Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bo Guagua
leaning towards '''Keep'''): I have mixed feelings about this one. On the one hand, the deletionists make a very convincing argument that much of the content is bsaed on tabloids, speculation, and Guagua is only notable |by virtue of his father's position. But this alone makes him about as notable as Eric Trump. On the other hand, he has been the darling of Chinese-language media attention https://www.google.ca/search?&ie=UTF-8&q=%E8%96%84%E7%93%9C%E7%93%9C#q=%E8%96%84%E7%93%9C%E7%93%9C&hl=en&tbs=cdr:1,cd_min:2009,cd_max:2011-12-31&prmd=imvnsul&ei=x5-aT_HUFpDegQfj8vX8Dg&start=10&sa=N&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.r_qf.,cf.osb&fp=a8746ce41e41aa15&biw=1366&bih=673 long before the ouster of his father. Thus the argument that Bo Guagua is getting attention only in the last two months ignores the plethora of Chinese-language sources that have written 'features' about Guagua (and Guagua alone) long before March 2012. Mind you, a lot of this stuff is still fodder for tabloids, like his attending masquerade-style parties at Oxford, and his brief relationship with Chen Yun's granddaughter Chen Xiaodan. But by virtue of this, effectively he became an internet meme - passed around much like Grass Mud Horse and Very erotic very violent, with discussions in the Chinese blogosphere that have compared him to the Li Gang incident. Moreover, in 2009, Guagua accepted an interview with Hong Kong-based Phoenix Television, where the name "Bo Xilai" was not mentioned whatsoever - meaning that the media had developed an independent interest in his character, achievements, etc.. (ironically the interview was about how Guagua stepped out of his father's shadow)  Moreover, while I do not have the sources immediately available to prove this, I believe that Guagua is perhaps the best representation of ''hongsandai'' ("Red third generation") and is a quintessential reflection of the social issues associated with that class. Since no other articles exist about this group, it may be worth it to keep this article if only for human interest purposes alone.My foremost concern in maintaining this article, however, is that it is being turned into an |attack page, albeit |conservatively written, and therefore serves little ''encylopedic'' value. If we plan to retain this page we need to do some serious work on making it balanced, and scoping Chinese-language sources as well as English-language ones to make it more complete, and expand upon his significance
— User:Colipon, 13:49, 27 April 2012 (UTC)
Stance: comment
Cited policy: WP:NOTINHERITED||WP:ATTACK||WP:BLP (Wikipedia:Arguments to avoid in deletion discussions)