Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Japan

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Dodô (footballer, born 1990)

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Fails GNG and SPORTCRIT due to his career never getting off the ground, recording mere minutes of play in his many clubs, and lack of significant coverage. Geschichte (talk) 09:21, 23 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete – He was runner-up in the J-League with Gamba Osaka, but I didn't find any WP:SIGCOV. Svartner (talk) 23:00, 23 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Doda (footballer)

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No usable sources (including ja:wiki) and not really anything resembling a claim to notability to meet either WP:GNG or WP:SPORTCRIT. No valid redirect target. Geschichte (talk) 09:19, 23 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete – I didn't find anything about him even in databases. Svartner (talk) 22:59, 23 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Takuma Nakajima

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Previously deleted. No trace of notability, only 1 match on J League level. Geschichte (talk) 09:17, 23 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete – Fails in WP:GNG. Svartner (talk) 23:02, 23 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Kei Sugimoto

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Playing 16 football games in the J League system is not a strong claim to notability. The article would need several pieces of significant and independent coverage to meet WP:SPORTCRIT and WP:GNG, and has neither that nor a Japanese Wikipedia page. Geschichte (talk) 13:20, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete – Fails in WP:GNG. Svartner (talk) 00:34, 23 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Jiro Hiratsuka

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Playing 11 football games in the J League system is not a strong claim to notability. The article would need several pieces of significant and independent coverage to meet WP:SPORTCRIT and WP:GNG, and has neither. Geschichte (talk) 13:19, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete – Fails in WP:GNG. Svartner (talk) 23:09, 23 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Masafumi Mizuki

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Playing 20 football games in the J League system is not a strong claim to notability. The article would need several pieces of significant and independent coverage to meet WP:SPORTCRIT and WP:GNG, and seems to lack that. Geschichte (talk) 14:18, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete – Fails in WP:GNG. Svartner (talk) 00:36, 23 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Criticism of Akira Kurosawa

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This is a POV fork! TheLatinNerd (talk) 20:57, 21 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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The article under discussion deals with the reputation of Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa, unarguably one of the most historically important film directors from any country who has ever lived. I created the article to demonstrate the fact, also unarguable, that due to his prominence, Kurosawa has attracted, in addition to enormous praise, a great deal of criticism, including from his own countrymen. These viewpoints are very important because they illuminate not only Kurosawa's work, but the public perception of that work, as well as the ways in which these negative reactions reflect the relevant cultures and time periods involved.

This article has existed for years and years, with a number of knowledgeable people contributing to it, so why is it now suddenly being challenged? Shouldn't there be a "statute of limitations" on such challenges, given the fact that this was created way back in 2010? Or perhaps the rules should be changed to require two or even three editors to nominate an article for deletion, to lessen the possibility of baseless attacks?

It's deeply ironic that the editor who recommended this article for deletion cited "POV" issues, given its origins. The main Kurosawa article contains a section, "Criticism," about negative views of the filmmaker, which I included precisely to maintain a neutral point of view in that article, which also contains a great many positive opinions of Kurosawa, all sourced. Because that original section was much too long, however, I shortened it in the main article and created this separate article for those readers who wish to know in detail who among critics and the general public has found fault with the director and why.

Yet even within this article, necessarily shorter and more narrowly-focused than the main one, a neutral point-of-view has been maintained, because for the majority of sourced negative opinions cited, some response to that particular criticism, either by Kurosawa himself or some other reputable figure, has been included for balance. None of the opinions cited has been presented by me or other editors as factual "truth," and every assertion and particularly every quotation in the article has been sourced to my knowledge.

The Help page states that one should "address the arguments, not the person making them." But the five-word sentence "This is a POV fork!" is not an argument at all, but the kind of completely evidence-free attack which is all too common on social media platforms, but which does not belong, and should not belong, on Wikipedia.

In effect, I have already answered the accusation that the article lacks NPOV on its talk page under the title Merger Discussion back in 2017.

