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Kenji Tohira
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A Japanese racing driver. Page fails WP:SPORTCRIT and WP:GNG. Doesn't have much beyond when he was born and died, and some scores. BlakeIsHereStudios ( talk | contributions) 18:48, 26 April 2024 (UTC)
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- Delete for lack of viable press and statistical content other than subject's death. Ernesto Wong, another recently deceased sports figure, nominated for the same reasons. 💥Casualty • Hop along. • 21:21, 27 April 2024 (UTC)
Human-oriented sexualism
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COATRACK for fictosexuality, which is already itself a fringe topic with the article existing mainly as a massive advocacy page. In reality any sexuality peference that is directed at non-humans would almost certainly be regarded as a paraphilia in mainstream psychology, but these articles are built almost 100% without any actual clinical research, just opinion/"analysis" articles from dubious publications which seem intent on hijacking LGBT rethoric. The fictosexuality article may be fixed eventually with some work to reduce the obvious POV issues but I don't see how this article is anything but an undue weight spin-off. Both this an the main article have been created by the same editor, who very clearly seem to be a single purpose account which does nothing but link to these two articles and insert mentions of the subject in random pages. ★Trekker ( talk) 17:51, 25 April 2024 (UTC)
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- delete. this is fringe nonsense. ltb d l ( talk) 02:56, 26 April 2024 (UTC)
- Don't delete
- It's important to note that this article is a translation from Japanese, and there has been multiple research on this concept in Japanese, as indicated in the references. Academic research extends beyond clinical investigation to include philosophical or theoretical studies, which are not merely opinions. Furthermore, the sources for this article include peer-reviewed sociological qualitative research.
- Since this is an article about discrimination, it is not neutral to assume it is “hijacking LGBT rhetoric,” despite multiple academic studies available.
- Underestimating the research accumulation from non-English speaking countries is Western-centric. While the article of fictosexuality may display bias toward East Asian activist discourse, I believe this article is valuable as an informative piece on Japan.
Zuzz22 (
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- this is your second edit, the first being this fascinating edit to the article... ltb d l ( talk) 11:59, 26 April 2024 (UTC)
- No, this idea does not have wide mainstream research in Japan either. It's a frine concept that has gotten some mentions as a curiosity. Using Japanese Wikipedia to push obscure sexual ideas had sadly become a trend recently. I've seen several attempts at translating bad Japanese Wikipedia articles into English for paraphilias because the obvious reality is that most English speaking editors do not read Japanese, so as long as the source look good and the langauge seems academic most editors leave it. It's an attempt at trickery. ★Trekker ( talk) 15:32, 26 April 2024 (UTC)
- Delete (or maybe very limited merge?). This is claimed to be a term originating in the Japanese academic field of " fictosexuality studies". Oh dear. That seems to be a red link... Do we have any reason to believe that such a field even exists? So what about the term itself? I don't speak Japanese but Google Translate renders the Japanese article in a way that is shorter and more coherent than this one. Based on that translation, the subject of the article here is "anthropocentricism" (not Anthropocentrism) which it distinguishes from "interpersonalism". Google translates various phrases as "(thing) research" when it clearly means "research about (thing)", not actually intending to imply that it is a whole academic field or discipline. So, in addition to overstating its case, it is not even clear that the article is correctly named. I don't see a topic here in its own right. This seems like it is just fictosexuality being defined by its inverse. In my view this is already covered adequately in the fictosexuality article but I would not object to a very few sentences from this possibly getting merged there provided that they are well referenced. I wouldn't rule out very brief mentions in Heteronormativity and Amatonormativity provided that there are solid references to support inclusion in those specific places. Whatever we do, we must not be led astray by WP:OR, WP:SYNTH or dodgy translations. Most of all, we need to focus on what the Japanese academics actually say and avoid falling into western misinterpretations. -- DanielRigal ( talk) 14:13, 26 April 2024 (UTC)
- Keep or at very least merge. The topic has been studied in multiple scholarly sources, so it's hard for me to think that deletion would be appropriate. If the article is fringe and "advocacy" (which hasn't been proven), then it should be possible to find opposing sources and edit the content with opposing views to balance the coverage on the article. Until then, it can be marked as {{
fringe}} without needing to delete it. Because this topic is closely associated with
fictosexuality, I can also see a merge as a valid option. However, it's interesting that one of the allegations is a "would almost certainly be regarded as a paraphilia in mainstream psychology"; "would"? "almost certainly"? That doesn't seem to be an objective, concrete allegation — is it or not?
