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The result was no consensus‎. Star Mississippi 01:09, 5 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Zhang Lijun (economist)[edit]

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Highly promotional and no establishment of notability with independent WP:RS. Amigao (talk) 17:11, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Academics and educators, Economics, and China. Eastmain (talk • contribs) 17:38, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Some of the sources were promotional, so I've trimmed those. But that doesn't mean the subject isn't notable, since he has appointments at Stanford University and APEC, among others. Rextheides (talk) 08:49, 19 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 20:34, 21 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

~~Delete~~ Comment I don't see that this subject passes WP:NPROF. Just having an appointment at a major research institution is not in itself sufficient to satisfy the criterion. Qflib (talk) 20:50, 21 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: Source 2 is green per Source Highlighter, but is simply a short profile, nothing a length about the person. Source 9 is also green (a RS), but I don't think it's enough for notability. Rest of the sources used aren't identified by the Highlighter tool so I can't comment on them. I don't find anything other than a press release of the person's appointment. Oaktree b (talk) 00:00, 22 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Keep per the significant coverage in multiple independent reliable sources. The subject passes Wikipedia:Notability (people)#Basic criteria, which says:
People are presumed notable if they have received significant coverage in multiple published secondary sources that are reliable, intellectually independent of each other, and independent of the subject.
- If the depth of coverage in any given source is not substantial, then multiple independent sources may be combined to demonstrate notability; trivial coverage of a subject by secondary sources is not usually sufficient to establish notability.
Sources
1. "09中国互联网大会嘉宾：第一视频总裁张力军" [09 China Internet Conference Guest: Zhang Lijun, President of VODone] (in Chinese). Sina Corporation. 2009-08-20. Archived from the original on 2024-03-25. Retrieved 2024-03-25.
  The article notes: "张力军，男，1963年出生，中国共产党党员，南开大学经济学博士、兼职教授。现任第一视频集团董事局主席(香港主板上市公司www.vodone.com)、中国APEC发展理事会理事长。 ... 在亚太经合组织工商咨询理事会中国代表工作期间，曾任亚太经合组织工商咨询理事会贸易投资委员会副主席，科技委员会副主席等职务。 ... 1985.7－1995.8 历任国家外经贸部所属中国五矿进出口总公司、国际实业公司总经理助理、副总经理、综合贸易部副总经理。"
  From Google Translate: "Zhang Lijun, male, born in 1963, is a member of the Communist Party of China, holds a PhD in Economics from Nankai University and is a part-time professor. He is currently the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Video One Group (a company listed on the Hong Kong Main Board www.vodone.com) and Chairman of the China APEC Development Council. ... While working as the Chinese representative of the APEC Business Advisory Council, he served as Vice Chairman of the Trade and Investment Committee and Vice Chairman of the Science and Technology Committee of the APEC Business Advisory Council. ... From 1985.7 to 1995.8, he successively served as assistant to the general manager, deputy general manager and deputy general manager of the comprehensive trade department of China Minmetals Import and Export Corporation and International Industrial Company under the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation."
2. Liu, Yang 刘洋 (2007-08-05). Xu, Huiling 徐会玲 (ed.). "第一视频公司百日神话张力军身家大翻两倍半" [VODone's 100-day myth: Zhang Zhangjun's net worth triples and a half]. 财经时报 [Financial Times] (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2024-03-25. Retrieved 2024-03-25 – via Phoenix Television.
  The article notes: "44岁的张力军博士毕业于天津南开大学。除第一视频董事局主席、执行董事之外，张力军也是中国亚太经合组织发展委员会主席、中国亚太经合组织企业大会成员及国际通讯部的主席。在此之前，张力军曾身兼中益国际经济集团(始创于1993年的国有企业)董事会主席，以及中天通信产业集团(主要从事电信运营及增值服务)主席。而现在的张力军摇身一变，成为第一视频的党委书记。"
  From Google Translate: "Dr. Zhang Lijun, 44, graduated from Tianjin Nankai University. In addition to the chairman of the board of directors and executive director of VODone, Zhang Lijun is also the chairman of the China APEC Development Committee, a member of the China APEC Enterprise Conference and the chairman of the International Communications Department. Prior to this, Zhang Zhangjun served as chairman of the board of directors of Zhongyi International Economic Group (a state-owned enterprise founded in 1993) and chairman of Zhongtian Communications Industry Group (mainly engaged in telecommunications operations and value-added services). And now Zhang Lijun has suddenly become the party secretary of VODone."