It should be noted that when I perused the User Contributions for TheLatinNerd, I could find no other contributions for any other article about Japanese Cinema, nor indeed about cinema at all. Of course, it's not strictly necessary to have specialized knowledge of the topic at hand (as I, as a published author on Japanese cinema, do possess) to contribute to or comment upon such an article. But it certainly helps a great deal if one wants to make an informed opinion as to whether a particular subject is notable, and whether it has been handled in a neutral fashion or not.

I will be unavailable at the end of this week and all next week to deal with this. I would ask that no final decision on the article be made before I have had time the following week to fully address any responses that TheLatinNerd or others may make to this reply. Dylanexpert (talk) 22:34, 21 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Keep An article about one of the masters of cinema who has had entire books devoted to the criticism and impact of their works is in no way in a condition for deletion, and this is the second spurious nomination of the week by LatinNerd with an awful WP:IDLI rationale and no further explanation. I suspect this will be kept just as fast. Nathannah • 📮 22:40, 21 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - when a very famous thing has a really long article, sometimes you must create a POV fork. Bearian (talk) 03:46, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - not a real POV fork, just an expansion of a section of the main article. It might be better to add material on his influence and honours and rename the page something like "Public profile of Akira Kurosawa" or "Influence and assessments of Akira Kurosawa" to avoid this perception, but that's not AFD talk. CohenTheBohemian (talk) 14:45, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Osamu Chiba

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No usable sources (including ja:wiki) and no good claim to notability to meet either WP:GNG or WP:SPORTCRIT. No valid redirect target. Geschichte (talk) 07:09, 21 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete – Fails in WP:GNG. Svartner (talk) 01:17, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete – Very common name, kind of like the Japanese counterpart to "Philip Wright". Corresponding article on Japanese Wikipedia likewise contains references, but those are just database. ⋆｡˚꒰ঌ Clara A. Djalim ໒꒱˚｡⋆ 14:58, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Shinya Kato

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No usable sources (including ja:wiki) and no good claim to notability to meet either WP:GNG or WP:SPORTCRIT. No valid redirect target. Geschichte (talk) 07:08, 21 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Shinji Kaneko

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No usable sources (including ja:wiki) and no good claim to notability to meet either WP:GNG or WP:SPORTCRIT. No valid redirect target. Geschichte (talk) 07:07, 21 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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2008 CON-CAN Movie Festival

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Article about an individual iteration of a film festival, not properly referenced as passing inclusion criteria for events. As always, individual annual editions of film festivals can have their own standalone articles if they contain WP:GNG-worthy sourcing to establish that the event was seen as significant -- see e.g. Cannes, Berlin, TIFF, Sundance -- but they do not automatically need their own separate articles just because they happened. But this cites just one reference, which isn't enough all by itself and hasn't even been represented accurately -- it's claimed as an article in the Japan Times, but the link actually leads to archived content self-published by the festival itself rather than anything GNG-building.
This was also shot through with dozens of WP:ELNO-violating embedded offsite links to the archived page for every individual film in the program, still from the festival's own website rather than third-party coverage about the festival or any of the films, which I've had to strip. This is, further, the only edition of this film festival with its own standalone article, as no others have ever been created for any other year, and it's not at all clear that the 2008 edition would somehow be a special case of greater notability than any other edition of the same festival.
Simply existing is not "inherently" notable enough to exempt this from having to pass WP:GNG on its sourceability. Bearcat (talk) 16:22, 20 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete, per nom. TurboSuperA+_(connect) 18:10, 20 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Jo Nakajima

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Footballer with no usable sources and no good claim to notability. Someone tried to redirect it, but without any valid target. Geschichte (talk) 11:04, 20 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete – Fails in WP:GNG. Svartner (talk) 20:23, 20 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Delete - no evidence of notability. If sources are found which show significant coverage please ping me. Giant Snowman 20:18, 21 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Seiichi Negishi

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Footballer with no usable sources and no good claim to notability. Someone tried to redirect it, but without any valid target. Geschichte (talk) 11:04, 20 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete – Fails in WP:GNG. Svartner (talk) 20:22, 20 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Delete - no evidence of notability. If sources are found which show significant coverage please ping me. Giant Snowman 20:18, 21 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Tales of Commons

