Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lu Chao (Guinness World Records)

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The result was delete. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 19:18, 9 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Lu Chao (Guinness World Records)

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I would argue that WP is not a world record book or a depository of facts. Having an article for every world record holder would create an absurd abundance of pages. ‡ Єl Cid, Єl Caɱ̩peador ^ᐐT₳LKᐬ 17:37, 2 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Delete a clear case of WP:BLP1E; the one event isn't remotely notable. Power~enwiki (talk) 17:45, 2 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Delete barely worth mentioning in the article for Pi, let alone having a stand-alone page. Lugnuts ^{Fire Walk with Me} 17:59, 2 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I won't say this should be kept, but having a separate article about it is definitely better than mentioning in the article about

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. Michael Hardy (talk) 18:59, 3 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Delete – no way this meets WP:GNG. Adamtt9 (talk) 18:28, 2 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of China-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 19:03, 2 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 19:04, 2 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. I would suggest a redirect to Piphilology but he is not even mentioned there after someone else broke his record. —David Eppstein (talk) 20:39, 2 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. There is some RS coverage: his record attempt was reported by Sohu [1] and China News Service, [[2]]. But not quite substantial enough coverage for WP:GNG IMHO. Matt's talk 18:14, 3 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: Wikipedia is not a random dump of miscellaneous information. DrStrauss talk 10:02, 4 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - breaking an arbitrary record does not make one notable. Bearian (talk) 01:26, 8 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Lu Chao (Guinness World Records)

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