Skyshifter
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- The reason there is little critical coverage is that this very idea is so new (and frankly absurd) that no serious researchers have bothered to actually study the concept. It's pretty much 100% POV pushing "scholarly" sources from obscure blogs and low quality "journals". Way too many of Wikipedias articles on sexuality are just filled with borderline oppinion pieces from activists masquerading as soft science, and this and the fictosexuality articles are the worst offenders I think I've ever seen. This website has frankly become way too forgiving to advocacy pushing, even on LGBT topics (and I say this as a bisexual woman). ★Trekker ( talk) 15:32, 26 April 2024 (UTC)
- Also, why did you add back on Wikidata that fictosexuality is a sexual orientation when the wide consensus is that sexual orientations refer only to sexual preferences for gender/ sex of persons? It does not seem to me that that speaks to you being unbiased and objective on this subject. ★Trekker ( talk) 15:39, 26 April 2024 (UTC)
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- Keep. What leads you to perceive this article as "100% POV" relying on "low-quality "journals"? For instance, The Japan Sociological Society ( 日本社会学会) is Japan's largest academic society for the social sciences, and the Japanese Sociological Review is the top journal of sociology in Japan. The Institute for Gender Studies at Ochanomizu University is run by Japan's most prestigious women's university, and its peer-reviewed journal, Gender Studies, enjoys wide readership among gender researchers in Japan. The Japanese Association of Social Problems (日本社会病理学会) and the Japan Sociological Association for Social Analysis (日本社会分析学会) are members of the Japan Consortium for Sociological Society, comprising major sociological societies in Japan. These journals are evidently reliable sources. As far as I know, Kazuki Fujitaka (藤高和輝) is a well-known queer researcher in Japan who has published several academic books. Masahiro Yamada is a renowned sociologist who has researched Japan's declining birthrate. Given the assessments of these researchers, it would be unfair to dismiss this article as "just filled with borderline opinion pieces from activists masquerading as soft science" simply because the concept is unfamiliar to non-researchers. Certainly, there is room for further improvement in this article, but that should be addressed by making additions and corrections to the article. Considering Wikipedia's guidelines, I don't believe this article should be deleted.
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Gruebleener (
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- Those are little of what the article covers, it's not even clear that the translations here are accurate. Any of what they can say would be better said in the fictosexuality article, there is no independent notable subject here. ★Trekker ( talk) 21:33, 27 April 2024 (UTC)
List of Ultraman Blazar characters
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It does not seem like the characters of this show are discussed in any reliable sources individually or as a group. This article uses primary sources exclusively, and I could not find any good sources in my BEFORE check. The one interwiki link also had little of use. QuicoleJR ( talk) 21:52, 25 April 2024 (UTC)
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- Delete. No evidence that this needs to be created. Several character creations also show that all of those aren't reliable also and have been sourced primarily. 🥒
Greenish Pickle!🥒 (
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- Reject: This article wre under copyright law.
Harimua Thailand (
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- UNO REVERSE. 🥒 Greenish Pickle!🥒 ( 🔔) 06:13, 26 April 2024 (UTC)
- Reject: This article wre under copyright law.
