Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Wei Chen (pilot)

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The result was delete. No arguments for this article's retention have been made during this discussion. Coffee // have a cup // beans // 23:46, 1 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Let's see, there are 4 references. The 1st is the official site of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, the 3rd the official site of CCTV News, and the 4th the official site of Hunan Satellite TV. Not surprisingly, these 3 pages don't mention the individual at all. Only the second, the official site of a "Sunshine Enterprise", does, but the first sentence reads "Sunshine Enterprise, Inc., was founded in August 1998 in Memphis, Tennessee by Wei Chen"... self-promotion? The 2 external links are both related to the subject. Timmyshin (talk) 09:26, 23 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of China-related deletion discussions. GSS (talk) 13:33, 23 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • I don't think he's a hoax, since I found a few interviews on him on very specialized aviation websites like [1] [2], but really not sure if these interviews are independent, or notable enough to establish notability. "First Chinese Citizen to circumnavigate the globe in a single engine plane" sounds impressive, but also a little trivial. There must be millions of "First Chinese citizen to..." in the world. I think we need someone familiar with aviation to take a look. Timmyshin (talk) 01:06, 24 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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