Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Charmaine Chen


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The result was   delete. JForget 23:59, 19 September 2009 (UTC)

Charmaine Chen

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Notability is asserted by the award she won, so A7 does not apply. However, I have been unable to find any reliable sources about this topic. The sole reference in the article is a press release from Monash University, which the subject attended. Cunard (talk) 00:33, 13 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete. Not notable. Hairhorn (talk) 02:37, 13 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Weak keep. I don't understand the deletion rationale. If the award involved is notable, as the nominator indicates, and is given by the university, then the university's announcement of the award is a reliable source.  Institutional statements regarding their own activities are generaly acceptable sources so long as they're not supporting self-serving claims. Walden College announcing the name of its valedictorian is an acceptable source. Walden College announcing that its incoming freshman class has a higher percentage of high school valedictorians than any other college is not an acceptable source. Hullaballoo Wolfowitz (talk) 05:11, 13 September 2009 (UTC)
 * An award from a university does not establish notability. However, it asserts notability, so A7 does not apply. See 's explanation to me at a current AfD. Institutional sources verify information, but they do not count as reliable sources that establishes notability. Cunard (talk) 06:45, 13 September 2009 (UTC)


 * Delete: It seems to me that the article should be titled Snapshots of Auckland, not Charmaine Chen. And the article begs the question: Who is the other co-founder? Yoninah (talk) 10:01, 13 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete: Absolutely no indication of notability -- no significant coverage (much less mentions) in anything WP:RS. Award is minor. Flowanda | Talk 10:23, 13 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete Interesting that there are only 6 ghits for the 'online magazine' (so far as I can see). One is here, one appears to be her Facebook page, and another is irrelevant (referring to 1899!). The 'online magazine' appears to be hosted on blogspot (one ghit) and the remaining ghits are blogtoplist. The article in question here appears to me to be a puff for this blog, as the subject doesn't seem to have done anything else particularly worthy of note, if this blog is - which I can't see. (I include the CoolCampus Award in this - an internal university award with a not very impressive title.) Peridon (talk) 17:55, 13 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of New Zealand-related deletion discussions.  —David Eppstein (talk) 00:49, 14 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete Not notable. Stuartyeates (talk) 01:12, 14 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Note Could we add redirect page Charmaine Chen We Lin to this deletion please? Stuartyeates (talk) 01:16, 14 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete. There is no evidence that her blog is notable or even controversial, and the award won does not appear to be significant.- gadfium 01:31, 14 September 2009 (UTC)
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