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Japan[edit]

List of Mizuno sponsorships[edit]

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Same reasons as Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Puma sponsorships, primarily WP:OR, WP:NOTDIRECTORY and WP:NOTADVERTISING. Joseph2302 (talk) 13:29, 1 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Delete: Wikipedia is WP:NOTPROMO. Let'srun (talk) 13:48, 1 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Place of Peace[edit]

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The few cited sources do not support notability per WP:GNG, most are primary, and the rest do not appear to be WP:SIGCOV. glman (talk) 22:02, 30 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Weak keep: I think references 1, 2, and 5 are significant secondary coverage. The article does need a lot of work since many of the other references are primary and/or irrelevant. WeirdNAnnoyed (talk) 01:57, 1 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
1 is good, I agree. 2 is a passing mention, not WP:SIGCOV - "The family, including Tsuzuki’s children Yuri and Seiji, was also responsible for the creation of Place of Peace at Furman University." 5 is a list, it's better than two, but still a trivial mention. I don't think this meets WP:GNG. glman (talk) 03:52, 1 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
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Keep -- In addition to what's already in the article this piece from The Chronicle of Higher Ed shows that it meets GNG.
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Jibanyan[edit]

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Fails SIGCOV and notability, most of the sources at reception were trivial. Not sure the first source at further reading section helps, but the second one is dead? Anyway, even thou we can still access it; not sure it will squick through WP:GNG. GreenishPickle! (🔔) 13:42, 30 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Merge to Yo-kai Watch. The reception is worse than bad and there's no indication of GNG being passed. I didn't say the character list because that is honestly TNT material in itself. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 19:50, 30 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Joker: Yurusarezaru Sōsakan[edit]

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Appears to fail WP:NTV and WP:GNG. Tagged for notability since 2020 DonaldD23 talk to me 23:14, 29 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Redirect to FujiTV for now.-My, oh my! (Mushy Yank) 15:48, 2 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

List of Asics sponsorships[edit]

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Same reasons as Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Puma sponsorships, primarily WP:OR, WP:NOTDIRECTORY and WP:NOTADVERTISING Joseph2302 (talk) 09:18, 29 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Delete per nom. Clarityfiend (talk) 11:22, 29 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
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Delete: A cut and dry case of WP:NOTADVERTISING. Let'srun (talk) 15:09, 29 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Delete. As above, but also a true violation of WP:NOTDATABASE as there is not nearly enough context to provide any meaningful value to readers. Also lacking in WP:V. If a user or wikiproject wants to use this and similar lists for developmental purposes, I would support a userfy or projectify —siro χ o 17:43, 29 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Delete per non. Piece is advertorial, and doesn't belong on its own page. Cray04 (talk) 08:14, 30 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Delete Clearly reads like an advertisement. Armader (talk) 13:19, 1 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Angi Uezu[edit]

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Successful, but I couldn't establish how he meets WP:BIO or WP:GNG. Boleyn (talk) 10:33, 20 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Delete Rank has never been considered sufficient to show WP notability. The problem is that my search didn't find significant independent coverage of him. I found lots of mentions of his rank, books and tapes he helped produce, and seminars he was giving--but no significant independent articles about him. The closest I found was the Black Belt magazine article by Coleman, but Coleman was one of his students so definitely cannot be considered independent. I'll reconsider my vote if better sources are produced. Papaursa (talk) 19:24, 24 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Relisting comment: Previous WP:PROD candidate, ineligible for soft deletion.
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Keep - there's clear evidence of significant coverage if you for his Japanese name. I haven't gone through the coverage yet but the fact that sources aren't in English is not a reason to delete the article. WP:GLOBAL. DCsansei (talk) 13:41, 27 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
- DCsansei No one said sources had to be in English, but they still have to show they meet WP:GNG. To those of us who don't read Japanese, it would be helpful if you could pick out a few sources that show WP notability (see WP:THREE). Papaursa (talk) 23:45, 30 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Yuima Nakazato[edit]

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Article was moved to draft as a result of the previous AfD (that I started), still, the references do not show that this article meets WP:NPERSON or WP:GNG most are just trivial mentions of the subject, most are not that reliable or such. Seawolf35 ^T--C 18:26, 20 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Relisting comment: As this was only recently moved from draft-space, do not want to close as soft delete. Relisting.
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Mach Five[edit]

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AFD requested at WP:AFD. Rationale: Does not appear to be independently notable. NotAGenious (talk) 16:14, 17 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Redirect The current article is pure WP:FANCRUFT, poorly referenced too. My BEFORE shows this is a minor popculture icon (at the level of many similar things that appeared in the background of Ready Player One, for exmaple), but I can't find any WP:SIGCOV analysis of it. The best source I found is this local news piece (fron The Everett Herald) about a fan building a replica: [2]. I don't think this is enough. (there is a two-page description in this self-published book, not very helpful given its nature). This could be redirected to Speed_Racer#The_Mach_5 for now per ATD. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 02:49, 18 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
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Keep References 5 and 8 appear sufficient to meet GNG, although the former needs to be located in archive. The sheer number of cultural references should be a clue that this is too iconic an element to be redirected or merged anywhere. Jclemens (talk) 04:31, 18 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
The cultural references are pretty minor and unsourced; 5 and 8 don't seem to indicate cultural significance (they are more about the movie and the car they made for it than anything) 38.75.235.237 (talk) 15:09, 18 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
... and they wouldn't be real-world transformations of the fictional vehicle if it weren't already notable. Jclemens (talk) 21:03, 18 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Either way, there is no real analysis of this in sources; they're talking about it in the context of the franchise 38.75.235.237 (talk) 21:15, 18 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Non-sequitur. Fictional elements are almost always talked about "in the context of the franchise" but doing so non-trivially by independent RS'es establishes notability. Also note for the record that this IP address is the one for whom this nomination was originally opened, so should be understood to not be a separate individual than the nominator. Jclemens (talk) 17:08, 19 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Comment I'm not going to !vote on this AfD, as I have a decades-old-and-thus-now-minor WP:COI with regard to the Speed Racer franchise. However, I thought I should note that there has been at least one publication focused on the Mach 5. The Speed Racer Special, published in 1988, had a car-focused comics story followed by 10 pages of history and technical specs about the Mach 5. I don't know if this moves the needle for anyone's consideration. -- Nat Gertler (talk) 17:45, 19 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
I should also note that the "real" Mach 5s, which we are currently using an anime website for as a reference, got mainstream newspaper coverage. -- Nat Gertler (talk) 17:56, 19 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

