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The result was KEEP. Cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 09:21, 21 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Foshan Hotel[edit]

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Another non-notable Chinese hotel article, similar to the Sunshine Hotel, Shenzhen article. User:Eastmain "denied" my CSD, so I'm bringing it to AFD - it's a non-notable business whose only "claim to fame" is that it's located in a historic town (notice that the hotel itself is never mentioned as being historic). Completely unreferenced, too. SMC (talk) 04:20, 12 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Business-related deletion discussions. —SMC (talk) 04:24, 12 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete Non-Notable.--RyRy5 ^{Got something to say?} 04:40, 12 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment. It would be helpful if someone who reads Chinese could search for references using the hotel's Chinese name. --Eastmain (talk) 05:02, 12 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed, however it appears from the author's contributions that this hotel has no notability whatsoever - the author is desperately attempting to show notability by describing the hotel's locale as being historic in some manner. Whether the town is notable or not is not being discussed here; rather the notability of the hotel is. If there are Chinese references to establish some form of notability then yes, the hotel is worthy of an article, but I think the chances of good references to establish notability existing are pretty slim. SMC (talk) 05:10, 12 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This debate has been included in the list of China-related deletion discussions. —Eastmain (talk) 05:02, 12 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Keep: The creator of the article has added a few references since it was nominated for deletion. Apparently it's located "right beside the historical scenic spots, with convenient land, water and air transportation" [1], which is a bit more notable than just the fact that it's in Foshan. Apparently it's also the only five-star hotel in Foshan (the official website says "first", yet another website says it's the "only" five-star hotel) - i.e., the best hotel in a quite popular tourist site in Guangdong. That's some notability. I think it deserves to be kept for the moment. Herunar (talk) 07:21, 12 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep, but with generous improvement: It does look somewhat notable, judging by the websites. Judging by the article only, however, it looks very non-notable. Perhaps if someone with a better knowledge of the area could improve it? Wakanda's Black Panther! (contribs) 07:34, 12 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep Now meets WP:N. Quality of article has nothing to do with Afd process. SunCreator (talk) 23:05, 12 April 2008 (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.