Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Zheng Ji

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The result of the debate was keep (no consensus). Sjakkalle (Check!) 07:30, 16 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Zheng Ji

• Delete- I couldn't find anything at the Nanjing University site in English (my Mandarin is shaky), and there was nothing definitive on him in Google(is he Li Zheng-Ji?) Please expand and explain why he's notable, or this isn't worth an article.Karmafist 14:20, 7 August 2005 (UTC)
• Keep, he's 105 years old, must know something about nutrition. Did you look at his article in the Chinese wikipedia? Kappa 15:22, 7 August 2005 (UTC)
  • Nope, I'll check it out now. Questionable notability is always a grey area, but questionable notability and stub-ness are grounds for deletion in my book. I just hope my Chinese Lessons last year don't fail me now...Karmafist 03:17, 8 August 2005 (UTC)
• Keep, I consider anyone who is over 100 years old to be notable.Gateman1997 16:37, 7 August 2005 (UTC)
  • I hope you're not serious... there's over 56,000 centenarians in the USA alone, and they're the fastest-growing segment of the population. It's certainly a cool life achievement, but not an encyclopedic one. Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 17:34, August 7, 2005 (UTC)
    • Actually I was serious. Living to 100 years old makes you notable enough for NBC news. Wikipedia shouldn't be any different with regard to people who live that long.Gateman1997 17:49, 7 August 2005 (UTC)
      • Please provide any indication that NBC news reports on 100 year birthdays of non-famous people. And don't count local affiliates. -R. fiend 17:59, 7 August 2005 (UTC)
        • Well besides the fact he is notable per below, the Today show has reported 100 year birthdays for years.Gateman1997 23:14, 7 August 2005 (UTC)
          • Al Roker reports on 100 year birthdays less for notability than for color.Karmafist 03:22, 8 August 2005 (UTC)
• Delete, unless anyone can explain/verify notability (and "he's over 100!" is the most patheic excuse for notability ever). -R. fiend 17:35, 7 August 2005 (UTC)
  • *Sigh* "He is considered the founder of modern nutrition science in China" makes him notable, did you look at his article in the Chinese wikipedia? Kappa 19:10, 7 August 2005 (UTC)
    • I Just read the Chinese article(at least most of it and translated the rest in Babel Fish), and in 'that' article, I think he's notable. Centenarians alone aren't, but Centenarians who are active college professors and founded the first biochemistry graduate program in China among some other things are. The English article stub should be deleted in my opinion and the Mandarin article should be translated directly to replace the stub(I forgot to put in signature, Karmafist 22:01, 10 August 2005 (UTC))

• Delete', per Karmafist's reasoning. There are so many people over 100 that they are not notable. Supercentenarians on the other hand may be rare enough to be notable :). Thue | talk 18:53, 7 August 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. He is considered the founder of modern nutrition science in China by whom? Cite a reference, please. Kappa, if you're able to read and understand his entry in the Chinese Wikipedia, perhaps you can help with this. As mentioned above by Andrew Lenahan, being a centenarian alone is not enough. Fernando Rizo T/C 19:45, 7 August 2005 (UTC)
• delete notability not established, --Tim Pope 20:53, 7 August 2005 (UTC)
• Keep, adequately notable jamesgibbon 22:51, 7 August 2005 (UTC)
• Keep per Kappa. Pburka 00:45, August 8, 2005 (UTC)
• Rewritten article, Abstain. I translated the Chinese article and put the result in the English one. He had a long career as a professor and an administrator but I'd more likely vote Keep if he had made some scientific discoveries. Translating the article was a good exercise for me so I won't mind if it gets deleted. I also won't mind if someone wants to touch it up. --Beirne 03:39, August 15, 2005 (UTC)

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