Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Zhou Zijian


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The result was keep. Liz Read! Talk! 00:30, 22 October 2022 (UTC)

Zhou Zijian

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Non-notable person. Google shows nothing about him in the first page. The article has 0 references. RPI2026F1 (talk) 00:35, 15 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: People and China. RPI2026F1 (talk) 00:35, 15 October 2022 (UTC)
 * I'm on the fence here. Keep. Province-level governors (particularly in a province of tens of millions of people), would normally be fairly automatic for notability. Of course, we would need to be able to prove that they really were governor of the province purported. BD2412  T 01:20, 15 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Here's a source for his obituary, which is substantially two lists of prominent individuals expressing condolences, but does verify he held the appointments the article claims he did: The nominator may consider taking the step of copypasting the subject's name into their search, rather than the pinyin transileration, as the actual name returns many results. The article subject is in two navboxes; seems silly to turn him back into a redlink just due to inadequate sourcing. 97.115.133.247 (talk) 05:40, 15 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep Definitely notable as governor of a Chinese province. Obituary here. He appears in a directory here. Another source at 1. For such a senior figure there will be plenty of sources in Chinese, which I can’t read. Mccapra (talk) 06:03, 15 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep He was the governor of a Chinese province, so he has the same inherent notability as the former governor of say, the state of Missouri. I've added in one reference from the Chinese Wikipedia article on him, an obituary that states that former Chinese presidents and premiers, among others, attended his funeral and offered condolences. The article and sourcing should certainly still be improved, but hopefully this is at least enough to satisfy this AfD. --Danaman5 (talk) 06:17, 15 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep Clear NPOL pass based on the sources found by Mccapra. Presidentman talk · contribs (Talkback) 22:20, 15 October 2022 (UTC)


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