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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) CAPTAIN RAJU (✉) 02:08, 24 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Women in Chinese Literature[edit]

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The article was cut and pasted, in its entirety and without any changes, from Chinese literature. I was expecting User:Beckminster to expand it, but it has now been two weeks and they haven't changed anything.

I'm sure the topic warrants a separate article, but the current version is very poor (it doesn't even have a lead section) and doesn't expand upon the text from Chinese literature at all. ~barakokula31 (talk) 16:02, 17 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of China-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU (✉) 21:29, 17 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Literature-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU (✉) 21:29, 17 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Keep but improve I think this topic is definitely notable (especially if you include literature like The Good Earth that wasn't written by a Chinese person but is about China and deals largely with women, particularly them being sold as slaves) but the article is in need of some help. White Arabian Filly ^Neigh 21:47, 17 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. It's an important topic and is certainly likely to attract the attention of other editors. One of the problems with the EN wiki is that we do not give enough attention to African and Asian culture. This is a step in the right direction.--Ipigott (talk) 11:03, 18 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Keep but WP:TNT (just to be confusing!) This could have been Speedied under WP:A10 when it was created - however, the subject is notable and deserves an article. I'm sure a dedicated editor (not one who thinks pressing Ctrl+V makes them a competent article creator) will be able to make something worth reading. Exemplo347 (talk) 11:07, 18 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Comment @White Arabian Filly and Ipigott: As I said, I'm sure the topic is notable, but the current article is very poor – too poor, in my opinion, for Wikipedia. Keeping an improved version would of course be ideal. However, I don't understand why The Good Earth would be included. "Chinese literature" presumably refers to literature written in China, by Chinese people, in the Chinese language(s). The Old Man and the Sea, for example, is not a part of Cuban literature, is it? @Exemplo347: Yes, WP:TNT was the idea. I didn't want to nominate it for speedy deletion because I was expecting User:Beckminster (who created the article) to expand it, but they did not do so. (P.S. Not sure how deletion sorting works, but this should probably be included in the list of Women-related AfDs). ~barakokula31 (talk) 15:51, 18 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Keep The counter to a split is a merger, not deletion, and AfD is not cleanup. The topic has great notability and ought to be developed from the many sources available. Andrew D. (talk) 20:19, 19 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Notable topic, needs expansion. Should be tagged as such. Megalibrarygirl (talk) 23:44, 19 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Women-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 01:54, 22 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Keep per above comments Seraphim System ^(talk) 05:44, 23 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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