Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ben Zhou

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The result was delete. Malcolmxl5 (talk) 20:44, 10 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Ben Zhou

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Promotional article written by SPA, who also contested a PROD on it. This is the version with the REFBOMBing cut down a bit. The RSes are articles about Bybit, and only mention Zhou himself in passing. Sources found in a WP:BEFORE about Zhou himself are largely self-sourced and promotional material, even in the crypto press. It's not clear Bybit passes WP:CORP either, or I'd suggest redirecting it there. As is, this should be deleted as apparent advertising - David Gerard (talk) 18:03, 3 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Cryptocurrency, Finance, China, Singapore, and United Arab Emirates. David Gerard (talk) 18:03, 3 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 18:07, 3 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Most possible sources look like churnalism about Bybit. 2601:647:5800:1A1F:B15A:4ECC:3C0E:728A (talk) 19:47, 3 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Delete was unable to find significant coverage in reliable sources; searches return promotional coverage. Not independently notable outside of role in Bybit, for which no article exists. — 2406:3003:2077:1E60:C998:20C6:8CCF:5730 (talk) 06:51, 5 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. The coverage I've been available to find has all been promotional stuff, press releases and such, nothing in-depth. There just isn't any in-depth WP:SIGCOV in WP:SECONDARY WP:RS. Jacona (talk) 12:26, 5 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per the lack of significant coverage in reliable sources. I did not find significant coverage in reliable sources in my searches for sources about Ben Zhou (Chinese: 周本). The subject does not meet Wikipedia:Notability#General notability guideline. If Bybit had an article (which it currently does not), I would support redirecting there as suggested by the nominator. If Bybit is created in the future, per Wikipedia:Deletion policy#Alternatives for deletion, I would support undeleting this article's history under a redirect to Bybit to allow editors to use the content for a selective merge and to undo the redirect if Ben Zhou becomes notable.
Cunard (talk) 11:32, 7 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
lol crypto. Delete. The company is more likely to have notability maybe in the future, but neither topics constitute GNG. SWinxy (talk) 06:15, 10 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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