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This was a redirect, blown up to article size--but the supplied links are basically all company sources and manuals, and I cannot find any secondary sources either. A redirect to Tales of Mobile is the proper solution. Drmies (talk) 19:28, 19 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I see now that the editor has done the same with Tales of Breaker, with the same problems. Drmies (talk) 19:30, 19 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

As said earlier, I do not see the need for deletion when the alternative, Tales of Mobile, is empty and mostly bland, offering no informations whatsoever. I followed closely the formats of other Tales games, adding references, links and everything. A lot of game pages (especially for old i-mode games like this) could realistically fit into a main page, Xenosaga Pied Piper could be deleted and just be a passing mention on the main Xenosaga article, BCFFVII could be deleted and just have its content in the "Compilation of Final Fantasy VII" article. Both of those coexist with one another and with no problems with the dedicated page adding on to what is missing on the other ones. As for links, I do not see the problem when pages like Tales of the World: Summoner's Lineage which has no external link except a simple blog, no references, no nothing and yet this page is still allowed to exist despite being less well put together than Tales of Commons which properly source everything and uses different websites rather than just sticking to the same. Leptitgay (talk) 19:38, 19 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
- You'll want to explain how it meets our notability standards, not how its like or unalike other random articles. Sergecross73 msg me 19:42, 19 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  I'm gonna have to compare it for this reply. Unlike other random articles, it and the other 4 mobile articles were covered by well-known respect and Japanese tech and gaming media like ITmedia, dengeki or Gaming Tech alongside official sources from the parent company. That's already 3 reliable sources. I am sorry but I will once again compare it to Tales Summoner Lineage which has nothing supporting it having its own page.
  
  https://dengekionline.com/data/news/2005/9/27/b147d1f6198573a00f8c38c4f6b18ca8.html
  
  https://www.itmedia.co.jp/mobile/spv/0509/27/news100.html
  
  https://game.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/20051122/toc.htm
  
  I have read the notability rules and this should be enough. I am of course open to other possibilities to improve the articles Leptitgay (talk) 20:40, 19 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
- You need to discuss how this article meets our standards, and it seems to me, from your words, that the more likely way to achieve success is to improve the main article. Stop talking about other articles. Drmies (talk) 19:44, 19 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. I added some references from the corresponding Japanese article. Bandai Namco has changed its web domain. I couldn't find Tales of Commons on the https://www.bandainamcoent.com/ Eastmain (talk • contribs) 20:26, 19 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Restore redirect Right now, highly lacking in WP:SIGCOV. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 07:27, 20 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect. It was more suitable as a redirect given its lower sigcov. MimirIsSmart (talk) 02:28, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Nabi Tajima

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Has been deleted twice through AfD's. As per the last AfD, nothing has changed. I'll quote JFG: "This person's only claim to notability was her advanced age. Her name and age are properly recorded in various tables, such as List of Japanese supercentenarians and List of the verified oldest people. Available sources do not cover her life and deeds in any noteworthy detail, and the article offers nothing more than trivia about other "recordholders", hence WP:NOPAGE applies." Onel5969 ^{TT me} 01:20, 20 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. As per previous Afds. WP:NOPAGE and WP:ANYBIO still apply: no substantive content to justify a stand-alone article, all pertinent information, DoB, DoD and age, is found in the List of verified oldest people. DerbyCountyinNZ ^{(Talk Contribs)} 01:33, 20 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete -- No new substantive sources since previous deletions. The minibio at the redirect already contains all the essential sourced information about her life. — JFG ^talk 15:24, 20 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Keep If this article doesn't stand as-is, then I don't think most of the other articles about supercentenarians do either. Being a record holder is notable, this article never should've never been deleted. Rylee Amelia (talk) 16:13, 20 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

WP:OTHERSTUFF applies. Your argument could equally be used as reasons to delete those articles. And exactly which "record" did/does she hold? She was the oldest living person, but that is a title not a record. She was the oldest Asian person ever, but where are the independent sources which recognise such a "record" (i.e. is there a list of such "record holders"?)? And is "Last living person born in the 19th century" a record or a title? DerbyCountyinNZ ^{(Talk Contribs)} 08:06, 21 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It is notable to be regarded as the final verified person to have been born in the 19th century and therefore this article should be preserved 2001:56A:7CFE:3000:C81:C60F:635C:8E64 (talk) 15:29, 23 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

