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The result was delete. MBisanz ^talk 01:15, 17 August 2016 (UTC) reply

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No significant coverage identified in reliable sources. To merge to Nakagin Capsule Tower as suggested would give WP:UNDUE weight, as there is no indication of the size of this individual's role: who knows how large the "senior management" was? Even to be useful as a redirect, there would need to be some evidence that this person is significant. — swpb ^T 17:53, 26 July 2016 (UTC) reply

• Redirect or merge and keep the bluelink. This person played a role in the Tower, so it may well be a search term. If a merge would place too much importance on what we can't source, then a redirect would preserve the article history and allow it to be spun out if someone wants to improve it later. Montanabw ^(talk) 22:19, 2 August 2016 (UTC) reply

Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. — swpb ^T 17:59, 26 July 2016 (UTC) reply

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Architecture-related deletion discussions. — swpb ^T 17:59, 26 July 2016 (UTC)} reply

• Redirect to Nakagin Capsule Tower. I couldn't figure out how to do a merge without creating an WP:UNDUE issue. ~ Kvng ( talk) 14:49, 5 August 2016 (UTC) reply
• Delete And please do not redirect or merge. There is not one reliable secondary source which proves that the subject is even linked to the Nakagin Capsule Tower. This is a failure of WP:V (forget notability) and we do not redirect if we cannot even verify. -- Lemongirl942 ( talk) 15:59, 8 August 2016 (UTC) reply

I would suggest that this documentary verifies the connection. ~ Kvng ( talk) 16:11, 8 August 2016 (UTC) reply

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Japan-related deletion discussions. Lemongirl942 ( talk) 16:00, 8 August 2016 (UTC) reply

There is no indication that the subject played a role in the building of the tower. We have a source [1] indicating that he was interviewed for this documentary. That is not equal to playing a major role in building the tower. In fact, I found this trailer of the documentary with a reasonably detailed summary and it doesn't mention the subject at all. So I don't see why we should keep a redirect. -- Lemongirl942 ( talk) 04:41, 13 August 2016 (UTC) reply

• Delete - I tried to find sources in Japanese, but whoever wrote this article seems to have put his name in backwards. I fixed it, but nothing I could find appeared to have anything to do with this particular Nobuo Abe. There is no Japanese WP article on him, he's not getting hits on the Japanese Nakagin article, he's not mentioned in any English article on the tower or the firm, and I'm going to also point out that he was ~31 years old when this project started, and thus highly unlikely to be considered for senior management at that age in a Japanese firm. I think someone is embellishing here, and without sources, there's nothing asserting notability. Also, just as an FYI, the editor who created this was blocked for copyvio. MSJapan ( talk) 05:23, 13 August 2016 (UTC) reply

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