Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Wu Pak Chiu

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 keep. ɑʀкʏɑɴ 19:52, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Wu Pak Chiu

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Notability doesn't seem to be well-established. Wizardman 03:57, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

Weak Keep Considering when and where, it's probably going to be hard to find sources, but the article does seem to assert notability as a famous singer of his time. Edward321 04:13, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

• Keep: Notability doesn't expire, and this article seems to assert some. - Rjd0060 05:03, 20 October 2007 (UTC)
• Weak keep There is some notability asserted, but sourced only by one memorial site posted by a relative. Also concerns about a single purpose account creating the article & related items and COI (Note the notations at Image:WuPakChiu and Gigli.jpg) SkierRMH 05:56, 20 October 2007 (UTC)
• Strong delete How could you possibly think this article is worth keeping. It has some huge formatting issues. Carter | Talk to me 11:03, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

Comment: Which is why there is a cleanup tag. I hope you really don't think we should go around deleting articles that need to be wikified. - Rjd0060 14:27, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

I often wish that we could, actually. Adrian M. H. 10:19, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

Nevermind, I've wikified it.;-) It seemed worth the effort (see my comment below).Voceditenore 09:37, 24 October 2007 (UTC)

• Delete unless WP:V can be met. That's the worst issue with it. There is some notability, but this needs to be proven. Adrian M. H. 10:19, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
• Keep. The sole source at the moment is the site created by his grandson, who I'm pretty sure also created the article. However, the site does have a scan of Wu Pak Chiu's obituary in a Hong Kong newspaper (from which most of the information in the article was taken) as well as several photographs of him with Gigli. It may be difficult to find other online sources, but there may be more to be found in books and newspapers from the period. Perhaps even in a biography of Gigli? (There was also a quote in the original article from the Spanish paper ABC which I left it out when I wikified the article as there was no mention of it on the web site.) I'd suggest leaving this up to see if more can be found. He sounds like an interesting person. Voceditenore 13:08, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
• Keep. He is the first operatic tenor from China, probably Asia. Although not many sources can be found about him, he was indeed a notable tenor and well-known in Asia. What we need to do is to find more info about him and not simply deleting it just because the info is scarce. - Jay 03:20, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.