Umberto Marone" statement. ChunyangD (talk) 22:52, 8 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete A rather odd situation in which there seems to be quite a lot of citogenesis involved, to the extent that I'm not sure to what extent this is a real person or not. If this person -- again, if he existed -- were notable, I'd expect it wouldn't be such a struggle to figure this out. CoffeeCrumbs (talk) 23:12, 8 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Cited sources are garbage. The Victoria Gallery & Museum has one of his works, but that only proves that he existed, not that anything written here in this article is true. Perhaps it is only a studio name as ChunyangD suggests. Gamaliel (talk) 01:12, 9 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Delete I tried to find any sort of new information about this guy and couldn't come up with anything. I did find a signature/antique authentication website that talks authoritatively about what a "real" DeVity is + some insights into his alleged life. Though again no actual sources on anything... GreyKerbey (talk) 02:01, 9 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Battle of Yang Dang Khum[edit]

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Unlike WP:Articles for deletion/Thai bombing of Phnom Penh, this one doesn't appear to be a hoax, but the creator's editing pattern suggests that the text is AI-generated, with fake citations (which I have removed) that do not support any of the facts. This will need to be blown up and entirely rewritten to comply with verifiability requirements. Paul_012 (talk) 03:17, 30 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 02:58, 7 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect to Franco-Thai_War#Campaign: mentioned there. -My, oh my! (Mushy Yank) 14:32, 7 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete‎. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 20:23, 12 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Vincent Bastien[edit]

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Cited sources do not establish notability, and could not find anything more convincing. TheLongTone (talk) 14:50, 28 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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weak keep: Coverage in a Korean source [1] and reviews of a book he co-authored [2] and [3] Oaktree b (talk) 15:57, 28 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The NYT ref does not seem to be a review from what I can see. The second is a vanity publisher & therefore effectivlt self-published.TheLongTone (talk) 13:59, 30 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
keep: Notable, sources, has written a book. --McSyl (talk) 16:57, 28 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Merely having written a book isn't enough to meet the relevant standard. Indeed, the usual rule-of-thumb is that an author has to have received multiple reviews for each of multiple books in order to qualify. XOR'easter (talk) 21:43, 29 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Cavarrone 16:11, 5 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: Not enough coverage to meet WP:NAUTHOR. The NYT source above is not actually a review, and instead just offers a trivial mention of him and his book; the rest of the article is about something completely different. The other link is not an independent review either. The Maeil Business News source is the best available, but aside than that I can't find anything about him at all. Appears to just be a WP:RUNOFTHEMILL businessman who also wrote a book. McSyl, I recommend you strike out your vote because simply writing a book does nothing to contribute to notability. I could write a book right now and pay for it to be published. That obviously does not make me notable enough for a Wikipedia article. C F A 💬 00:28, 7 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Coverage doesn't meet WP:NAUTHOR or WP:GNG. No indications of notability elsewhere in the citations or from a quick search. nf utvol (talk) 14:17, 8 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - does not meet notability as noted in the WP:PROF test. He appears to be little more than an adjunct and retired run of the mill businessman. Bearian (talk) 00:56, 12 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/France

France[edit]

Darkworks[edit]

Antonio DeVity[edit]

Battle of Yang Dang Khum[edit]

Vincent Bastien[edit]

Others[edit]

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