Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Chinese ideals of female beauty

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The result was keep and cleanup.. Courcelles (talk) 00:58, 10 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Chinese ideals of female beauty

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Contested prod. Unencyclopedic article relying largely on original research. Gobonobo ^T ^C 21:33, 3 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Too much WP:OR. 80.84.55.197 (talk) 22:41, 3 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Comment While I can forsee where someone could write a well-sourced and scholarly article about this aspect of culture, this isn't it. Although it's a long article, most of it is original research, of which a good deal appears to have been based upon watching commercials for hair care products. After starting at the top of the head, it's probably just as well that they didn't go further downward to eyebrows, lips, etc. Mandsford 02:02, 4 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep "Largely" doesn't cut it as a reason to delete because it just indicates that the article is a curate's egg, like any new article which has yet to reach FA/GA status. In such cases, it is our editing policy to keep the good bits such as the material supported by the excellent source Female Bodily Aesthetics, Politics, and Feminine Ideals of Beauty in China. And, as an example of the material which we might use to expand the article, please see Images of the 'modern woman' in Asia. Sources of this quality can be found in seconds and it is our deletion policy to look for them before coming here. Colonel Warden (talk) 06:25, 4 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Notable topic, as results the Colonel mentioned show. Click on the Google book link at the top of the AFD, and you see someone did a study on this. More research results probably will appear, if you search for other words, or find someone who reads Chinese to look through things written in their language about this. Shampoo companies spending billions to advertise in that country, should indicate something. Dream Focus 06:50, 4 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. The subject is worthy of treatment in an encyclopedia. The text is not entirely unsalvageable. - Smerdis of Tlön - killing the human spirit since 2003! 14:30, 4 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. The article is notable and not completely OR. Abyssal (talk) 00:16, 9 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of China-related deletion discussions.
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sexuality and gender-related deletion discussions. Smerdis of Tlön - killing the human spirit since 2003! 14:31, 4 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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