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The result was delete. — JJMC89 (T·C) 00:03, 18 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Xiangkun (Elvis) Cao[edit]

Xiangkun (Elvis) Cao (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log · Stats)

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Does not appear to meet WP:GNG. Some weak coverage of the FeverPhone project with which he is associated, but most of the coverage is mentions related to his listing on the Forbes 30 for 30 list, which by itself is not an established claim of notability. Some sources are primary, including Wordpress blogs and YouTube, and others are interviews and/or affiliated with the institutions at which he has studied/worked. Ultimately not enough on which to build a WP:BLP. Kinu ^t/_c 22:12, 10 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 22:15, 10 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of China-related deletion discussions. Lightburst (talk) 22:50, 10 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Technology-related deletion discussions. Lightburst (talk) 22:50, 10 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete. Surely WP:TOOSOON for WP:NPROF for this PhD student. There are a lot of references in the article, but the substantive ones are to blogs and similar, which doesn't look like a meet of GNG. 30 under 30 suggests that he may eventually be notable, but not yet. Russ Woodroofe (talk) 07:50, 13 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete people who have not yet earned a PhD are almost never notable academics, and there is no reason to assume there might be an exception to this general rule in this case.John Pack Lambert (talk) 18:52, 13 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete per WP:OUTCOMES, above. Perhaps once a century is a PhD student already notable. Bearian (talk) 03:10, 16 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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