Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Di An (writer)


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The result was   keep. The reviews & best seller status prove notability  DGG ( talk ) 00:28, 10 October 2012 (UTC) 
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The result was Keep as per positive consensus and the absence of calls for deletion outside of the nominator. This discussion and the subsequent updating of the article has confirmed the subject has been the focus of substantial Chinese media coverage. A non-admin closure. And Adoil Descended (talk) 00:22, 10 October 2012 (UTC)

Di An (writer)

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It really doesn't seem to me based on the article that this person is a notable writer or notable anything else. Delete. --Nlu (talk) 02:19, 19 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions. — Frankie (talk) 16:26, 20 September 2012 (UTC)
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 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Mark Arsten (talk) 13:33, 26 September 2012 (UTC)

 
 * Keep: Seems like she has very little coverage in english media, but from what I can find she does seem to be pretty successful. Articles on her here:, , and , among others. Her first major success, Memory in the City of Dragon, sold over 500,000 copies and apparently got to number 3 on some Chinese fiction bestseller list . Article needs a lot of work, and I'm not the one to do it, but she's notable. -Runch (talk) 13:17, 3 October 2012 (UTC)
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 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Mark Arsten (talk) 15:10, 3 October 2012 (UTC)


 * Keep. I am loathe to bring up "Ghits" in an AfD argument, but the reason I'm mentioning it is because there are so many news hits here and my skills with Google translate can only go so far. I've added a bit to the article but it is far from everything because I'm not sure what I'm mistranslating as far as titles and reception goes. She looks to not only be one of China's literary darlings and has received lots of coverage:, , . It also looks like she's being taught in the classrooms of China. In any case, I've added enough to the article to where it's sourced. It just needs someone who actually knows Chinese and can track down her book titles to list them and properly flesh out the article.Tokyogirl79 (talk) 04:41, 4 October 2012 (UTC)


 * Keep - Passes WP:BASIC. Source examples include:, , . Northamerica1000(talk) 18:30, 4 October 2012 (UTC)
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