Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gan Yao Ming


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The result was keep. Non-admin closure. -- Bryce  ( talk  &#124;  contribs ) 00:32, 30 December 2011 (UTC)

Gan Yao Ming

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Non-notable author lacking GHits and GNEWS of substance. Article indicates the author won awards for the novels; however, there is no support for the awards. The books appear to be self-published. Appears to fail WP:AUTHOR. red dog six (talk) 16:12, 5 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Taiwan-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 16:28, 5 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 16:28, 5 December 2011 (UTC)


 * Comment The Chinese language article for this author offers only weak sources, a youtube video and a blog (probably his own). The books do come up in Google book search if you search on his Chinese name. Not sure if they are self-published. MakeSense64 (talk) 18:15, 5 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep Gan is an award winning author in Taiwan. the Youtube in the Chinese version is a trailer for "10 best book in 2009" award he obtain from China Times; the blog is the official blog.  If you can read Chinese, pls check this article 甘耀明──六年級第一人--Nivekin (talk) 12:10, 6 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Comment can we get more info on the awards he has won? That is pretty key to satisfying WP:AUTHOR.  Absent that, this would appear to be one for Delete? --Legis (talk - contribs) 09:58, 12 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Comment Waht do you mean by "the official blog"? If you mean the author's official blog, then that does nothing to establish notability. JamesBWatson (talk) 21:55, 12 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:41, 12 December 2011 (UTC)


 * it is "the official blog" of China Times--Nivekin (talk) 02:43, 13 December 2011 (UTC)
 * The information of the awards is listed in the link provided (in Chinese). Also the Lin Rong-San Literature Prize(2nd, 2006), the Wu Zhuo-liu Literature Prize(36th, 2005) (in Chinese Wiki).  All the above information has been listed in Gan Yao Ming already.  The only problem is that you cannot read Chinese. -Nivekin (talk) 11:45, 12 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Comment The links given here by Nivekin are to Chinese Wikipedia articles on the awards referred to, and they lack references. I don't know how significant those awards are, but an award would have to be pretty major for coming 36th to establish substantial notability on a person. Neither the English nor the Chinese Wikipedia article has any suitable sources to establish notability. There may be suitable coverage in reliable sources to establish notability, but as long as they are not cited we cannot assume there are. JamesBWatson (talk) 21:55, 12 December 2011 (UTC)
 * It is talking about the 36th Wu Zhuo-liu Literature Prize in 2005, not Gan getting the 36th runner up... Again, the problem is you cannot read Chinese--Nivekin (talk) 02:13, 13 December 2011 (UTC)
 * You don't need to urlencode the page name or it's difficult to recognize them in page source. Liangent (talk) 07:16, 13 December 2011 (UTC)
 * For zh:林榮三文學獎 I added some references but for zh:吳濁流文學獎 I really cannot find some good reference for the list of past award winners. Liangent (talk) 07:14, 13 December 2011 (UTC)
 * For 36th zh:吳濁流文學獎, here comes a press coverage with the list of award winners and Gao is the winner of Novel section. --Nivekin (talk) 07:46, 13 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete: No reliable sources that show notability. The Chinese Wikipedia is not a reliable source. This (Google Translate), which is posted above, is the blog of China Times. I do consider it a good source because the blog is a part of a notable newspaper's website, but that is not good enough. SL93 (talk) 22:29, 12 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Pls translate these link 甘耀明──六年級第一人, 殺鬼，也殺神：面對甘耀明. 臺灣文學學報--Nivekin (talk) 02:14, 13 December 2011 (UTC)
 * An English coverage for your reference Outstanding writers to attend Taipei book fair. Also |another article in Chinese by National Culture and Arts Foundation of Taiwan, which can be a proof of his awards:吳濁流文學獎 (the Wu Zhuo-liu Literature Prize)、林榮三文學獎 (Lin Rong-San Literature Prize)--Nivekin (talk) 04:39, 13 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep. Clearly notable within the context of well known Taiwanese writers. =//= Johnny Squeaky 06:57, 13 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep.The media publishes its deed, accord with the notable .--Wasami007 (talk) 03:59, 22 December 2011 (UTC)


 * WP:ITSNOTABLE is not a reson for keeping. LibStar (talk) 07:05, 13 December 2011 (UTC)
 * The (awesome) comment seems like an assessment of the above discussion to me. 86.44.31.213 (talk) 16:43, 27 December 2011 (UTC)


 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, v/r - TP 14:43, 20 December 2011 (UTC)




 * Keep Coverage by the China News and The China Post (Nivekin's ESL source is a reprint of ) seems to indicate notability. 86.44.31.213 (talk) 16:43, 27 December 2011 (UTC)
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