No, it's not. It's a footnote, not notability. Onel5969 ^{TT me} 16:17, 23 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Freeky

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Non-notable single (song). It can be redirected to Ai Otsuka per WP:ATD. Mekomo (talk) 15:16, 19 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Redirect to Marble (EP): Not enough reliable sources to explain notability outside this subject. 🦅White-tailed eagle^{Talk to the eagle}Stalking eagle 17:03, 19 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
"Not enough relaible sources"? The news from the artist's official website about this release, an article by Billboard Japan about the digital release of this single, plus an interview in which it explains its creative process from the artists themselves, all seem pretty reliable to me. クラウデド (talk) 17:51, 19 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect Only one mention from Billboard Japan is not enough. The other sources are reliable, but it is by an interest third-party, in this case the artists and label. Need more independent sources. MarioSoulTruthFan (talk) 07:34, 20 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Motoki Imagawa

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Footballer with no usable sources and no good claim to notability. Someone tried to redirect it, but without any valid target. Geschichte (talk) 06:58, 19 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete – Fails in WP:GNG. Svartner (talk) 18:41, 19 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Delete - no evidence of notability. If sources are found which show significant coverage please ping me. Giant Snowman 20:11, 19 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Toshihiro Yahata

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Footballer with no usable sources and no good claim to notability. Someone tried to redirect it, but without any valid target. Geschichte (talk) 06:58, 19 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Strong delete The article cites no sources. Mikeycdiamond (talk) 11:37, 19 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete – The secondary sources provided on Japanese Wikipedia are just press release. ⋆｡˚꒰ঌ Clara A. Djalim ໒꒱˚｡⋆ 16:09, 19 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Delete - no evidence of notability. If sources are found which show significant coverage please ping me. Giant Snowman 20:10, 19 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Taiki Maekawa

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Footballer with no usable sources and no good claim to notability. Someone tried to redirect it, but without any valid target. Geschichte (talk) 06:58, 19 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete – Corresponding article on Japanese Wikipedia is just an unsourced dumping ground. ⋆｡˚꒰ঌ Clara A. Djalim ໒꒱˚｡⋆ 16:12, 19 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - Only made two cup appearances, the rest are all at a lower level. Fails GNG. RossEvans19 (talk) 18:04, 19 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Delete - no evidence of notability. If sources are found which show significant coverage please ping me. Giant Snowman 20:10, 19 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yōsuke Nishi

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Footballer with no usable sources and no good claim to notability. Someone tried to redirect it, but without any valid target. Geschichte (talk) 06:57, 19 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete – Corresponding article on Japanese Wikipedia only consists of one source that is a press release, and nothing else. ⋆｡˚꒰ঌ Clara A. Djalim ໒꒱˚｡⋆ 16:16, 19 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete – Fails in WP:GNG. Svartner (talk) 17:29, 19 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Delete - no evidence of notability. If sources are found which show significant coverage please ping me. Giant Snowman 20:10, 19 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Utsunomiya University Yoto Campus Station

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This is a railway station that appears to lack independent coverage. As best I can tell (not Japanese), most of the listed sources are either from the city of Utsunomiya itself or passing mentions that are actually covering Utsunomiya Light Rail as a whole. Per WP:NTRAINSTATION, this station doesn't appear to be notable on its own. This page should either be deleted or redirected to the rail system page linked above. Garsh (talk) 16:39, 17 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Redirect Along with several other stations for the reasons above. Please speedy close this AfD unless there is somehow a consensus to delete it instead of redirecting it back to the line article.

