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The result was speedy keep. Per WP:SKCRIT#1. The nominator has withdrawn their nomination and there are no other arguments for deletion or redirection. Malcolmxl5 (talk) 11:54, 4 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Appears to be a hoax. Miramar and Marine traffic returns no ship by this name ever. Google returns no results other than wikimirrors Lyndaship (talk) 18:26, 2 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

• Note I am guessing this article is about Xin Pu Yang (新埔洋) (yang meaning ocean), which at its 2010 launch was China's largest tanker ([1]), although not any more it seems: [2]. ----Pontificalibus 20:16, 2 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Transportation-related deletion discussions. --Pontificalibus 21:56, 2 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of China-related deletion discussions. --Pontificalibus 21:56, 2 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep'. Thank you to User:Pontificalibus for making sense of this situation. I gather it is one of the largest tankers belonging to China, so one of the largest in the world. User:Macaujacko provided a service by creating this article back in 2010, probably seeing extensive coverage at the time and seeing the clear notability/importance. Too bad they didn't add sources back then, but that is how things worked in Wikipedia then. And too bad it has not been further developed. Needs to be tagged and/or developed, not deleted. This is nearly an orphan, it is only linked in a "See also" from China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation article.

Obviously huge ships, oil tankers and other tankers, are important in the world, and there should be sensible coverage in Wikipedia. There is not currently sensible coverage, IMHO, because there is no overall development of a List of tankers and/or List of oil tankers, which would correspond to existing Category:Tankers and Category:Oil tankers but provide actual context. A list can/should provide sizes of the ships and year of construction/launch, and utilize overview sources about the set of tankers in the world, and it can/should include redlinks where there are gaps. Currently there is no presentation in Wikipedia about this one ship putting it into any context; a list-article is needed IMHO to provide context. And then perhaps a bunch of the smaller stub articles (and even this one possibly) could better be redirected to the list-article, actually, to provide information in context which delivers more value to a reader than info dereft of context. --Doncram (talk) 22:40, 3 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep and rename to Xin Pu Yang. I've added two sources. As the (former) largest oil tanker in China, and possibly the largest in the world, this ship is notable. -Zanhe (talk) 04:39, 4 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Nomination Withdrawn Thanks to User:Pontificalibus for excellent work Lyndaship (talk) 07:42, 4 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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