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EcoCute (Japan)
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This is a recreation/fork of EcoCute (old revision link) at a new title with unnecessary disambiguation. The outcome at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/EcoCute in February was to merge it to Air source heat pump. They should be re-merged absent a changed consensus to split the content back out into its own article, such as via a WP:SPLIT discussion or WP:DRV. SilverLocust 💬 18:26, 25 April 2024 (UTC)
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- Comment We just did this one and it's back again. !Merge as suggested less than 6mths ago. Oaktree b ( talk) 19:47, 25 April 2024 (UTC)
- I mentioned my position/opinion is on Talk:EcoCute (Japan), please refer.-- Namazu-tron ( talk) 07:01, 26 April 2024 (UTC)
Shibata Takumi (fund manager)
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Reviewed during NPP. No evidence of wp:notability under GNG or SNG. Basic business person resume/CV. Of the 4 references, 3 are brief appointment announcements and one is a brief database type description. North8000 ( talk) 15:27, 23 April 2024 (UTC)
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Schwein
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Relisting as previous nomination did not attract any comment and soft deletion was not applicable. Non-notable band that only lasted one year; no sources found in English or German. Sources in Japanese linked on the page do not show WP:SIGCOV. Broc ( talk) 14:41, 23 April 2024 (UTC)
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- I believe the article should stay up. Per Wikipedia:Notability (music), point 6, the group consists of several independently notable musicians. Weiqwbo ( talk) 14:13, 28 April 2024 (UTC)
Katsunori Iketani
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fails general notability guideline. current sources in article are databases. search only finds other databases and this, which spells his name 2 different ways...? ltb d l ( talk) 07:18, 23 April 2024 (UTC)
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- Weak keep Weak because article creator or editors could've done more such as add results rather than leave it a single sentence stub article. Japanese Wikipedia hints that he may was a driver of a national level but like this, does not provide context too. Digging further, looking at his result database on JAF ( source), he may as well pass criteria 4 of WP:NMOTORSPORT as he had some sucesses in top level national racing. A selection of highlights in his career as below.
- A class win at the 1995 All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship
- A top 5 season finish at the 1996 All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship
- Throughout that decade, he made consistent appearances.
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SpacedFarmer (
talk) 10:22, 26 April 2024 (UTC)
- Yet the Japanese article has the same sources as the English one – the article can't be kept on race results alone, there needs to be some independent, substantive coverage. 5225C ( talk • contributions) 02:28, 27 April 2024 (UTC)
Do You Like Horny Bunnies?
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fails general notability guideline. ltb d l ( talk) 13:17, 22 April 2024 (UTC)
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- Keep Passes GNG with two sources; they might be hard copy, but they help the article pass, and there are surely digital sources out there easily. Nate • ( chatter) 17:52, 22 April 2024 (UTC)
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- Delete The above analysis is in error: both print sources in the article are WP:TRIVIAL mentions of the title in a listed example of adult games, they fall clearly short of WP:SIGCOV and do not establish WP:GNG. Without doing a WP:BEFORE, stating digital sources out there might establish notability is a WP:SOURCESMUSTEXIST argument. I have looked on WP:VG/SE and the Internet Archive and could only find a situational source review from Jason Venter of Honest Gamers here. One review is not enough coverage to substantiate notability. Maybe there's much more in terms of WP:NONENG sources out there. As ever, happy to change my view if more reliable coverage is found. ＶＲＸＣＥＳ ( talk) 22:38, 22 April 2024 (UTC)
- Comment - Both the game and its sequel got reviews from Absolute Games (review for 1 here, 2 here). Waxworker ( talk) 02:08, 23 April 2024 (UTC)
- Delete The WIRED article and book excerpt are not actually about the game, but about eroge in general, and mention the game trivially. One Absolute Games review is not going to cut the mustard. MobyGames only lists said review and Animetric, and I am unsure of the reliability of the latter. An Internet Archive search also had only trivial mentions. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ ( ᴛ) 09:24, 23 April 2024 (UTC)
- Delete per above. 🥒 Greenish Pickle!🥒 ( 🔔) 07:50, 24 April 2024 (UTC)
- Delete per Vrxces's statement. MKsLifeInANutshell ( talk) 14:34, 24 April 2024 (UTC)
- Redirect to ZyX (brand) the developer as ATD. Jumpytoo Talk 05:23, 26 April 2024 (UTC)
Rina Yasutake
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Reviewed during NPP. Combination of wp Notability events and wp:not news. Story of a lady who died and the family kept the body in the house. Two of the three sources were the news reports on it the third says that is is providing the Wikipedia data on the topic. Tagged by others for sources and notability since December. North8000 ( talk) 17:56, 22 April 2024 (UTC)
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- Comment: Should really be an article about the "death of Rina Yasutake". As a person, she isn't notable, the circumstances surrounding her demise seem to be, there are at least 4 BBC stories that pop up in Gnews and some in other news outlets... But I'm not really sure that is enough for an article. Oaktree b ( talk) 00:06, 23 April 2024 (UTC)
- Comment. Even if you changed it to an article about her death, one could argue that all the family members are living persons and are thus entitled to WP:BLP protections. Cielquiparle ( talk) 13:50, 23 April 2024 (UTC)
- Delete: No notability for the person, the events surrounding her demise could perhaps be written NPOV, but I don't see enough sourcing to do so. A story could be told I suppose. Oaktree b ( talk) 20:19, 24 April 2024 (UTC)
- Delete Non-notable death, not heard of it until this AfD.
