Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Greater China Billionaires


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The result was   delete. Stifle (talk) 00:08, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

Greater China Billionaires

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a single source list for a single year. PROD was removed so bringing here. As a single source listing it makes much more sense as a reference within the articles about the particular billionaires and perhaps a category. The article if it continues to exists either needs to be an article about the subject "Greater China Billionaires", or a "List of Chinese Billionaires", or an article specifically about the Forbes list including history, etc. This article is none of those. Jasynnash2 (talk) 10:56, 16 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete. We deliberately avoid lists and categories of "billionaires" on WP, since the definition of the term is so damned tricky. Billionaire in capital, cash, properties? By which valuation? And in which currency - yuan? US Dollars? GB Pounds? Euros? Hell, I'd be a billionaire if you measured it in Zimbabwean dollars. Too messy. Grutness...wha?  00:23, 17 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete. Add to Grutness the fact that the membership is temporal. There is no way to keep the list automatically current (without linking to a dated external website) so it is best to keep this info as a link to a dated external webpage (Forbes?) from other relevant articles. --Regents Park (count the magpies) 12:54, 17 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of China-related deletion discussions.   --  Fabrictramp  |  talk to me  23:26, 18 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists of people-related deletion discussions.   --  Fabrictramp  |  talk to me  23:27, 18 September 2008 (UTC)


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