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The result was keep (WP:SNOW, WP:POINTy nomination). (non-admin closure) Elli (talk | contribs) 07:02, 30 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

COVID-19 pandemic in Henan (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log | edits since nomination)

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Lacks WP:IRS as all sources are official government-sanctioned PRC media, with no sign of notability in english language. Jtbobwaysf (talk) 21:19, 23 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This discussion has been included in the list of COVID-19-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 21:21, 23 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This discussion has been included in the list of China-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 21:21, 23 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep Per the claims made in the nom statement, this would mean anything Chinese without international notability should be deleted. This is clearly a ridiculous standard. As per WP:NONENG non-English sources can be used for WP:GNG, and using the government website to source the case counts of the region it serves is completely normal. But here are several English sources about the COVID situation in Henan that I found on a quick Google News search:

• "After Floods, China's Zhengzhou Hit by Surge in Delta Coronavirus Cases". Radio Free Asia. Retrieved 2021-12-23.
• "Lockdown Imposed in China's Henan Province After Fresh Cases Emerge". Radio Free Asia. Retrieved 2021-12-23.
• "Coronavirus second wave? Central China in lockdown over fears of COVID-19 return". 7NEWS. 2020-04-02. Retrieved 2021-12-23.
• "Chinese province vows to control Covid-19 outbreak 'by end of August'". South China Morning Post. 2021-08-15. Retrieved 2021-12-23.
• "Devastated by Flooding, Central China Province Now Faces Covid Outbreak - Caixin Global". www.caixinglobal.com. Retrieved 2021-12-23.

Jumpytoo Talk 21:59, 23 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment. It isn’t clear to me whether this nomination is based on official Chinese sources not being reliable or on disputed notability. I don’t see how notability is in doubt; there might be some concerns about verifiability based on official media but not enough to warrant deletion of an entire article IMV. Mccapra (talk) 23:47, 23 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep - This feels like a WP:POINTY nomination... the notability is pretty obvious, and non-english sources are allowed. Fieari (talk) 00:02, 24 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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• Keep If both Radio Free Asia and Chinese State Media are covering it, I don't really think there is an issue with potentially inflated notability by the Chinese Government or the American Government. snood1205^{(Say Hi! (talk))} 01:15, 24 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep per User:Jumpytoo. Sources do not need to be in English. —Mx. Granger (talk · contribs) 06:39, 24 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep as it’s clear there’s no shortage of sources and no real concern about verifiability has been advanced. Mccapra (talk) 07:19, 24 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep -- Chinese state media (like those of many totalitarian states) are inclined to suppress unpalatable truths, but that does not mean that they are always unreliable. Peterkingiron (talk) 14:41, 27 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep: Clearly notable! Time for an Admin. to do his duty. — Ret.Prof (talk) 01:45, 30 December 2021 (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.