Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hong Kong Escaping Event


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The result was delete. I'll happily move the deleted material the author's userspace if he or she wishes to work on it further. –  Juliancolton  &#124; Talk 23:15, 14 August 2015 (UTC)

Hong Kong Escaping Event

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This is an article about the act of escaping China for Hong Kong. Personally I feel this is covered elsewhere and doesnt merit a stand alone article. Plus this one is badly written. Gbawden (talk) 12:27, 30 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Hong Kong-related deletion discussions. North America1000 13:23, 30 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of China-related deletion discussions. North America1000 13:23, 30 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Events-related deletion discussions. North America1000 13:23, 30 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of History-related deletion discussions. North America1000 13:23, 30 July 2015 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * ZHWP has two separate articles zh:逃港 (lit. Escaping to Hong Kong) and zh:逃港潮 (lit. Escaping to Hong Kong Craze), already proposed to merge. Decently keepable considering there is a good selection of rather reliable books (eg. zh:大逃港), newspaper and television sources listed among those two plus . However there is also a newer use of the term "逃港" coined to mean "escaping from Hong Kong" to Taiwan or South Korea (in the wake of political reform, says sources ), so do watch when you search.  野狼院ひさし  u/t/c 15:16, 30 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Do not delete -- possibly userify. This is at present a bad article, but on a notable subject.  It needs renaming and very substnatila editing, but unless there is another similar article, we shoudl not get rid of it.  I would suggest the title Escape to Hong Kong or Escape to Hong Kong from China.  Too much of the article is on the political background to China's borders being closed, and not enough on the escapes themselves.  Peterkingiron (talk) 16:08, 30 July 2015 (UTC)
 * As an author, I wouldn't suggest to delete the article, I know my writing is not good, but I think it's an important and good subject too. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Devil-lightening (talk • contribs) 04:11, 31 July 2015 (UTC)
 * delete. Not really an event, more an ongoing demographic movement, a significant contribution to the history of Hong Kong, in particular the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s and 1980s which all have articles already. This is a poorly written narrow summary of these times, which does not add anything to the encyclopaedia.-- JohnBlackburne wordsdeeds 15:22, 3 August 2015 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, JAaron95  Talk  12:39, 6 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Userfy Notable topic but requires a change of name and rewriting. Note the "event" in the current title is misleading. Philg88 ♦talk 15:13, 11 August 2015 (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.