- SpacedFarmer ( talk) 15:08, 26 April 2024 (UTC)
Consulate General of the United Kingdom, Osaka
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Consular office lacking sufficient secondary sources to meet WP:GNG and WP:ORGCRIT. AusLondonder ( talk) 07:12, 21 April 2024 (UTC)
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- Keep or merge'. There is plenty of encyclopaedic information in this article that shouldn't be just thrown away. If additional secondary sources can't be found (remember some are likely to be in Japanese and/or predate Google) then it should be merged to a broader article, maybe Japan-United Kingdom relations. Thryduulf ( talk) 13:03, 22 April 2024 (UTC)
- Delete Fails GNG and WP:ORG. Any relevant material should be in Japan–United Kingdom relations. LibStar ( talk) 05:58, 24 April 2024 (UTC)
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ✗ plicit 12:13, 28 April 2024 (UTC)- Merge with Japan–United Kingdom relations. Not enough notability for a full page. BlakeIsHereStudios ( talk | contributions) 12:36, 28 April 2024 (UTC)
Panasonic Connect
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Deprod by @ MSMST1543:. There are lots of press releases available, with announcements similar to what's already cited, but nothing in-depth about the company itself. I do not believe this article would be able to meet WP:NCORP. Alpha3031 ( t • c) 14:31, 13 April 2024 (UTC)
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Kenji Tohira
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A Japanese racing driver. Page fails WP:SPORTCRIT and WP:GNG. Doesn't have much beyond when he was born and died, and some scores. BlakeIsHereStudios ( talk | contributions) 18:48, 26 April 2024 (UTC)
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- Delete for lack of viable press and statistical content other than subject's death. Ernesto Wong, another recently deceased sports figure, nominated for the same reasons. 💥Casualty • Hop along. • 21:21, 27 April 2024 (UTC)
Human-oriented sexualism
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COATRACK for fictosexuality, which is already itself a fringe topic with the article existing mainly as a massive advocacy page. In reality any sexuality peference that is directed at non-humans would almost certainly be regarded as a paraphilia in mainstream psychology, but these articles are built almost 100% without any actual clinical research, just opinion/"analysis" articles from dubious publications which seem intent on hijacking LGBT rethoric. The fictosexuality article may be fixed eventually with some work to reduce the obvious POV issues but I don't see how this article is anything but an undue weight spin-off. Both this an the main article have been created by the same editor, who very clearly seem to be a single purpose account which does nothing but link to these two articles and insert mentions of the subject in random pages. ★Trekker ( talk) 17:51, 25 April 2024 (UTC)
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- delete. this is fringe nonsense. ltb d l ( talk) 02:56, 26 April 2024 (UTC)
- Don't delete
- It's important to note that this article is a translation from Japanese, and there has been multiple research on this concept in Japanese, as indicated in the references. Academic research extends beyond clinical investigation to include philosophical or theoretical studies, which are not merely opinions. Furthermore, the sources for this article include peer-reviewed sociological qualitative research.
- Since this is an article about discrimination, it is not neutral to assume it is “hijacking LGBT rhetoric,” despite multiple academic studies available.
- Underestimating the research accumulation from non-English speaking countries is Western-centric. While the article of fictosexuality may display bias toward East Asian activist discourse, I believe this article is valuable as an informative piece on Japan.
