Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Shuoji Zhou


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The result was delete. Consensus is for deletion. North America1000 17:57, 24 August 2018 (UTC)

Shuoji Zhou

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An ordinary person who made a lot of money in Bitcoin in 2017, and now says he runs a hedge fund. I can't access the Bloomberg ref, but I don't feel the other two don't demonstrate notability. power~enwiki ( π, ν ) 01:47, 9 August 2018 (UTC)

I don't feel strongly one way or another if the article stays up, but after reading the Forbes article about him I wanted to know more, and did not find him on Wikipedia, so I gave him an article. I really would like to know more about him, and thought other people would also. Everyone on Wikipedia is an "ordinary person" that did something special. He seems to be an up and coming investor that is starting to make a name for himself. Perhaps he is not "notable" now, but will be one day? Do people like that get Wiki articles? Jambo321 (talk) 06:11, 9 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Hi Jambo321. People who are not notable yet but might be in the future generally shouldn't have articles. When they get to the point that they have lots of news coverage and the like, then we can make an article. See the page WP:TOOSOON for more discussion about this. (Also, to be clear: it's not that everyone with Wikipedia articles has necessarily done 'something special', and being notable is not necessarily a good thing or an achievement. It's just a measure of how much outside coverage a topic has, in sources like books and newspapers.) Have a good day, Gilded Snail (talk) 16:48, 9 August 2018 (UTC)


 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of China-related deletion discussions. Eastmain (talk • contribs) 03:35, 9 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions. Eastmain (talk • contribs) 03:35, 9 August 2018 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Spirit of Eagle (talk) 02:00, 16 August 2018 (UTC)


 * Delete Fails notability, it is still too early. 89ezagonoszkommunistanacionalista64 (talk) 12:31, 16 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Delete as per 89ezagonoszkommunistanacionalista64 - this guy could be notable in a few years, but bitcoin millionaires are still something of an ephemeral form of notability and I'm unconvinced there's anything encyclopaedic about him yet. Simonm223 (talk) 13:10, 16 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom as WP:TOOSOON. I was sure I was going to vote keep after reading the Forbes article, it really is a solid reference. But, searching for another reference proved fruitless. A speaker at several Chinese conventions, mentions in some blogs, but really nothing else. Surprising. Ifnord (talk) 00:56, 24 August 2018 (UTC)


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