Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Eddy Zheng


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was   keep. (non-admin closure) Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:12, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

Eddy Zheng

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While this article suffers from many issues, such as tone and POV, I attempted to overlook those and try to see whether the subject itself is notable enough for inclusion. I don't really think it is. The lead itself doesn't even assert the subject's notability, nor could I even imagine it being able to do so: "Eddy Zheng is a Chinese immigrant who was committed of a crime, almost deported, but then nothing else happened. The end." The sources and external links all fall into one or more of the following categories: personal webpages related to Zheng himself, blogs, obscure POV publications whose titles contain "Asian" or "Diversity", and very local media. I did a google search, and this article really seemed to be scraping the bottom of the barrel. The first two pages of results had either already been included in the article or were random pages that could not possibly serve as references. I couldn't find any major media outlet covering this story. I have no grudge against this article, and I would love to be proven wrong and shown that it really should be included. However, I seriously doubt the likelihood of that happening, which is why I've brought it to AfD. Cryptic C62 · Talk 03:14, 8 May 2009 (UTC)


 *  Delete  WP:ONEEVENT. He has been in the news only because of his deportation.  Note that the coverage has not been ongoing and continuous in reliable media.  Many of the Google News hits are for other Eddy Zhengs, with Nextar or something like that, and a guy who opened a gay bar in PRC. Drawn Some (talk) 03:30, 8 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep I am changing my opinon to keep because the new references added by CaliforniaAliBaba demonstrate that it was not a single event but something that unfolded over several years with media coverage. It may not have been on the front page of major newspapers but it was covered in-depth by multiple reliable sources over a period of time.  CaliforniaAliBaba devoted a couple of hours to this judging by the edit history and added not just the references but also a good deal of new information that explains more of the long-term nature of the story. This does expose the bias towards English references but that's the nature of the beast and fortunately the process allows for it to be corrected if anyone is able and cares to do so.  Thanks for the new information.  Drawn Some (talk) 04:36, 15 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached. Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:08, 15 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Note: WikiProject Asian Americans has been notified of this debate. cab (talk) 01:10, 15 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep contra Drawn Some, the coverage has been ongoing over a number of years. SF Weekly, June 2002; Sing Tao, March 2006 (in Chinese); Ming Pao San Francisco Edition, various hits in 2007 (in Chinese; their website is down at the moment but you can still see the GHits); China Radio International, July 2009 (in Chinese). The article needs a rewrite on the basis of real sources and not advocacy blogs, but that's a matter for the normal editing process, not AfD. cab (talk) 01:10, 15 May 2009 (UTC)
 * I have rewritten the article on the basis of the above sources and the reliable ones already in the article, and removed all the citations to blogs, self-published websites, and other similar unreliable sources. cab (talk) 02:59, 15 May 2009 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.