Zuzz22 (
talk) 09:06, 26 April 2024 (UTC)
- this is your second edit, the first being this fascinating edit to the article... ltb d l ( talk) 11:59, 26 April 2024 (UTC)
- No, this idea does not have wide mainstream research in Japan either. It's a frine concept that has gotten some mentions as a curiosity. Using Japanese Wikipedia to push obscure sexual ideas had sadly become a trend recently. I've seen several attempts at translating bad Japanese Wikipedia articles into English for paraphilias because the obvious reality is that most English speaking editors do not read Japanese, so as long as the source look good and the langauge seems academic most editors leave it. It's an attempt at trickery. ★Trekker ( talk) 15:32, 26 April 2024 (UTC)
- Delete (or maybe very limited merge?). This is claimed to be a term originating in the Japanese academic field of " fictosexuality studies". Oh dear. That seems to be a red link... Do we have any reason to believe that such a field even exists? So what about the term itself? I don't speak Japanese but Google Translate renders the Japanese article in a way that is shorter and more coherent than this one. Based on that translation, the subject of the article here is "anthropocentricism" (not Anthropocentrism) which it distinguishes from "interpersonalism". Google translates various phrases as "(thing) research" when it clearly means "research about (thing)", not actually intending to imply that it is a whole academic field or discipline. So, in addition to overstating its case, it is not even clear that the article is correctly named. I don't see a topic here in its own right. This seems like it is just fictosexuality being defined by its inverse. In my view this is already covered adequately in the fictosexuality article but I would not object to a very few sentences from this possibly getting merged there provided that they are well referenced. I wouldn't rule out very brief mentions in Heteronormativity and Amatonormativity provided that there are solid references to support inclusion in those specific places. Whatever we do, we must not be led astray by WP:OR, WP:SYNTH or dodgy translations. Most of all, we need to focus on what the Japanese academics actually say and avoid falling into western misinterpretations. -- DanielRigal ( talk) 14:13, 26 April 2024 (UTC)
- Keep or at very least merge. The topic has been studied in multiple scholarly sources, so it's hard for me to think that deletion would be appropriate. If the article is fringe and "advocacy" (which hasn't been proven), then it should be possible to find opposing sources and edit the content with opposing views to balance the coverage on the article. Until then, it can be marked as {{
fringe}} without needing to delete it. Because this topic is closely associated with
fictosexuality, I can also see a merge as a valid option. However, it's interesting that one of the allegations is a "would almost certainly be regarded as a paraphilia in mainstream psychology"; "would"? "almost certainly"? That doesn't seem to be an objective, concrete allegation — is it or not?
Skyshifter
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- The reason there is little critical coverage is that this very idea is so new (and frankly absurd) that no serious researchers have bothered to actually study the concept. It's pretty much 100% POV pushing "scholarly" sources from obscure blogs and low quality "journals". Way too many of Wikipedias articles on sexuality are just filled with borderline oppinion pieces from activists masquerading as soft science, and this and the fictosexuality articles are the worst offenders I think I've ever seen. This website has frankly become way too forgiving to advocacy pushing, even on LGBT topics (and I say this as a bisexual woman). ★Trekker ( talk) 15:32, 26 April 2024 (UTC)
- Also, why did you add back on Wikidata that fictosexuality is a sexual orientation when the wide consensus is that sexual orientations refer only to sexual preferences for gender/ sex of persons? It does not seem to me that that speaks to you being unbiased and objective on this subject. ★Trekker ( talk) 15:39, 26 April 2024 (UTC)
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- Keep. What leads you to perceive this article as "100% POV" relying on "low-quality "journals"? For instance, The Japan Sociological Society ( 日本社会学会) is Japan's largest academic society for the social sciences, and the Japanese Sociological Review is the top journal of sociology in Japan. The Institute for Gender Studies at Ochanomizu University is run by Japan's most prestigious women's university, and its peer-reviewed journal, Gender Studies, enjoys wide readership among gender researchers in Japan. The Japanese Association of Social Problems (日本社会病理学会) and the Japan Sociological Association for Social Analysis (日本社会分析学会) are members of the Japan Consortium for Sociological Society, comprising major sociological societies in Japan. These journals are evidently reliable sources. As far as I know, Kazuki Fujitaka (藤高和輝) is a well-known queer researcher in Japan who has published several academic books. Masahiro Yamada is a renowned sociologist who has researched Japan's declining birthrate. Given the assessments of these researchers, it would be unfair to dismiss this article as "just filled with borderline opinion pieces from activists masquerading as soft science" simply because the concept is unfamiliar to non-researchers. Certainly, there is room for further improvement in this article, but that should be addressed by making additions and corrections to the article. Considering Wikipedia's guidelines, I don't believe this article should be deleted.
