Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lu Gui Yao

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The result was delete. Cirt (talk) 12:10, 8 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Lu Gui Yao

Doesn't assert notability, no sources, sounds (to a Westerner) to be nonsensical. my name inc^{Ottoman project Review me} 16:29, 1 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete but first...I'd rather enlist the support of someone who can read Chinese before we make a hasty decision. As far as I am concerned, this could be a complete joke. But it could also be real, and just a very badly written article. The name evidently is a name shared by other Chinese: [1], including a chemist, and if it is not a joke, this article is clearly not about a chemist. I did find one self-published source: [2] about the association and the person. But I can't find anything in reliable sources. Cazort (talk) 16:55, 1 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Nom's 3rd rationale of WP:IDONTKNOWIT should be ignored. Vodello (talk) 00:19, 2 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Martial arts-related deletion discussions. cab (talk) 00:38, 2 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Hong Kong-related deletion discussions. cab (talk) 00:38, 2 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete I read Chinese. This is just another article about a martial arts (liuhebafa, apparently) practitioner who has not been covered non-trivially in independent, reliable sources in any language. The 62 GHits on his name in Chinese consist entirely of forums, websites of places where he has worked, and a byline [3] for an article he wrote (not an article about him) in a magazine. No Chinese GBooks hits. The name of the association he founded (which contains his own name) has precisely 1 GHit, from a Wikipedia mirror. Any claims about how he is notable because of his teacher lineage should be referred to WP:NOTINHERITED. cab (talk) 00:38, 2 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

This confirms the impression I had! Thanks! Cazort (talk) 20:53, 2 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete non-notable seems to be promotional --Nate 14 81 12:11, 2 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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