Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bowen Kou

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The result was redirect‎ to Fresh International Market. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 21:59, 26 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Bowen Kou[edit]

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Candidate for political office whose BLP primarily features sources about his business or about his candidacy, and his own website. Fails WP:NPOL. AusLondonder (talk) 22:13, 19 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Businesspeople, Politicians, and Florida. AusLondonder (talk) 22:13, 19 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Keep meets WP:GNG. As he is a not a politican, so WP:NPOL doesn't apply. Most of the coverage about him is as a businessperson. This article in Riverfront Times and this article in Orlando Weekly are directly about him and are enough to satisfy WP:GNG. Weilins (talk) 22:36, 19 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It's the one article published in two different places. The article is about his candidacy for office and rotting fish linked to his company. AusLondonder (talk) 02:40, 20 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Also, as someone from Michigan myself, he's a known entity in mid-Michigan, particularly in the Lansing area, and to some degree various other cities in mostly the Midwest where he's set up shop: https://www.terrafirmamagazine.com/case-studies/bowen-kou-fresh-international-market/

Interesting story about this involvement in Florida politics by the way! https://floridapolitics.com/archives/601517-newcomer-bowen-kou-adds-1m-of-his-own-money-in-opening-month-of-sd-13-campaign/ Kches16414 (talk) 17:03, 20 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per nom. His notability isn't inherited from either his business or candidacy, and the article(s) given above definitely don't meet WP:GNG alone. And since he's an aspiring politician, WP:NPOL kind of does apply–note how it says nothing about notability being tied to candidacy. What I'd also like to note is that he's running for state senate, not statewide. Maybe redirect to 2024 Florida Senate election#District 13 or Fresh International Market? Idk. AllTheUsernamesAreInUse (talk) 04:26, 20 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete non-notable businessperson. SportingFlyer T·C 12:31, 21 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nomination. BottleOfChocolateMilk (talk) 21:31, 23 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per above. I would not oppose a redirect to the company he founded, which is notable. Bearian (talk) 20:55, 25 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete RivertFrontTimes and Orlando Weekly articles are OK, but they are almost identical and written by the same writer. The rest are passing mentions or interviews.Royal88888 (talk) 02:34, 26 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - no evidence of notability --Devoke water 12:20, 26 March 2024 (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.