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Gruebleener (
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- Those are little of what the article covers, it's not even clear that the translations here are accurate. Any of what they can say would be better said in the fictosexuality article, there is no independent notable subject here. ★Trekker ( talk) 21:33, 27 April 2024 (UTC)
List of Ultraman Blazar characters
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It does not seem like the characters of this show are discussed in any reliable sources individually or as a group. This article uses primary sources exclusively, and I could not find any good sources in my BEFORE check. The one interwiki link also had little of use. QuicoleJR ( talk) 21:52, 25 April 2024 (UTC)
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- Delete. No evidence that this needs to be created. Several character creations also show that all of those aren't reliable also and have been sourced primarily. 🥒
Greenish Pickle!🥒 (
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- Reject: This article wre under copyright law.
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- UNO REVERSE. 🥒 Greenish Pickle!🥒 ( 🔔) 06:13, 26 April 2024 (UTC)
- Reject: This article wre under copyright law.
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EcoCute (Japan)
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This is a recreation/fork of EcoCute (old revision link) at a new title with unnecessary disambiguation. The outcome at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/EcoCute in February was to merge it to Air source heat pump. They should be re-merged absent a changed consensus to split the content back out into its own article, such as via a WP:SPLIT discussion or WP:DRV. SilverLocust 💬 18:26, 25 April 2024 (UTC)
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- Comment We just did this one and it's back again. !Merge as suggested less than 6mths ago. Oaktree b ( talk) 19:47, 25 April 2024 (UTC)
- I mentioned my position/opinion is on Talk:EcoCute (Japan), please refer.-- Namazu-tron ( talk) 07:01, 26 April 2024 (UTC)
Shibata Takumi (fund manager)
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Reviewed during NPP. No evidence of wp:notability under GNG or SNG. Basic business person resume/CV. Of the 4 references, 3 are brief appointment announcements and one is a brief database type description. North8000 ( talk) 15:27, 23 April 2024 (UTC)
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Schwein
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Relisting as previous nomination did not attract any comment and soft deletion was not applicable. Non-notable band that only lasted one year; no sources found in English or German. Sources in Japanese linked on the page do not show WP:SIGCOV. Broc ( talk) 14:41, 23 April 2024 (UTC)
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- I believe the article should stay up. Per Wikipedia:Notability (music), point 6, the group consists of several independently notable musicians. Weiqwbo ( talk) 14:13, 28 April 2024 (UTC)
Katsunori Iketani
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fails general notability guideline. current sources in article are databases. search only finds other databases and this, which spells his name 2 different ways...? ltb d l ( talk) 07:18, 23 April 2024 (UTC)
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- Weak keep Weak because article creator or editors could've done more such as add results rather than leave it a single sentence stub article. Japanese Wikipedia hints that he may was a driver of a national level but like this, does not provide context too. Digging further, looking at his result database on JAF ( source), he may as well pass criteria 4 of WP:NMOTORSPORT as he had some sucesses in top level national racing. A selection of highlights in his career as below.
- A class win at the 1995 All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship
- A top 5 season finish at the 1996 All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship
- Throughout that decade, he made consistent appearances.
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SpacedFarmer (
talk) 10:22, 26 April 2024 (UTC)
- Yet the Japanese article has the same sources as the English one – the article can't be kept on race results alone, there needs to be some independent, substantive coverage. 5225C ( talk • contributions) 02:28, 27 April 2024 (UTC)
Do You Like Horny Bunnies?