AlphaBetaGamma (Talk/report any mistakes here) 23:06, 17 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect to Utsunomiya Light Rail per above as ATD. Noting that this qualifies for G7 as Alpha was the only significant contributor and they have voted for redirection Jumpytoo Talk 16:45, 19 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to Utsunomiya Light Rail: Not notable on it's own. — Itzcuauhtli11 (talk) 19:26, 19 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Kin'unken

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I did my WP:BEFORE and am nominating it for deletion under the grounds of WP:N. It could barely find any sources in Japanese, and none in English. DankPedia (talk) 02:43, 14 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Comment: What's your assessment of the Japanese sources you found? MarioGom (talk) 22:33, 15 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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20th Kisei

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Insufficient independent in-depth sources to establish notability. The page is a record of a tournament, rather than an encyclopedia page. The contest has run since 1977, but there have been no individual pages since 2008. I've put some through PROD, but some have been dePRODed in 2008, 2010 & 2013 (22, 24 & 25). This one (20th) went to AfD in 2007. I am also nominating the following related pages for the same reason:

Blackballnz (talk) 09:42, 6 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Blackballnz: per WP:BEFORE, what is your assessment of the Japanese sources on various Kisei editions? MarioGom (talk) 21:56, 10 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for your comment. I don't read Japanese but would welcome the involvement of someone who does. Of the articles listed above, around half have no sources at all. The rest are sourced to links with similar tournament information, which could not be said to be independent. Many of these articles have no leads. When 20th Kisei went to AFD in 2007, editors said they would work to bring them up to standard. That as 18 years ago, and very little has changed. The articles above relate to the years 1977 - 2007. In recent years, there have been no articles, but all the winners are listed on Kisei (Go). Blackballnz (talk) 00:03, 12 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the answer. So note for the closer and other participants: someone should assess the existing sources WP:BEFORE deciding here. MarioGom (talk) 09:01, 12 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Comment. 23rd Kisei was prodded and deleted earlier this year. Eastmain (talk • contribs) 15:43, 13 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Merge the pages into Kisei (Go) under new sections. Redirect afterwards. SeaDragon1 (talk) 14:50, 16 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Merge all as suggested by SeaDragon1. It would be great if we can also merge the deleted article! Can be done by undelete. Probably the hard working PROD review team missed something this once. gidonb (talk) 18:28, 18 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Comment. As a Japanese speaker, I had a look at sources. I'm having a hard time finding reliable third-party coverage for the older kisei tournaments online, but I am finding a few news articles on the more recent ones (here's one for the 49th for example: https://www.asahi.com/articles/DA3S16178212.html). Even those are relatively rare though it seems. Erynamrod (talk) 19:13, 21 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

As a non-speaker of Japanese, I could see that the 49th Kisei was recognized as such. If we indeed go for a merge, the editions do not need to be individually notable. Only Kisei. The merged content would strengthen the article! gidonb (talk) 21:53, 21 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Kotaro Shimbara

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Subject does not quite pass WP:SPORTCRIT and a cursory search did not yield anything useful. Vanderwaalforces (talk) 16:41, 12 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Keep There is no indication that @Vanderwaalforces did even a cursory WP:BEFORE search in Japanese WP:NOENG or is competent enough in Japanese to do so. Just the first page of Japanese results include a full-length feature in Motorsport Magazine (which while partially an interview passes for notability), Auto Sport coverage of his Honda Racing School scholarship (also in Chinichi Shimbun), another full feature in JSport, along with regular coverage of his race results. DCsansei (talk) 04:44, 13 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@DCsansei Ah, I surely I’m not Japanese neither do I speak the language; so, thank you so much for pointing to those sources. I checked them, and the machine translations I used were pretty competent in giving me an English version; they, I mean all the sources your mentioned, do not contribute to adding a substance of notability for the subject. Winning a school championship does not count in itself at all, and having sources that either fail WP:INDEPENDENT or WP:SIGCOV do not help too. @JTtheOG thoughts? Vanderwaalforces (talk) 06:19, 13 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Absolutely none of the sources DCsansei provided fail WP:INDEPENDENT. You could, at most, class Auto Sport as WP:ROUTINE. MSport1005 (talk) 08:02, 13 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Oh no, the publications might not be directly connected to the subject, but those pieces from them clearly are. Vanderwaalforces (talk) 09:03, 13 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
"Those pieces from them clearly are" isn't a compelling argument. You're gonna need to try harder. MSport1005 (talk) 22:22, 13 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

