Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hengkai

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The result was delete. PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 02:08, 24 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hengkai

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Unsourced, and [1] reports the death of the last heir of the Qing dynasty. Dougweller (talk) 14:39, 16 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete The Qing dynasty was deposed in 1912, and has no prospects for restoration at this late date(they did have a bit of a puppet comeback during WW2 Japanese rule of China), so even if he is descended from a Qing royal, he is not "in a line of succession" to become a head of state or national hereditary officeholder. This "line of succession" is very unclear, since the rules of succession were changed a couple of times in the 20th century (see Jin Youzhi for some details). Sometimes it has invloved being "adopted" or "designated as a successor" by an actual ruling emperor. With the passage of time and being out of power by the dynasty no one would be living who had been thus adopted or named as a successor. These articles then become a collection of original research. There is no automatic assumption of notability as in some royal lines which actually have a Queen in power somewhere. No references are supplied to document his ancestry, so questionable verifiability. Even if references documented his ancestry, there's nothing here to satisfy WP:BIO unless multiple independent and reliable sources have significant coverage of him. Certainly if a supposed descendant of an Emperor or King does something in his own right which satisfies WP:BIO then he should have an article. This individual is said by the article to be just working as an electrician. Edison (talk) 18:03, 16 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of China-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 16:12, 17 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 16:13, 17 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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