Talk:Alice Guo

Semi-protected edit request on 12 May 2024

She is a mayor in Philippines with Chinese ethnicity and questionable origins, documents and records that she herself don't have any idea about, and an owner of a company with a fugitive just right behind the municipality. Are the filipino people just thinking too much? 158.62.80.166 (talk) 15:55, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. M.Bitton (talk) 15:59, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 13 May 2024

is a Chinese not a Filipino 14.100.17.104 (talk) 15:35, 13 May 2024 (UTC)

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Myrealnamm-alt (talk) 15:43, 13 May 2024 (UTC)

Requested move 24 May 2024

Alice Guo → 2023–2024 Bamban raids – Alice Guo would have been not notable if she was not subject to a Senate inquiry over suspicions she is a planted Chinese asset. She only meets WP:GNG over one event (See WP:BIO1E). It is more like an aftermath of the 2023–2024 Bamban raids. Alternatively the article could be renamed to Bamban mayor POGO controversy or any event-oriented title. Like 2019 Australian Parliament infiltration plot is not named Nick Zhao Bo and Brian Chen Hariboneagle927 (talk) 11:14, 24 May 2024 (UTC)

• Oppose. The coverage of the raids would not have gained that much traction if an alleged spy, posing as a mayor who seemingly had amnesia and whose citizenship is questionable, hadn't shown up. The level of threat to the national security of the Philippines brought by this person is unprecedented. Her alleged ties with transnational criminals extend beyond the raids in Bamban. HueMan1 (talk) 17:37, 24 May 2024 (UTC)

Oppose, the media coverage on her dubious biography (from her alleged childhood days in Bamban to being a mayor even if she is an unknown individual for much of the citizens of Bamban) warrants the article's retention as a biographical article. Alternatively, the section at the Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator covering the Bamban raids should be split into a standalone article. JWilz12345 (Talk|Contrib's.) 07:53, 25 May 2024 (UTC)

Oppose The Alice Guo affair has gotten a life of her own which transcends her involvement in POGOs, particularly now that there are suspicions regarding her origin that are now threatening to drag multiple political institutions in the country into serious scrutiny. Borgenland (talk) 09:08, 25 May 2024 (UTC)

Oppose for same reasons above. Ganmatthew (talk • contribs) 15:43, 26 May 2024 (UTC)

(Partial) Oppose Guo has become a rather significant (and arguably much bigger) topic for entirely different reasons than just the criminal activities of the Hongsheng firm. Although I agree our coverage of her would be better served under a different article format rather than a WP:BLP (provided again, that it's a separate coverage from the Bamban raids). But I struggle to think of an appropriate title (Bamban mayor POGO controversy doesn't quite cut it, as it still implies that the issue only involves her links to the POGOs). Better where it is for now, I guess, until we get more details from the investigation. -- OBSIDIAN†SOUL 12:44, 25 May 2024 (UTC)

Urgent Rename - Obsidian Soul's position on this matter, as stated above, matches my own. So I will simply second it. But let me add that we need to take action quickly; the article has no business being a BLP.- Chieharumachi (talk) 04:43, 27 May 2024 (UTC)

Maybe something generic like 2024 Alice Guo controversy or 2024 Alice Guo identity controversy?-- OBSIDIAN†SOUL 05:12, 27 May 2024 (UTC)

Oh, that's a good next direction. But I'd go further and suggest 2024 Bamban mayor identity controversy. I'm okay with Alice Guo and 2024 Alice Guo identity controversy being redirects, unless something in BLP policy explicitly says otherwise. - Chieharumachi (talk) 09:03, 27 May 2024 (UTC)

None of those red links are plausible search items. The current article title more than suffices. Howard the Duck (talk) 12:53, 27 May 2024 (UTC)

Indeed they are too clunky. Borgenland (talk) 12:55, 27 May 2024 (UTC)

It's not the "clunkiness" that is being addressed here. It's the fact that this should not be a BLP per WP:BLP1E and WP:SUSPECT. The scope and text of this article is not exactly about her. It's about her dubious identity. Without an identity that can be verified, we can not make a BLP. We aren't sure of anything at all about her supposed biography. Thus the article should be event-oriented, as Hariboneagle927 proposed (though not merged with the Bamban raids).