As I mentioned, I only looked at the first page of results. Doing a competent WP:BEFORE is something nominators are expected to do, which you've stated you're unable to do in Japanese. DCsansei (talk) 11:01, 13 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Unless you both provide clear-cut GNG-sufficient sources to establish notability for the subject, then I am still very confident the subject does not meet the threshold. Vanderwaalforces (talk) 22:29, 13 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - This seems like a borderline case from a WP:GNG perspective, although Formula Four drivers are rarely notable. My suspicion is that this needs a thorough WP:BEFORE review from multiple people who can read Japanese to resolve the above dispute. HumanBodyPiloter5 (talk) 08:12, 15 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. No indication that a WP:BEFORE search was conducted in Japanese or that the nominator is competent enough in Japanese to do so. What DCsansei said is correct, and I agree with the statement made before

Thfeeder (talk) 04:56, 17 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Thfeeder I’m sorry, but your !vote is baseless in terms of policy as it applies to notability, which is what I am questioning in the first place. You’re telling me I do not have competence in Japanese but you’re not bringing any source to justify your stance. If you are competent, please bring the sources and let us evaluate, that is what AfD is about, not to caste aspersions indirectly. Vanderwaalforces (talk) 05:56, 17 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Draftify - I am going to mostly agree with HumanBodyPiloter5 here. It may well be borderline, but we are not at GNG on the sourcing presented so far. The reports that he will participate in FIA is routine announcements of the kind that every racer will get. These are not independent of the subject, because the announcement is not independent, regardless of who repeats it. It is technically primary news reporting, and also excluded on that basis. This can't be used to demonstrate notability on its own. If we accepted this then all F4 drivers would be automatically notable, and there is no consensus for that. So what we need are sources that independently cover the subject. It may also be WP:TOOSOON in that he is much more likely to be notable should he win races. Is there a suitable redirect target? If there is no suitable redirect, then I would suggest we draftify this new page (and this is my !vote for now). We have no evidence of notability, but we have at least the possibility that a deep search in Japanese searches will yield more, and also that he may do well and thus see more coverage. Equally, a very real possibility there are no better sources right now. But if the page creator of this new page can find sources, they could submit through AFC when they have been found. Sirfurboy🏄 (talk) 08:30, 17 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Draftify Seems new to the game and has not received significant coverage. May indeed be WP:TOOSOON. Ramos1990 (talk) 05:00, 19 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete: Probably too low in the "minor leagues" to gather much attention. I searched for .jp sources, they all appear to be blogs. This site [1], has coverage typical of this, but that's pretty much it. I don't see enough to show notability. Sources above are as explained. Oaktree b (talk) 13:50, 20 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Comment I continue to believe the GNG threshold is met for this article given the three separate sources I've provided. I'm also disappointed by the comment in the relist suggesting that a competent native-language WP:BEFORE is unnecessary. That would only make Wikipedia's systematic-bias problem worse. That said, if editors don't feel that the subject currently merits his own article, I suggest a merge to 2025 F4 Japanese Championship. DCsansei (talk) 05:40, 21 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Kiyoshi Umegaki

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Subject does not quite pass WP:SPORTCRIT and a cursory search did not yield anything useful. Vanderwaalforces (talk) 16:36, 12 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Keep No indication that a WP:BEFORE search was conducted in Japanese or that the nominator is competent enough in Japanese to do so. I see some significant coverage from Auto Sport and Chunichi for his win last week. I urge nominator to do a complete search in Japanese before nominating (or leave the nominating of Japanese articles to those who can evaluate Japanese sources). DCsansei (talk) 04:54, 13 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Again, I surely I’m not Japanese neither do I speak the language; so, thank you so much for pointing to those sources. I checked them, and the machine translations I used were pretty competent in giving me an English version; they, I mean all the sources your mentioned, do not contribute to adding a substance of notability for the subject. Do you mind pointing me to what point in WP:NMOTORSPORT does Umegaki pass? I’d appreciate it. Vanderwaalforces (talk) 06:27, 13 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

