Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sunny Wong (choreographer)

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The result was keep‎. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 23:09, 31 August 2023 (UTC)

Sunny Wong (choreographer)

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Tagged for notability since 2010. Fails WP:NENT and WP:GNG. - UtherSRG (talk) 15:56, 17 August 2023 (UTC)

• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: People, Entertainment, and Hong Kong. UtherSRG (talk) 15:56, 17 August 2023 (UTC)

• Keep per the significant coverage in multiple independent reliable sources.
  1. "排舞师谈天王：刘德华敬业郭富城随机应变(图)" [Choreographer Talks about the King of Heaven: Andy Lau Is Dedicated and Aaron Kwok Adapts to the Situation (Photo)]. Information Times (in Chinese). 2010-09-16. Archived from the original on 2023-08-21. Retrieved 2023-08-21 – via Sina Corporation.

     The article notes: "他是刘德华、郭富城、谭咏麟、李克勤、古巨基、陈慧琳的老师——黄国荣(Sunny Wong)，香港最顶尖的舞蹈编排总监，纵横香港舞蹈界达二十余年，全香港每年的大型演唱会当中，近九成是出自他的手笔，连王菲、梁朝伟、梅艳芳也曾经跳过他编排的舞蹈。日前，来广州担任美在花城评委及决赛排舞老师的黄国荣接受信息时报专访，爆出不少明星练舞的秘闻，面对天王天后难伺候的小怪癖，黄国荣还自行研发一套训练招术。"

     From Google Translate: "He is the teacher of Andy Lau, Aaron Kwok, Alan Tam, Hacken Lee, Leo Ku and Kelly Chen—Sunny Wong, Hong Kong's top choreography director, has been in the Hong Kong dance industry for more than 20 years, and among the large-scale concerts in Hong Kong every year, Nearly 90% of them are written by him, and even Faye Wong, Tony Leung, and Anita Mui have danced the dances he choreographed. A few days ago, Sunny Wong, who came to Guangzhou to serve as the judge of Beauty in Flower City and the dance teacher of the finals, accepted an exclusive interview with the Information Times, revealing the secrets of many celebrities practicing dance. Facing the little eccentricity of the king and queen, Sunny Wong also developed a set of training techniques by himself ."

  2. "Man in the Mirror: An Interview with Leading Local Choreographer Sunny Wong". Hong Kong Dance Magazine. July 2021. Retrieved 2023-08-21 – via PressReader.

     The article notes: "A household name in Hong Kong’s dance industry, Sunny Wong’s work as a choreographer, dance teacher, and performer has been featured in numerous music concerts, music videos, and commercials. Though the spotlight is usually on the lead singers he works with, such as Aaron Kwok and Sammi Cheng, ... And for him, this passion started at the age of 5 where he was inspired by dance movies such as Grease. His real start in dance began in 1984 when TVB was hiring dancers, and sure enough Sunny was accepted! His contract began with intense training in a number of styles such as Jazz, K Pop, Latin Dance, Chinese Dance, and Tap Dance. Sunny performed on hit television shows like Enjoy Yourself Tonight, and was invited to dance as a backup dancer and eventually choreograph for these televised jobs."

  3. Lam, Anita (2001-06-17). "My hong kong". South China Morning Post. ProQuest 2420399817. Archived from the original on 2023-08-21. Retrieved 2023-08-21.

     The article notes: "Sunny Wong Kwok-wing is a dancer, choreographer, model and actor. He has been choreographing dances for Canto-pop star Aaron Kwok Fu-shing for 10 years, and now teaches dance at Kwok's Studio Workshop and Cafe in Causeway Bay, in which he has shares. Recently he has been directing the dance scenes for Pala Pala Sakura, a movie starring Kwok and Cecilia Cheung Pak-chi being filmed in Shanghai."

  4. "見證排舞師Sunny娶老婆 城城冇結婚衝動" [Witness choreographer Sunny marrying his wife. Chengcheng has no urge to marry]. The Sun (in Chinese). 2009-02-17. Archived from the original on 2023-08-21. Retrieved 2023-08-21.

     The article notes: "星級排舞師Sunny Wong昨日與拍拖兩年的模特兒女友洪華結婚，新郎豪擲逾百萬港元，在君悅酒店筵開40席打造豪華婚禮。出席賓客星光熠熠包括郭富城、陳慧琳、任達華夫婦、陳嘉容、側田、歐陽妙芝及周倩圯等。"

     From Google Translate: "Star choreographer Sunny Wong married his model girlfriend Hung Wah, whom he has been dating for two years, yesterday. The groom spent more than one million Hong Kong dollars in a luxurious wedding with 40 seats at the Grand Hyatt Hotel. The star-studded guests included Aaron Kwok, Kelly Chen, Mr. and Mrs. Yam Tat-wah, Karen Chan, Chia Tin, Ouyang Miaozhi and Zhou Qianyi, etc."

There is sufficient coverage in reliable sources to allow Sunny Wong (traditional Chinese: 黃國榮; simplified Chinese: 黄国荣) to pass Wikipedia:Notability#General notability guideline, which requires "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject".

Cunard (talk) 10:58, 21 August 2023 (UTC)

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: For some input on the sources presented by Cunard.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, CycloneYoris ^talk! 22:44, 24 August 2023 (UTC)

• Keep per Cunard and the Chinese article which seems to have additional material for translation. - Indefensible (talk) 03:14, 31 August 2023 (UTC)

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.