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fails general notability guideline. ltb d l ( talk) 13:17, 22 April 2024 (UTC)
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- Keep Passes GNG with two sources; they might be hard copy, but they help the article pass, and there are surely digital sources out there easily. Nate • ( chatter) 17:52, 22 April 2024 (UTC)
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- Delete The above analysis is in error: both print sources in the article are WP:TRIVIAL mentions of the title in a listed example of adult games, they fall clearly short of WP:SIGCOV and do not establish WP:GNG. Without doing a WP:BEFORE, stating digital sources out there might establish notability is a WP:SOURCESMUSTEXIST argument. I have looked on WP:VG/SE and the Internet Archive and could only find a situational source review from Jason Venter of Honest Gamers here. One review is not enough coverage to substantiate notability. Maybe there's much more in terms of WP:NONENG sources out there. As ever, happy to change my view if more reliable coverage is found. ＶＲＸＣＥＳ ( talk) 22:38, 22 April 2024 (UTC)
- Comment - Both the game and its sequel got reviews from Absolute Games (review for 1 here, 2 here). Waxworker ( talk) 02:08, 23 April 2024 (UTC)
- Delete The WIRED article and book excerpt are not actually about the game, but about eroge in general, and mention the game trivially. One Absolute Games review is not going to cut the mustard. MobyGames only lists said review and Animetric, and I am unsure of the reliability of the latter. An Internet Archive search also had only trivial mentions. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ ( ᴛ) 09:24, 23 April 2024 (UTC)
- Delete per above. 🥒 Greenish Pickle!🥒 ( 🔔) 07:50, 24 April 2024 (UTC)
- Delete per Vrxces's statement. MKsLifeInANutshell ( talk) 14:34, 24 April 2024 (UTC)
- Redirect to ZyX (brand) the developer as ATD. Jumpytoo Talk 05:23, 26 April 2024 (UTC)
Rina Yasutake
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Reviewed during NPP. Combination of wp Notability events and wp:not news. Story of a lady who died and the family kept the body in the house. Two of the three sources were the news reports on it the third says that is is providing the Wikipedia data on the topic. Tagged by others for sources and notability since December. North8000 ( talk) 17:56, 22 April 2024 (UTC)
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- Comment: Should really be an article about the "death of Rina Yasutake". As a person, she isn't notable, the circumstances surrounding her demise seem to be, there are at least 4 BBC stories that pop up in Gnews and some in other news outlets... But I'm not really sure that is enough for an article. Oaktree b ( talk) 00:06, 23 April 2024 (UTC)
- Comment. Even if you changed it to an article about her death, one could argue that all the family members are living persons and are thus entitled to WP:BLP protections. Cielquiparle ( talk) 13:50, 23 April 2024 (UTC)
- Delete: No notability for the person, the events surrounding her demise could perhaps be written NPOV, but I don't see enough sourcing to do so. A story could be told I suppose. Oaktree b ( talk) 20:19, 24 April 2024 (UTC)
- Delete Non-notable death, not heard of it until this AfD.
- SpacedFarmer ( talk) 15:08, 26 April 2024 (UTC)
Consulate General of the United Kingdom, Osaka
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Consular office lacking sufficient secondary sources to meet WP:GNG and WP:ORGCRIT. AusLondonder ( talk) 07:12, 21 April 2024 (UTC)
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- Keep or merge'. There is plenty of encyclopaedic information in this article that shouldn't be just thrown away. If additional secondary sources can't be found (remember some are likely to be in Japanese and/or predate Google) then it should be merged to a broader article, maybe Japan-United Kingdom relations. Thryduulf ( talk) 13:03, 22 April 2024 (UTC)
- Delete Fails GNG and WP:ORG. Any relevant material should be in Japan–United Kingdom relations. LibStar ( talk) 05:58, 24 April 2024 (UTC)
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ✗ plicit 12:13, 28 April 2024 (UTC)- Merge with Japan–United Kingdom relations. Not enough notability for a full page. BlakeIsHereStudios ( talk | contributions) 12:36, 28 April 2024 (UTC)
Panasonic Connect
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Deprod by @ MSMST1543:. There are lots of press releases available, with announcements similar to what's already cited, but nothing in-depth about the company itself. I do not believe this article would be able to meet WP:NCORP. Alpha3031 ( t • c) 14:31, 13 April 2024 (UTC)
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