WP:NMOTORSPORT is a broad indicator of what's considered notable. It's not an exhaustive list and shall not be used as a disqualifier. WP:GNG matters. MSport1005 (talk) 08:10, 13 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

GNG is in fact not met here also. Do you remember what it says about independent reliable sources that covers the subject substantially? These three parameters need to be met for GNG to be satisfied, it isn’t the case here. Vanderwaalforces (talk) 09:01, 13 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

If you're unable to conduct a thorough WP:BEFORE search in Japanese, you're unable to make an early judgement on whether coverage exists. You've stated your case. Now please leave it to others. I'm waiting before casting a !vote for the same reason. MSport1005 (talk) 22:30, 13 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Comment, leaning delete unless further evidence of notability emerges - Seems like a possible case of WP:ONEEVENT, but I'd need to see evidence of a more thorough Japanese-language WP:BEFORE search before committing to a delete vote. I do, however, find it highly implausible that a driver at this stage of their career would meet the WP:GNG. Neither Formula Four nor Formula Regional are particularly high profile categories (I would personally consider them to be the fifth and sixth tiers of single-seater racing) and drivers who compete in them are rarely notable. HumanBodyPiloter5 (talk) 08:08, 15 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. No indication that a WP:BEFORE search was conducted in Japanese or that the nominator is competent enough in Japanese to do so. What DCsansei said is correct, and I agree with the statement made before. Thfeeder (talk) 04:55, 17 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thfeeder I’m sorry, but your !vote is baseless in terms of policy as it applies to notability, which is what I am questioning in the first place. You’re telling me I do not have competence in Japanese but you’re not bringing any source to justify your stance. If you are competent, please bring the sources and let us evaluate, that is what AfD is about, not to caste aspersions indirectly. Vanderwaalforces (talk) 05:58, 17 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Draftify. May be WP:TOOSOON. Not really notable from the sources in the article. Not enough for a stand alone article. Ramos1990 (talk) 05:03, 19 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Draftify per Ramos1990. Does not meet WP:GNG and at this early stage in their career, very unlikely a deep search in Japanese sources would yield anything. However the page is new, as is the career. If there is early success the sources could follow, so draftify or redirect are suitable WP:ATDs. Sirfurboy🏄 (talk) 08:24, 19 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Draftify. If Japanese editors think they can find sufficient coverage, or believe it will appear in the near future, they can work on it in draft. JoelleJay (talk) 03:33, 20 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Comment I continue to believe the GNG threshold is met for this article so my !vote is unchanged, and I continue to object to deletion where the nominator has not shown that they've completed a competent native-language WP:BEFORE. That said, if a consensus against keep develops, I suggest considering a merge to 2025 F4 Japanese Championship as an ATD. DCsansei (talk) 05:44, 21 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hokkaido Kaminokuni High School

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No apparent notability JustMakeTheAccount (talk) 11:40, 12 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - per nom. Upon search, the school does not seem to have reliable, secondary coverage. There is no real reason to presume the school is notable per WP:NSCHOOL or WP:GNG. Was PROD'd by @Alphabetagamma in August '24 but contested. WormEater13 (talk • contribs) 11:44, 12 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Delete per WP:NSCHOOL, seems to be a WP:ROTM high school without any notability. --hroest 20:17, 14 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

or redirect to Kaminokuni,_Hokkaido#Education. --hroest 20:18, 14 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect to Kaminokuni,_Hokkaido#Education. There is not much to work with in this article. Not every high school needs its own page. Ramos1990 (talk) 06:27, 19 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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1992 NHK Trophy

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Non-notable figure skating competition. I had redirected this article to NHK Trophy, but it was reverted. Recommend deletion or forced redirect. Bgsu98 (Talk) 15:26, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Redirect I could find nothing significant. Yoblyblob (Talk) :) 16:02, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Sports Kyoushitsu

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Fails WP:GNG. Other language wiki page has no sources that support notability. DonaldD23 talk to me 15:03, 7 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Keep - Longstanding (1961-2017) series broadcasted nationally on NHK. WP:NTVNATL. DCsansei (talk) 05:08, 13 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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