Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Li Daoxi

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 keep. Randykitty (talk) 12:58, 30 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Li Daoxi

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The notability tag was removed without any explanation from the major contributor in 2015. No reliable sources were ever provided for the notability of this person. Mys_721tx (talk) 19:43, 22 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Artists-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 20:01, 22 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of China-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 20:01, 22 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - does not demonstrate notability. - Scarpy (talk) 21:57, 22 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Obviously there won't be much/anything in English on a Chinese calligrapher. He has an entry (which I can't read in full) in the Asian Benezit] (Benezit Dictionary of Artists), which is normally enough for notability. Johnbod (talk) 22:43, 22 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Delete No reliable sources, Baidu is the Chinese version of Facebook and an unreliable source. » Shadowowl | talk 22:58, 22 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Comment I added the Benezit, but had trouble finding other sources, as they are likely in Chinese.ThatMontrealIP (talk) 03:15, 25 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Comment I think this needs someone who can read the Chinese sources. I don't think action should be taken until we have someone who can do that. --Theredproject (talk) 00:52, 26 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Comment There is an obituary in the local news paper. There is another one on the calligraphy section of Xinhua.net by one of his students. However, please note Xinhua.net does not fact-check or endorse any articles not from the Xinhua News Agency. -Mys_721tx (talk) 13:21, 27 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - A Google Book search gives 227 results and all the ones that I've checked are referring to this artist. Just because the article doesn't currently include reliable sources doesn't mean they don't exist. Kaldari (talk) 18:57, 29 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per Johnbod. Benezit is a definitive source. Gamaliel (talk) 19:02, 29 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per WP:CREATIVE indicated by Benezit entry and info in the article itself. Daask (talk) 19:05, 29 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per Johnbod. Emily Khine (talk) 20:18, 29 August 2018 (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.