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The result was delete. Tone 16:30, 30 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Diosdada Alfrez[edit]

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I suspect this article to be a hoax. I can't find any sources to confirm the existence of this individual, so it probably fails WP:V anyway. If it is a hoax, it's a pretty notable one, seeing as it's been around for 5 years and has been mentioned in a printed book as factual - [1]. If this woman was such a well known writer, it would be possible to find her books Claritas (talk) 19:23, 23 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - check this too - [2] - an amazon search pulls up nothing. Claritas (talk) 19:24, 23 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Not a hoax Neither of the above sources is sufficient, considering the period and the language. There are a number of Philippine catalogs listed in WP:Book Sources, and after checking I found Sa hukmanan (drama) [microform] / Sinulat ni V. Alcover [at] hani ni Diosdado Alferez, of which she is joint author with apparently a different spelling of the name . [3] I think it is not a good idea to say 'hoax' without trying even the obvious on-line language-specific means of verifying. I am not prepared to say non-notable, for there may be more than just this work. DGG ( talk ) 19:55, 23 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - "Diosdado Alferez" is most likely different person, because the gender of the Christian name is male, not female. Unless the original contributor made a mistake as to that, I'd be very wary of treating the individuals as the same. Diosdado Alferez certainly exists - [4]. Both the names are relatively common, so I'm still pretty adamant that the article is a hoax. Claritas (talk) 20:37, 23 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

glad to be informed about this--based on the career as listed in your reference, you are probably right, because it goes on to other things which do not seem to match with the material here. DGG ( talk ) 23:01, 23 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Philippines-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 23:28, 23 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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Delete as non-notable. Perhaps a merge/move into Diosdado Alferez is called for, but it is not a hoax. Bearian (talk) 20:54, 25 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It's a hoax. The only claim it makes is "Diosdada Alfrez is a well-known Cebuano Visayan writer who popularized themes and forms which were popular before the war". If Diosdada Alfrez was a "well-known Ceubano Visayan writer", there would be some Cebuano content which confirms her existence. The claim about "popularising" is completely meaningless - there's no indication of what sort of "themes" were popularised or which war is being referred to. Hence, it's a hoax. You can't merge in into Diosdado Alferez. If you think about it, that would be like merging an article on a non-notable/non-existant writer called Alexandra Smith to an article about Alexander Smythe - entirely unsuitable. Feel free to create an encyclopaedic article about Diosdado Alferez, as he seems to be a notable individual. Claritas (talk) 09:58, 26 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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