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The result was delete. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 01:16, 26 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Vann Chow[edit]

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I looked and looked, but I could only find one article about this person in a possibly reliable source. This makes the author fail our general notability guidelines. This is in addition to the fact that they have not won "significant critical attention" (the award doesn't even have an article), thus making the author fail our criteria for the notability of authors. RileyBugz^会話_投稿記録 21:16, 10 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of China-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 21:20, 10 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 21:20, 10 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment I note that the official page of 2016 Wattys award winners lists over one hundred winners, including ten alone in the category in which Vann Chow's story "won". I don't mean to take away from her achievement, but the awards seem to be geared more towards increasing Wattpad's brand recognition than elevating the works of authors. Snuge purveyor (talk) 00:07, 11 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

• Regretful delete. I was also unable to find coverage of Vann Chow in reliable sources, and additionally was unable to find independent reviews of her two most prominent works, Shanghai Nobody and The White Man and the Pachinko Girl. As even the author's official site has no review blurbs from outlets more distinguished than blogs, I doubt any higher-profile reviews exist. She seems to be off to a good start and may pass GNG and/or NAUTHOR in a year or two. Snuge purveyor (talk) 00:49, 11 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

• I know that Wikipedia is not a crystal ball, but I would be very hesitant to delete this page just yet. As mentioned, there are references for Vann Chow in reliable sources and I will try to improve the existing article, which I personally think we should keep. HelgaStick (talk) 14:46, 14 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

  @HelgaStick: If you have good sources on this person then please list them here on the AfD page. Simply alluding to their existence isn't enough to make your vote count. -- intgr [talk] 08:54, 15 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

  Note that I have started an SPI about HelgaStick's !vote above. SmartSE (talk) 18:30, 15 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

  Socking was confirmed. SmartSE (talk) 12:21, 18 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete I'm also unable to find substantial independent coverage as required to meet WP:NAUTHOR, only brief mentions in dubious sources: [1] [2]. SmartSE (talk) 12:25, 18 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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