That is a primary source 38.75.235.237 (talk) 23:40, 19 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Redirect Per WP:TNT, with no objection to recreation if the article can be improved with sources, or during this discussion per WP:HEY. Right now it is completely unsalvageable. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 21:54, 20 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
~~Neutral~~ https://www.forbes.com/2008/05/07/fastest-fictional-cars-forbeslife-cx_mn_de_0507fictional_slide.html?sh=4605943936de is all I could find. Dream Focus 15:29, 22 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Redirect to Speed Racer#The Mach 5 - The current article needs a complete rewriting, and even then, I am not convinced that the car is notable enough on its own that a separate article from the series main article would even make sense. The sources both in the article and presented here are not great - even the ones being noted as being the best ones here are simply on the fact that real life props/replicas of the car have been made, rather than any kind of genuine analysis or reception of the actual fictional car the article is about. Rorshacma (talk) 16:41, 23 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Keep per Jclemens's sources and the "In popular culture" section. It does need more reception and more sources but AFD is not cleanup. I also agree that "The "real" Mach Five" would not exist if the fictional Mach Five was not notable. DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) 07:38, 26 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Keep Jclemens make a good point. Dream Focus 05:36, 27 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Keep This clearly passes the GNG and there's coverage in Japanese. WP:NOENG applies here. DCsansei (talk) 22:00, 28 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Relisting comment: Relisting one more time. Opinion and arguments are split right down the middle on whether or not sources are sufficient to establish notability. Let's see if another week can tip the scales between Keep and Redirect. Thanks to those participants who took the effort to go looking for additional sources.
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Redirect Per WP:TNT. Article is mostly unsourced. GreenishPickle! (🔔) 01:51, 2 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Keep. Meets WP:GNG with 2 sources noted by JClemens and the 2 newspapers.com clippings by Nat Gertler. Current article doesn't require TNT and can serve as a basis for an improved article. —siro χ o 22:14, 2 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Naoto Hori[edit]

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The article has issues with notability and sourcing. Single ref to a Japanese sports stats catalog that does not seem to confirm most of the information here. ~~No ja interwiki~~. The user who created this on en wiki has been banned for socking, and according to some related pl wiki discussion is responsible for cross wiki spam, mass creating articles on Japanese-related soccer players, many of whom do not meet NBIO. Someone on pl wiki suggested in the deletion discussion about this person (Naoto Hori) that the stats cited here suggest possible notability if sources ca be found (but said sources may not exist outside Japanese). My BEFORE yielded nothing, but perhaps someone with access to Japanese sources or a deeper knowledge of the sports field can find something to rescue this? _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 02:12, 17 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Delete - no evidence of notability. If sources are found please ping me. Giant Snowman 16:13, 17 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Numerous sources are listed at Japanese wiki. There's no reason to suppose they're falsified, even if they're hardly available offline outside Japan. Also even if no other sources are given, the only one listed in the article confirms he has played 5 matches in JLeague in 1993. Which was a professional league at that time. Therefore there is no valid reason for deletion, although, of course, improving the list of sources, preferably by someone from Japan, who could reach the books cited in the Japanese wiki, is more than welcome. Avtandil (talk) 21:13, 19 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
- Thanks, I did miss he has an entry at ja:堀直人. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 12:22, 20 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Comment. Although there seem to be more sources on the Japanese version of the article, most of them are just sports databases with player statistics. Even the articles that are linked to include only a trivial mention of him, e.g. the SoccerKing source (I can't even link to it, it's blacklisted on enWiki). Perhaps most of the media coverage of Naoto Hori might be in print (pre-internet ?) given his age. I think an editor fluent in Japanese would need to take a look around. Zenomonoz (talk) 03:44, 24 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Keep, he's from the pre-internet era so a bit hard to find anything although photo archives do bring up images. Given his professional career, it strains credulity to suggest that he wouldn't have substantial coverage in Japanese newspapers from the time (imo, Japanese newspapers are far more prolific in detailing athlete's lives than US newspapers). DCsansei (talk) 14:11, 27 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Keep - Per DCdansei. Made almot 100 appearances in Japan top flight in pre internet era so deniftely has offline sources. Thanks, Das osmnezz (talk) 22:23, 30 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Ryang Kyu-sa[edit]

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Article fails WP:GNG. Simione001 (talk) 01:19, 16 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Keep: This one is technically also notable given he has international caps, however more research needs to be done to establish how long he's played for the North Korean national team. Dazzling4 (talk) 01:53, 16 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Comment - The number is international caps isn't relevant when establishing notability as per WP:GNG. Simione001 (talk) 02:06, 16 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Delete - no evidence of notability. If sources are found please ping me. Giant Snowman 20:08, 16 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Lost in Time (Akino album) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) - Fails WP:NALBUM. Tagged for notability since February