Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Fanyu Lin


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The result was delete. The argument that the available references are insufficient to confer notability was stronger than the keep rationale J04n(talk page) 16:07, 2 March 2018 (UTC)

Fanyu Lin

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Weak sources such as press release, blog, exhibition footnote, one-paragraph interview quip from subject. Sources given do not add up to notability per WP:NBIO. ☆ Bri (talk) 04:44, 7 February 2018 (UTC)
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 * Delete PROMO sourced by webpages. Agricola44 (talk) 15:56, 8 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep -  The subject of article has done notable research.  Her research was employed not just in any exhibition but the Venice Biennale of Architecture and not just in any edition of the Biennale but in Rem Koolhaas's curation of the Biennale where he turned away from starchitecture, so her work on Public hosing was key.50.74.224.132 (talk) 03:23, 13 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Could you provide a reliable source that explores her work at the Biennale? Catalogue, review or critical article? All I see is "her work was included in the Venice..." a hundred times over. No significant coverage.104.163.148.25 (talk) 10:17, 2 March 2018 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  Sandstein   10:00, 14 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep Article needs help but she appears to be a notable person. For example, her work has been discussed in The Chronicle of Higher Education (added citation). Does anyone know how to find her Chinese name so we can search for citations under that name? Lonehexagon (talk) 19:28, 20 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Her Chinese name:
 * Timmyshin (talk) 18:38, 1 March 2018 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 05:28, 21 February 2018 (UTC) Keep - Important theoretics on public housing in continuance of the ideas offered by Maciunas.Dissaloutelobster (talk) 17:36, 24 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Delete. Entirely promotional. Much of the article is made up of her own statements about herself. The references support   "incorporated in" but not independent creation of anything significant. Her "collaboration" with illustrious architects was when she was a student--presumably, doing student projects for them as instructors.  There is no basis in the sources for referring to her work as "important  theoretics" or even architectural theory  at all. Continuing the work of a major group does not mean she has had a significant role in anything important done by it--the very most it could possibly show is "not yet notable" . Similarly for "her research has been employed in" -- this does not even indicate that it might be significantly employed. Minor participants in notable exhibitions aren ot notable.  The references are not satisfactory: the CHE article mentions her as one of an  example of a common visa situation and does not discuss her work in the slightest ; the various interviews are not RSs for notability, as she basically says in them whatever she chooses, Huffington Post is not a RS for notability as it lacks editorial control--and even so, she is one of 65 people mentioned in the article. Curating one exhibit is not enough for notability as a curator.  And the article was started by a now banned promotional editor, and continued by an i.p., editor whose major contribution is to this article.  DGG ( talk ) 22:57, 25 February 2018 (UTC)
 * keep - the collaborators were other academics who went onto other things not instructors. Lin has contributed important dialogue to the public housing dilemma17.255.236.1 (talk) 20:15, 27 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Strong delete If she's a notable architect, then why can;t I find any reliable independent sources that say that, either in the article or in a search? The Venice Biennal contribution is irrelevant, as it conflates two things: getting selectedf or the Biennale as an artist or architect, and getting selected for the Biennale as contractor/service provider. Notability is not inherited through your clients.104.163.148.25 (talk) 10:17, 2 March 2018 (UTC)


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