Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/John Ling


 * 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 delete. - Mailer Diablo 09:20, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

John Ling
Non-notable. Vanity. The author himself started the page. See also Articles for deletion/Fourteen Bullets. Furthermore, there seems to be "fan" of his that keep deleting comments that question the validity of this article. Therefore, Delete __earth (Talk) 16:22, 25 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Weak delete - seems insufficiently notable, but I could be persuaded to change my mind. Maybe I just can't believe that someone I've nearly met (John is a friend of a friend; we were once invited to the same dinner) could really be notable for inclusion on WP. Whatever the case, keep or delete, we need to thwack those anons who keep messing up the talk page. I honestly can't be bothered to keep it straight; they remove and insert comments like crazy, even if those comments don't belong to them like *cough* mine. Johnleemk | Talk 17:55, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

Prima facie, John Ling might seem insufficiently notable, but I put this question to you. Is there anyone else, doing what he's doing, as prominently? Tanyiliang
 * delete per nomination. His first book has an A-rank in the 2.9millionth, his second is not ranked, and his third is ranked in the 1.8millionth. No sign of any independently published reviews which would allow him to pass WP:BIO Ohconfucius 05:13, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
 * I agree with Ohconfucius. John Ling himself made 83 edits, and the creator of the article, Tanyiliang is the author's friend.WP:VANITY -anon


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