Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Johnny Hon

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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) Rollidan (talk) 17:18, 17 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Johnny Hon

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Looking through all the boosterism and selfstyled barony's and accompanying coat of arms, I am not convinced that this individual is notable by wikipedia notability criteria. He is in the UK press this weekend relating to a story around having members of the British royal family on his payroll. I am not convinced his business career in its own right constitutes notability. Uhooep (talk) 14:53, 10 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Delete a non-notable businessman.John Pack Lambert (talk) 14:58, 10 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions. --Pontificalibus 15:03, 10 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Hong Kong-related deletion discussions. --Pontificalibus 15:03, 10 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - article is highly promotional in tone and needs serious trimming, but Hon is a prominent businessman and politician. He was appointed Vice Chairman of the New People's Party earlier this year and is a member of the CPPCC, China's version of legislative upper house, see Wen Wei Po report. The fact that he is in the UK press makes him more notable, not less. -Zanhe (talk) 15:58, 11 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment He is a member of the Heilongjiang Provincial Standing Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC). Does this really make him a legislator? Uhooep (talk) 19:36, 11 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

That makes him a provincial-level conference member; being on the Standing Committee makes him a high-ranking official within the provincial conference. WP:POLITICIAN does not explicitly address Chinese politics, but similar sub-national legislators are presumed notable. -Zanhe (talk) 21:48, 11 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - Hon's prominent and notable status is supported by various reputable sources that are linked throughout his Wikipedia page. He holds government titles that further support his prominent positioning. It is best to recommend amendments to any specific phrases within his Wikipedia description that have a highly promotional tone but the article should remain. Agree with the comments of Zanhe in that the recent press coverage further supports Hon's notability. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.14.254.208 (talk) 13:56, 12 August 2019 (UTC) — 204.14.254.208 (talk) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. [reply]
Weak keep - promotional article - there are a number of references, but looking at them they all seem to be from minor sources, there isn't any significant coverage in major news sources, which indicates a Delete - but he has been involved in some international projects and been given some awards (although their significance is debatable), which indicates a Keep - so I lean towards Delete, but will go with Weak keep" - Epinoia (talk) 01:20, 17 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Just want to point out that a number of the Chinese-language sources are from Wen Wei Po, Beijing's main newspaper in Hong Kong. -Zanhe (talk) 01:39, 17 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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