3. Wu, Fei 吴飞, ed. (2015-12-30). "宝贝格子挂牌仪式在京举行新三板母婴跨境电商第一股" [The listing ceremony of Baby Grid was held in Beijing, the first maternal and infant cross-border e-commerce stock on the New OTC Market] (in Chinese). China Internet Information Center. Archived from the original on 2024-03-25. Retrieved 2024-03-25.
  The article notes: "最后，张力军博士也对公司同仁、中介结构等嘉宾及在场的各位母亲表达了感谢。张力军先生是南开大学经济学博士，香港主板上市公司第一视频集团(股票代码：00082)董事局主席，美国纳斯达克上市公司中国手游集团(股票代码： CMGE)董事局主席。宝贝格子成功登陆新三板，也使张力军先生成为国内担任过美国、香港、中国三地上市公司董事长的第一人。"
  From Google Translate: "Mr. Zhang Lijun holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Nankai University. He is the chairman of the board of directors of Video Group (stock code: 00082), a company listed on the Hong Kong main board, and the chairman of the board of directors of China Mobile Games Group (stock code: CMGE), a NASDAQ-listed company in the United States. Baby Grid's successful listing on the New Third Board also made Mr. Zhang Lijun the first person in China to serve as the chairman of a company listed in the United States, Hong Kong and China."
4. Zhao, Lei 赵雷 (2016-11-18). Hua, Zheng 华政 (ed.). "张力军新经济体下将诞生出多家新BAT" [Zhang Zhangjun: Many new BATs will be born under the new economy]. The Beijing News (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2024-03-25. Retrieved 2024-03-25 – via Xinhua News Agency.
  The article notes: "张力军，第一视频集团董事局主席、迪拜中阿卫视董事局主席。2005年，张力军创立第一视频，并于2006年在香港上市，成为中国第一家上市的视频企业。2012年，第一视频集团旗下中国手游娱乐集团在纳斯达克上市，张力军被称为“中国介绍上市第一人”。"
  From Google Translate: "Zhang Lijun, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Video One Group and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Dubai China Arab Satellite TV. In 2005, Zhang Lijun founded First Video and listed it in Hong Kong in 2006, becoming China's first listed video company. In 2012, China Mobile Games and Entertainment Group, a subsidiary of Video One Group, was listed on Nasdaq, and Zhang Lijun was known as "the first person to introduce listings in China.""
There is sufficient coverage in reliable sources to allow Zhang Lijun (simplified Chinese: 张力军; traditional Chinese: 張力軍) to pass Wikipedia:Notability#General notability guideline, which requires "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject".
Cunard (talk) 10:36, 25 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I'm still reading all of this but it seems you are saying that the the subject's notability would be in business, and not in the academic field of economics, correct? Qflib (talk) 16:56, 25 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Qflib: I don't really understand what you're getting at. If the subject is notable under the basic criteria for people and under GNG as Cunard says, is it necessary to say they're notable as X but not as Y? —Mx. Granger (talk · contribs) 02:57, 26 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Just asking. The page describes subject as a "economist" (it's literally in the title). As an economist, subject does not seem notable. But he may be able to meet GNG, as you say. Qflib (talk) 15:32, 26 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The subject meets Wikipedia:Notability (people)#Basic criteria through significant coverage about his being a businessman rather than his being an academic. Cunard (talk) 06:22, 26 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the clarification. Maybe the page could be edited to reflect that? Qflib (talk) 15:33, 26 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: It would be helpful to get some more opinions on these recently discovered sources used to support notability claims.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 21:24, 28 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - visiting and research professors rarely meet the prof test. I don't see anything special about this scholar to buck the trend, and not a lot of coverage for general notability. The coverage cited shallowly repeats the same basic resume. Bearian (talk) 19:16, 30 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- The sources provide detailed biographical coverage about the subject and demonstrate he meets Wikipedia:Notability (people)#Basic criteria and Wikipedia:Notability#General notability guideline. The subject is a businessman and most of the coverage focuses on his business activities. This does not mean that WP:NOTRESUME is violated. WP:NOTRESUME says Wikipedia pages should not be "Personal web pages", "File storage areas", "Dating services", "Memorials", or "Content for projects unrelated to Wikipedia". As this Wikipedia article is none of those, it does not violate WP:NOTRESUME. Cunard (talk) 09:51, 2 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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