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The result was delete. Sandstein 18:52, 23 April 2020 (UTC)
Otto Poon Lok-to
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Per WP:EXIST this is an un-encyclopedic article merely listing the existence of a gentleman who was noted in one local news event about building an illegal swimming pool, and that was only covered because his wife was a notable politician. He also made the news for an expensive divorce ( [1]) but these minor stories do not rise above the trivial. None of the requirements for "well known" and "widely recognized" at WP:ANYBIO are met. And since he received coverage due to the connection with his wife, WP:NOTINHERITED applies as well. --- DOOMSDAYER520 ( Talk| Contribs) 15:38, 16 April 2020 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Hong Kong-related deletion discussions. --- DOOMSDAYER520 ( Talk| Contribs) 15:38, 16 April 2020 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 16:51, 16 April 2020 (UTC)
- Comment I need time to search and read news article or did any technical paper existed. Poon is the former president/chairman of HKIE thus not sure are there any publication that have in-depth coverage about him. Matthew hk ( talk) 04:19, 17 April 2020 (UTC)
- BTW, on one side WP:NOTINHERITED should be considered to reject the claim of notability as a husband of someone else. But it seem his previous divorce, became a landmark case Kan Lai Kwan v Poon Lok To Otto and HSBC International Trustee Limited which have article that publish by Oxford Publishing Limited to cover it. The criminal case of illegal addition and alteration of Poon /Cheng's house also attracted a lot of news coverage in Chinese language media in HK. Matthew hk ( talk) 04:28, 17 April 2020 (UTC)
- As an author, i could only find one and only one article authored by him in IEE Review in Vol.34 (8) ( doi: 10.1049/ir:19880117). [2] (Not sure it is false negative on my uni search system to show one and only one or not) Matthew hk ( talk) 04:32, 17 April 2020 (UTC)
- Ok, another not sure peer reviewed article is written by him: doi: 10.11821/xb1997S1014. It seem i can't dig further for any thing in-depth biographical coverage. He may worth to have an entry in wikidata, but not in en-wiki due to lack of GNG coverage. Matthew hk ( talk) 00:35, 18 April 2020 (UTC)
- Delete a non-notable academic. John Pack Lambert ( talk) 19:53, 20 April 2020 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions. TJMSmith ( talk) 23:42, 22 April 2020 (UTC)
- Comment from Nominator - Although I am obviously in favor of deleting the article, no sources describe this gentleman as an "academic", making the last vote and the latest stub-sorting notice rather nonsensical. He remains non-notable as an engineer who has written some technical papers, and happens to be married to someone who is often in the news. --- DOOMSDAYER520 ( Talk| Contribs) 17:47, 23 April 2020 (UTC)
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