Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kai Lu (author)


 * 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. Will gladly userfy if requested. Beeblebrox (talk) 07:33, 19 December 2011 (UTC)

Kai Lu (author)

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Non-notable author, largely (self?)-promotional article, PROD denied —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 07:01, 10 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete The books appear to be available via most regular booksellers but I cannot find any evidence of the claim to "bestseller" status, nor any reliable third-party, non-trivial sources to indicate that this subject meets Wikipedia's notability guidelines for authors. A passing reference in the Gay Pride interview with bloggers is not enough.--CharlieDelta (talk) 08:12, 10 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete. I couldn't find anything reliable to show that she passes WP:AUTHOR. Everything I found falls along the lines of promotional material put out by herself or by her publisher.Tokyogirl79 (talk) 08:19, 10 December 2011 (UTC)tokyogirl79
 * Comment I have just replaced the AFD notice on the page, since it had been removed by an IP who has also made some minor edits.--CharlieDelta (talk) 15:53, 10 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep Article has been cleaned up per removal of any text that may be construed as opinion. The author Kai Lu is well-known and respected in the West Hollywood, CA (and elsewhere) LGBT community not only for literary work but also for contributions to community organizations. In the process of gathering additional empirical evidence to enhance this article (and others which I will write about notable LGBT people) and am requesting that it be allowed to stand, as this person is living and thus the page will be dynamic.Starsforminerva (talk) 21:48, 10 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions. CharlieDelta (talk) 15:53, 10 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sexuality and gender-related deletion discussions. CharlieDelta (talk) 15:53, 10 December 2011 (UTC)


 * Delete. Fails WP:AUTHOR. --Legis (talk - contribs) 08:09, 11 December 2011 (UTC)
 * If this is deleted before Starsforminerva can show evidence of notability, I have no problem with this being moved to her userspace for her to work on until it passes notability guidelines.Tokyogirl79 (talk) 07:38, 13 December 2011 (UTC)tokyogirl79


 * Userfy. There's some useful material there, allow to make an attempt to improve the page further in userspace. Cheers, &mdash; Cirt (talk) 00:35, 18 December 2011 (UTC)


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