Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Diaosi (2nd nomination)


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The result was Keep. Michig (talk) 09:26, 2 January 2017 (UTC)

Diaosi
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No evidence of notability except passing internet references  Programming Geek  (Page! • Talk! • Contribs!) 01:32, 19 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Language-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 10:32, 20 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of China-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 10:32, 20 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Popular culture-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 10:32, 20 December 2016 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Keep - the nominator probably did not notice the first AfD two years ago, which was closed as Speedy Keep. -Zanhe (talk) 12:55, 25 December 2016 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 01:14, 26 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep The references already in the article are quite good and a Google News search produces plenty of significant coverage in reliable sources showing that this Chinese slang word describes a real social group and therefore the topic is notable. An example is this 2015 article called 'Diaosi' - the generation of losers building China's counter-culture. Cullen328  Let's discuss it  01:55, 26 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep per above. The term meets WP:GNG from English-language sources alone. Daß &thinsp; Wölf 02:10, 26 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep per Zanhe. — MRD2014 (talk • contribs) 18:17, 26 December 2016 (UTC)


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