Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Li Maye

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 delete. The first source provided by BQZip is a publicly editable encyclopedia - using it would be somewhat akin to citing Wikipedia as a source for another Wikipedia article. Nousernamesleft (talk) 19:41, 5 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Li Maye

Delete nn author Mayalld (talk) 21:18, 30 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delete could be speedy, no assertion of notability. And with no refs, there's nothing for us to check...when you search Google, this article is the first entry and the only one about this person, the rest are about a medical researcher with the same name. LegoTech·(t)·(c) 23:23, 30 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions. -- Fabrictramp | talk to me 23:24, 30 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of China-related deletion discussions.
Comment. I removed a speedy from the article, but I am not sure that notability has been proven. The first point I want to make is that the author writes in Chinese, and therefore one should search for the author's name as written in Chinese characters. When you search for the author's Chinese pen name, 李马也, you get several ghits. An article in the Baidu Encyclopedia at http://baike.baidu.com/view/1234308.htm confirms the information in the article, but may not be independent of the author. Similarly, http://www.dushu.com/author/%E6%9D%8E%E9%A9%AC%E4%B9%9F/ is an entry for the author, but may also not be independent. I cannot find independent coverage in reliable sources, but that doesn't mean it doesn't exist. --Eastmain (talk) 01:04, 1 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Not notable. — BQZip01 — ^talk 05:58, 4 July 2008 (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.