Is Fleming-1141 fictitious?

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I have just done a merge for this profile. On it is this

ACCORDING TO MARY STEWART THIS PERSON DOES NOT EXIST. I AM LEAVING THIS PERSON HERE TO INFORM OTHERS OF THE DECEPTION. IF ANYONE HAS PROOF OF HIS EXISTENCE AND RELATIONSHIP, PLEASE LET US KNOW

Does it need protection or category?

There is also a merge withFleming-2721 pending
WikiTree profile: Thomas Fleming
in Genealogy Help by Living Poole G2G Astronaut (1.3m points)
retagged by Living Poole

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The next thing this profile needs is research with real sources -- at the moment it is only sourced with the ancestry material that came with the real gedcom.  It's not clear who "Mary Stewart" is and why her word should be relied on.  And there is material in the bio written by "I" -- who is "I"?  So this profile should probably be marked "unsourced" and maybe also {{Uncertain Existence}}.  Once any real effort to find out who this has shown up nothing, or perhaps the existence of only legendary material, then it can be submitted for {{Disproven Existence}} status, and the Disproven Existence Project would manage it.
by Jack Day G2G6 Pilot (467k points)
selected by Living Poole
Thanks Jack, and Deb, have done.
Mary Stewart is a WikiTree member who made a comment on the profile about the existence of the person being long debunked.
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Maybe you should add southern_colonies to the tags and PPP and leaders wouldn't hurt either.. Unfortunately, this may be one of the fictitious profiles we keep around to prevent it being added back a bajillion times. It would definitely need project management and protection though.
by Deb Durham G2G Astronaut (1.1m points)
Thanks Deb, have done
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This debate has been going on for years, see

https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/fleming/pg-17/
by Sandra Vines G2G6 Pilot (138k points)

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