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The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was delete. Randykitty (talk) 12:55, 21 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Primary notability seems to be his claim to have founded a payment service about which we do not have an article . The refs are essentially PR DGG ( talk ) 02:18, 30 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi What is your reason for nominating this article for deletion? He is the founder and former CEO of Baidu Wallet and Finance and current CEO of UnPAY. see this article.  MrInfo2012  Talk  05:05, 30 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

  • KEEP Zhang is the founder and CEO of UNPay at 30 years old. This company has international presence in payment system/ digital transaction industry. He is listed 40 Under 40 in Fortune. He has many other executive/ management roles in work experience.

SWP13 (talk) 23:10, 2 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Please decide about this article ASAP. TheLongTone Please talk about this article because Zhang is one of the young entrepreneurs of China and we don't have any page about him. I try to remove advertising element of UnPAY.  MrInfo2012  Talk  05:09, 6 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Sandstein 10:02, 6 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • Let's have a look at the sources:
Source assessment table
Source Independent? Reliable? Significant coverage? Count source toward GNG?
https://www.businessinsider.sg/UnPAY-in-talks-with-dubai-government-to-build-cashless-city/ Yes Yes No About his product, not him. No
https://www.prunderground.com/UnPAY-supports-haier-laundrys-overseas-ventures-with-holistic-payment-solutions-2/00134728/ Yes Yes No About his product, not him, quotes him once. No
https://t.sina.com.hk/news/article/20181107/0/2/40/UnPAY-and-President-of-Lithuania-In-Talks-on-Possible-Fintech-Cooperation-9400725.html No It's a press release. No Maybe yes for verifying stats but not notability. Yes All press releases will cover their topic in depth. No
https://t.sina.com.hk/news/article/20181107/0/2/40/UnPAY-and-President-of-Lithuania-In-Talks-on-Possible-Fintech-Cooperation-9400725.html No It's a press release. No Maybe yes for verifying stats but not notability. Yes All press releases will cover their topic in depth. No
http://fortune.com/2018/11/28/alipay-baidu-wallet-finance-UnPAY-digital-payments/ Yes Yes It covers him a lot, but it's all in the context of his product. ? Unknown
http://tech.qq.com/a/20180912/104402.htm Yes No It's listcruft opinion piece on a site which, as far as I can see, has no editorial oversight. No He's a small subsection of the list. No
http://iof.hexun.com/2015-01-17/172484209.html Yes Unfamiliar with publication. No Mentions him once, about winning an award which doesn't appear to be notable per GNG. No
https://www.businessinsider.sg/the-fortune-global-tech-forum-UnPAY-wins-fortune-china-innovation-award-to-empower-digital-payment-4-0-worldwide/ Yes Yes No Primary coverage is about his product, not him. No
http://sg.unpay.com/news/unpays-founder-zhang-zhenghua-named-in-fortune-chinas-2018-40-under-40-list/ No No Maybe for stats but not for assertions of notability. Yes Of course it is. No
https://www.fortuneconferences.com/fortune-global-tech-2018/2018-agenda/ Yes Yes No Mentions him once and just asserts he spoke at a conference. No
This table may not be a final or consensus view; it may summarize developing consensus, or reflect assessments of a single editor. Created using {{source assess table}}.
Overall, I'd say this, along with the lack of further sources turned up by my own searches, suggests failure of ANYBIO, furthermore I agree with TheLongTone that this stinks of undisclosed paid editing, particularly as an article for UnPay was submitted pretty soon after this AFD was started. All in all, it's a delete from me. SITH (talk) 21:31, 6 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]


@StraussInTheHouse: After I saw that DGG said It isn't obvious that Zhenghua doesn't offer financial services, I created UnPAY to prove that he is working on this area and participated in China financial services. It's because I create that article immediately after Zhenghua. I think Zhenghua has enough credibility such as any Chinese entrepreneurs to have a Wikipedia page.  MrInfo2012  Talk  12:36, 9 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I shall look at that article separately. I point out that the question isn't credibility, but whether the sources are sufficient to meet our standards. DGG ( talk ) 01:33, 10 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Sandstein 11:23, 13 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete - The question is solely of whether this meets our criteria for inclusion, and it does not. Sources are not sufficient in quality and the coverage is not significant enough in those sources that pass muster. As DGG rightly points out, it isn't an issue of credibility (or truth/accuracy/etc), it is a matter of passing the bar of WP:GNG, which this fails to do. Dennis Brown - 14:19, 13 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete. The refs don't confer notability and it looks Paid or COI. Szzuk (talk) 22:45, 20 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
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