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Hi, thanks for message. You already appear to have a draft at Draft:Zheng Chongbin, so there is nothing to release. I deleted your article because

• it did not provide adequate independent verifiable sources to enable us to verify the facts and show that it meets the notability guidelines. It is now Wikipedia policy that biographical articles about living people must have independent verifiable references, as defined in the link, or they will be deleted. Sources that are not acceptable include those linked to him, press releases, social media and other sites that can be self-edited, blogs, websites of unknown or non-reliable provenance, and sites that are just reporting what the he claims or interviewing him or his management. His notability appears rest on representation in major collections, yet there are no references to support his works inclusion in these collections. Several of the references you do use seem not to meet the criteria I've linked, but in any case they don't seem to be supporting much that is actually factual, rather than opinions. Even a good reference for an opinion doesn't make it factually true.
• it was written in a promotional tone. Articles must be neutral and encyclopaedic. Examples of opinions or unsourced claims presented as fact include: the medium itself bears a lot of ideas about philosophy and cosmology... His artworks deconstruct the traditional language of ink painting, while exploring the philosophical depths of Western modernism... stunning, large-scale abstract paintings... radical transformation of conceptual art... His works are represented in public and private collections, including... distinctive style... His lyrical, elegant compositions are appreciated in the West... and so on. It's just a promo for his work, not an encyclopaedia entry
• Your edits indicate that you have an obvious conflict of interest when it comes to editing articles about this person, see Wikipedia:Best practices for editors with conflicts of interest.
• If are him, or if you work directly or indirectly for him, or otherwise are acting on his behalf, you are very strongly discouraged from attempting to write an article at all. Regardless, if you have a direct or indirect financial interest in writing about him, you are required by the Wikimedia Terms of Use to disclose your employer, client and affiliation. You can post such a mandatory disclosure to your user page at User:RLiu23. The template {{Paid}} can be used for this purpose – e.g. in the form: {{paid|user=RLiu23|employer=InsertName|client=InsertName}}. If you are being compensated, please provide the required disclosure. Note that editing with a COI is discouraged, but permitted as long as it is declared. Concealing a COI can lead to a block. Please do not edit further until you respond to this message.

I could delete your draft as it stands, but since you have requested help, I'll give you some time to remove the opinions and find proper references. He may be notable, but you need to show that by referencing his presence in major collections with references from those collections.

Jimfbleak - talk to me? 06:07, 3 May 2017 (UTC)

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You shouldn't post your drafts to my user pages, just give a link to Draft:Zheng Chongbin

• When I commented on references to collections, I meant, for example, that for the British Museum, you should have British Museum, United Kingdom followed by the ref.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=3443552&partId=1&material=19315&page=1|title=Eroded White |last= |first= |date= |website= |publisher=British Museum |access-date=13 May 2017}}</ref> as a reference after the claim, so we can verify that your claim is true
• You are still presenting his and others' opinions as facts. They sought to reflect the polarized quality... should be He claims that they.... That's particularly the case when they have promotional value. For example Zheng's minimalist approach has created a masterful contemporary interpretation of ancient Chinese traditions is an opinion, not a verifiable fact. You should present it as such, preferably as an quote attributed to the person who said it
• Because you present highly value-laden opinions as facts and haven't referenced the museum claims directly, it comes across still as a promotional piece with unverified claims and hand-picked opinions. You have been asked above not to write this piece because of your obvious Wikipedia:Conflict of interest, one reason being that people writing about themselves write gushingly positive stuff like this, and omit any negative comments. You should avoid the commentary and stick to facts
• Just a couple of style matters. Headings should be normal capitalisation (first word and proper nouns only), and the External links should have links only to his web site and his studio. Anything else either shouldn't be there or should be a reference instead. Also don't leave the links as bare urls
• Remember that when this is finally fit to post, you must declare your COI

I'm going to be a away for a week, so any further comments won't be answered before I return Jimfbleak - talk to me? 06:04, 13 May 2017 (UTC)