Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Yang Youxin


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The result was   delete. Mark Arsten (talk) 18:12, 24 October 2012 (UTC)

Yang Youxin

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Has a strong hoaxy feel to it. The IMDB entry was written by "anonymous." There is a book about her available by Amazon -- but the book was self-published by the author (not her, at least not using her name). There are Web pages that appear to be genuine about her exhibitions -- but almost all of them repeat the exact content, almost word by word. While given this much somewhat-independent coverage I would be hesitant to ask for deletion, something just doesn't smell right to me. Delete. --Nlu (talk) 01:35, 30 September 2012 (UTC)
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 * I'm leaning toward delete because the claims in the article (which might make her notable if true) do not have adequate verification. There is an article at Google Scholar with her (presumably) as lead author, but not enough to qualify under WP:ACADEMIC. The existence of her film is verified by the New York Times listing, but all the awards it supposedly won are either dead links or incredibly long lists of films on which it is impossible to find one film. Google News has nothing significant - a couple of press releases - so fails WP:GNG. --MelanieN (talk) 20:58, 3 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Comment. This is an odd one. The book listed in the Bibliography section is on Google Books, but it doesn't appear to be of great quality and may be self-published. Other than that there are PR announcements , a very brief New York Times mention and an exhibition listing from the Vancouver Observer . The lack of significant and demonstrably independent coverage inclines me towards deletion. --Michig (talk) 09:26, 7 October 2012 (UTC)
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 * Delete. The book mentioned above is indeed self-published.  It, along with the press release-style sources, can be discounted.  The NY Times mention is barely even a passing mention, one of four works name-dropped from a  "series of more than 300 feature films and shorts".  And I don't think the awards are sufficient.  The Platinum Remi is not the highest award given at Worldfest, but the highest in a subcategory.  Platinum Remi < Special Jury Award < Remi Grand Statuette.  This isn't a hoax by any means, but just an artist who does not quite rise to the level of our current inclusion standards at this time. Squeamish Ossifrage (talk) 16:34, 23 October 2012 (UTC)
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