It's not like the article will differ significantly. We can retain everything here, except the BLP infobox. -- OBSIDIAN†SOUL 01:51, 28 May 2024 (UTC)

As I originally pointed out WP:BLP1E applies. I'm trying to formulate my thoughts better but Obsidian was spot on summarizing my point that this article should be event-oriented. Its not about the plausible search teams. Retaining Alice Guo as a search term will ensure that readers will be redirected to this article, at least in the coming months

Her only claim to notability is the dubious citizenship and her link to POGOs. Her notability applies to No. 1 and No. 2 of WP:BLP1E. If not for the Senate inquiries Guo would not satisfy WP:NPOL as mayor of a humble town.Hariboneagle927 (talk) Hariboneagle927 (talk) 04:00, 28 May 2024 (UTC)

Surely then a better sounding title could be had, like a Guo hearing to reference McCarthy (coincidence, not an endorsement of what the latter stood for). Borgenland (talk) 05:09, 28 May 2024 (UTC)

What's the event cited as WP:BLP1E? The raids? The Senate hearings? Her candidacy and mayorship? Her missing mom? The memes? If the answer is more than one of those, then surely WP:BLP1E doesn't apply as there'd be more than one event?

WP:NPOL should be treated as a baseline, not the ceiling: a person not qualifying for it doesn't disqualify that person, but person that qualifies for it makes it automatically notable. Does this fail WP:GNG? If it does, WP:AFD is that way. WP:RM is primarily to change article titles, not article scopes. Howard the Duck (talk) 18:16, 29 May 2024 (UTC)

The "event" is her questionable identity. Everything falls into that. Her connection to the POGOs, the hearings, her missing mom, the memes, etc. She's notable because of that and that alone.

The thing about having a questionable identity is you can not make a WP:BLP if no one knows who you really are. Is her name really Alice Guo? What's her birthdate? Her birthplace? Where did she grow up? Who are her parents and siblings? NONE of the acceptable sources can answer that. We have primary sources, like her birth certificate and her interviews, but those can not be used, because they're WP:BLPPRIMARY and WP:BLPSELFPUB, even if they werent contested, as they currently are.

So what do we have for a biography? That she's the mayor of Bamban. That's about the only uncontroversial information we have on her. That alone does not satisfy WP:NPOL.

But really, the most important part is that WP:BLP has one of the strictest policies and enforcement on Wikipedia. Normal policies don't apply to BLPs for a good reason. We are already skirting all those rules with the article's current content.

The question of Alice Guo's identity is notable. Everything written here can and should be retained. But it should not be in a BLP format.-- OBSIDIAN†SOUL 04:41, 30 May 2024 (UTC)

How is someone's questionable identity an event? It's literally the humanity of a person that we are talking about if that's the case, and not ummmm... police raids? I could argue one's entire lifetime as an event, but that's stretching it.

Stop citing WP:NPOL. For the love of Xi Jinping I just explained this above. If a politician fails WP:NPOL, it's not the end as the subject can still pass WP:GNG. Now if it passes WP:NPOL then we are almost safe.

This is turning into a deletion discussion. Start an WP:AFD instead? Howard the Duck (talk) 06:53, 30 May 2024 (UTC)

• Oppose (1) "2023–2024 Bamban raids" is a completely different topic, (2) Alice Guo has enough information and notability for Wikipedia to warrant having an article on her, we don't need to lump her in with the Bamban raids, because we don't know if all the controversy surrounding her is just POGO stuff or if it goes much deeper. A diehard editor (talk | edits) 12:29, 26 May 2024 (UTC)
• Oppose - Arconning (talk | edits) 12:26, 27 May 2024 (UTC)
• Oppose - for the same reasons as above. Guo is now facing separate issues related to her citizenship and birth certificate, and the Bamban raids are an entirely unrelated matter. — doclys (❀) 18:16, 27 May 2024 (UTC)

  Comment: the question of her citizenship, alleged links to criminals are all tangentially linked to the initial POGO controversy. She was alleged to be a Chinese who was planted as a Filipino citizenship, get elected to public office to enable the relevant POGO hub to set up shop in the first place. Imo to say these are separate issues is inaccurate hence the original suggested title. Hariboneagle927 (talk) 04:03, 28 May 2024 (UTC)

Note: WikiProject Biography, WikiProject Politics, and Tambayan Philippines have been notified of this discussion. HueMan1 (talk) 10:34, 26 May 2024 (UTC)

• Oppose - per discussions above.

— JL 09 ^talk_contribs    00:57, 28 May 2024 (UTC)

Alice Guo edit on senate dignity now supported by citation which I forgot

In an earlier edit, I forgot to insert the citation, making it appear that my edit was an outsourced commentary, but now I added the Link and edited shortened quotation - “This kind of witch hunt xxx reflects badly on the dignity of the Senate,” Ang See stated. See Ang See decries Senate focus on Guo; Hontiveros defends probe and this version [1] very sincerely yours Valenzuela400 (talk) 09:20, 29 May 2024 (UTC).