Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Du Kang

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The result was Speedy Keep per WP:SNOW. Andrew (talk) 14:02, 8 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Du Kang[edit]

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Unreferenced BLP that doesn't indicate notability. Laun chba ller 13:56, 6 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

~~leaning delete~~ Not a BLP (we're talking a supposed legendary figure in ancient China) but the lack of references is a problem, and it isn't consonant with the main article Chinese alcoholic beverages. Mangoe (talk) 14:09, 6 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

keep in light of comments below. Mangoe (talk) 17:09, 6 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of China-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 14:46, 6 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Food and drink-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 14:46, 6 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Wine-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 14:46, 6 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of History-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 14:46, 6 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Keep Bad form nomination. Did the nominator read the article? This is not a BLP, it's about a figure in Chinese mythology. You might as well delete Thor for being a BLP lacking references. Shii (tock) 14:49, 6 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thor has 58 references...--Laun chba ller 14:52, 6 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

There are plenty of references on the Chinese, Vietnamese, Polish, and French versions of this article. Why didn't you look at those before trying to delete this "living person"? Shii (tock) 15:07, 6 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I go into reflex mode when I see an unreferenced biography.--Laun chba ller 15:43, 6 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Fix and keep. Here is a solid English-language source for Du Kang (also called Shao Kang) as a legendary founder of the Chinese liquor trade: Zhengping Li, Chinese Wine (Cambridge University Press, 2011), pp. 14ff. GBooks appears to have multiple additional sources consistent with this. --Arxiloxos (talk) 15:09, 6 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Keep:
- Peter Lovrick; Wang-Ngai Siu (1 January 2011). Chinese Opera: Images and Stories. UBC Press. pp. 155–. ISBN 978-0-7748-4445-1.
- Jian Chen; Yang Zhu (23 November 2013). Solid State Fermentation for Foods and Beverages. CRC Press. pp. 102–. ISBN 978-1-4398-4496-0.
- Yinke Deng (3 March 2011). Ancient Chinese Inventions. Cambridge University Press. pp. 51–. ISBN 978-0-521-18692-6.
- Dwight B. Heath (1 January 1995). International Handbook on Alcohol and Culture. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 44–. ISBN 978-0-313-25234-1.

Etc. — alf laylah wa laylah (talk) 01:02, 7 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Snow keep and close. Several of the sources above demonstrate that this topic passes WP:N, and more are available. Northamerica1000^(talk) 04:00, 7 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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.