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The result was delete. This article was also eligible for speedy deletion under CSD G5: Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/123Aristotle. MER-C 20:50, 20 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Promotional article stuffed with promotional links (in Chinese). As a scholar fails WP:PROFESSORTEST. As a writer, let' see: the first 2 books are not even his field. (Writing a book about "Utility Machine Electrical Control Line" at age 14?) Books 3–8 were self-published. Not a single book has a WorldCat entry (one can verify this by clicking on their ISBN numbers). Timmyshin (talk) 22:41, 29 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of China-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 00:53, 30 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of California-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 00:53, 30 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 00:53, 30 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ad Orientem (talk) 00:25, 6 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

DELETE - Not notable. Acnetj (talk) 03:21, 9 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

* Keep The sources, SEC [1], Google Books [2], and WorldCat [3] meet WP:GNG.89ezagonoszkommunistanacionalista64 (talk) 15:47, 12 February 2019 (UTC) — 89ezagonoszkommunistanacionalista64 (talk • contribs) is a confirmed sock puppet of 123Aristotle (talk • contribs). [reply]

How does he meet GNG? The SEC link only mentions his name as a registrant, the Google Books link does not mention his name at all, and the Worldcat link simply tells us that 2 libraries in China hold a book which lists him as the 3rd author. Timmyshin (talk) 19:45, 12 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Nosebagbear (talk) 03:25, 13 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Does not appear to meet WP:GNG, WP:AUTHOR, or WP:PROF. Additionally, the editing history of the article creator (just enough small edits to reach autoconfirmed, then dropping 2 fully-formatted articles into mainspace) invites further scrutiny. Bakazaka (talk) 19:19, 13 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

User:Bakazaka You may be pleased to know that the article creator User:Coqja'uv has been confirmed as a sockpuppet. Timmyshin (talk) 15:44, 19 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Timmyshin, thanks for the update. Bakazaka (talk) 17:26, 19 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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