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Kyoya Yamada

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Kyoya Yamada has recently retired (https://www.fagiano-okayama.com/news/202412281600/), and so with four J2 appearances, unfortunately fails GNG RossEvans19 (talk) 02:34, 9 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: Might be coverage in JP sources, but I can't find any coverage we can use, not much of anything really. Does not meet notability. The one link used now in the article isn't enough. Oaktree b (talk) 02:43, 9 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Keep see Asahi Shimbun, Mainichi Shimbun and probably the bunch of coverage from Sanyo Shimbun and I suggest a translation of ja:山田恭也 (I don't know football). Warm Regards, Miminity (Talk?) (me contribs) 06:56, 9 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Keep – Per sources presented by Miminity. Svartner (talk) 18:35, 9 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per sources above which (AGF) appear to show notability. Giant Snowman 18:37, 9 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Comment I'm glad I thought to Afd this as I was unsure if this was notable. Will add these sources when I get a moment. Thank you to Miminity for the sources! User:RossEvans19 talk 20:48, 9 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Imakuni?

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Very few sources exist actually covering this guy. The article's in a weird spot where he's technically a mascot/fictional character yet also a real person. Coverage on him is sparse regardless. In English there's very little on him in Books, News, and Scholar in the way of SIGCOV, and even in Japanese it's primarily just announcements of collaborations or promotional articles and the like. The current article is primarily subsisting on trivial mentions and primary sources, with little in the way of actual notability. A potential AtD could potentially be a merge to List of Pokémon characters, but I'm admittedly unsure given his unique status. Magneton Considerer: Pokelego999 (Talk) (Contribs) 01:31, 9 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Redirect and/or merge to said list. He seems to be extremely niche and GNG-failing, based on the sources present. Heavy case of WP:FANCRUFT. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 03:01, 9 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect per Piotrus. Fails the WP:GNG. Shooterwalker (talk) 19:01, 9 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Genlin

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Highly promotional and of very questionable notability over a WP:SUSTAINED period. Amigao (talk) 03:22, 8 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Keep Agree that the article as written seems quite promotional in tone, and it seems there might possible be conflict on interest concerns, but those are both things to be fixed through editing, not AfD nominations. If you want to go through and reword all the promotional parts, have at it. There seems to be more than enough coverage to establish notability though (some sources aren’t great, but there are enough that are to establish notability). As for WP:SUSTAINED arguments… I see sources from 2016 - 2024 so I can’t see how it applies here? Absurdum4242 (talk) 16:43, 8 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Break a Spell

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Fails GNG and WP:NMG, recommend redirect to Mami_Kawada#2013–16:_Parablepsia Emm90 (talk) 03:56, 8 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete It doesn't make sense for this to exist, and it doesn't even have any references. 190.219.101.169 (talk) 05:46, 9 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete I've checked the jawiki version to see if the article can be saved by translation, but yeah, no luck. ABG (Talk/Report any mistakes here) 06:44, 9 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

美州

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Meets neither WP:DAB nor WP:NONENGLISHTITLE requirements. Bastun^{Ėġáḍβáś₮ŭŃ!} 17:50, 6 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Comment: Related AfD: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/神戸駅. Cunard (talk) 12:41, 8 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Keep as per the explanations given by @Adumbrativusand @KylieTastic on the Related AfD:Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/神戸駅. - Adumbrativus makes an excellent point re this disambiguation being necessary specifically because it’s impossible to pick which English version to use - it is specifically disambiguating different spellings in “English” (romaji really) of the same kanji, and Kylietastic shows that many disambiguation pages of this type exist - enough for an entirely seperate category to be appropriate Absurdum4242 (talk) 16:23, 8 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I lean delete. I appreciate the friendly citation to my comments on the other AFD; I think this case is more difficult. The connection between the search term and the targets is a bit thin. The disambiguation page currently says that 美州 is abbreviation for the two blue links, Mino Province and Mimasaka Province. According to the corresponding Japanese Wikipedia pages, ja:美濃国 and ja:美作国, their usual abbreviated names are 濃州 and 作州 respectively, while the alternative 美州 wouldn't distinguish them well. I don't know how accurate that information is, as I'm not familiar with these topics and not sure where to verify any of this. It's believable, at least. Overall a non-English term for a disfavored abbreviation starts to sound pretty obscure. Adumbrativus (talk) 08:26, 9 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

神戸駅

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Does not meet WP:NONENGLISHTITLE requirements. Bastun^{Ėġáḍβáś₮ŭŃ!} 17:53, 6 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Keep. See Category:Disambiguation pages with Chinese character titles and Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/板橋 (keep). This exists for the same reason that redirects in languages other than English exist. Adumbrativus (talk) 11:55, 7 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
What am I missing here, Adumbrativus? Wikipedia:Redirects in languages other than English states Redirects from other languages should generally be avoided unless a well-grounded rationale can be provided for their inclusion. Bastun^{Ėġáḍβáś₮ŭŃ!} 15:53, 7 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, I'm happy to elaborate. The non-English term is closely connected with the targets, as it is the name in the native language. When there is only topic, or a single primary topic, such a redirect is proper and at RFD would be kept; when there is no clear primary topic, a disambiguation page is similarly proper for navigation. When possible we would redirect to a disambiguation page with a Roman alphabet title, but here no such title is adequate because the same characters have multiple dissimilar readings (Godo (Gunma), Kambe, and Kobe Station). Picking one to be the title would be confusing when one isn't primary and isn't a majority of the entries being disambiguated. Adumbrativus (talk) 20:36, 7 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Keep I would consider this established behaviour and see nothing in WP:NONENGLISHTITLE that directly applies which points to WP:ENGLISH that says Redirects from native and other historically relevant names are encouraged. If there was one target it would be a valid redirect per than, and a disambiguation page is just an extension to the logic. See Category:Disambiguation pages with Chinese character titles and Category:Disambiguation pages with Hangul titles. If we were to change this I think a wider discussion would be needed. KylieTastic (talk) 15:13, 7 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: Related AfD: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/美州. Cunard (talk) 12:42, 8 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Keep as per the explanations given by @Adumbrativusand @KylieTastic - Adumbrativus makes an excellent point re this disambiguation being necessary specifically because it’s impossible to pick which English version to use, and Kylietastic shows that many disambiguation pages of this type exist - enough for an entirely seperate category to be appropriate Absurdum4242 (talk) 16:23, 8 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per Adumbrativus and KylieTastic. See also WP:RLOTE, which gives the standards usually applied to non-English redirects. If this title weren't ambiguous, it would be worth keeping as a redirect; because it is ambiguous, a disambiguation page makes sense. —Mx. Granger (talk · contribs) 03:48, 9 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Genki Ishisaka

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Previously deleted at AFD. Doesn't meet WP:SPORTCRIT or WP:GNG this time either. Japanese Wikipedia only contains primary sources, a squad list and a blog piece. Creator is globally locked. Geschichte (talk) 08:05, 6 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete – Fails in WP:GNG. Svartner (talk) 14:16, 6 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Delete and SALT - no evidence of notability. If sources are found which show significant coverage please ping me. Giant Snowman 20:50, 6 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Mikihito Arai

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Restored after a previous PROD deletion. Still no evidence of a WP:GNG pass. In my own searches, I found Gekisaka and Ameba, but neither of these are sufficient. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 13:24, 5 January 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 14:32, 5 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Kingsley Kobayashi

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All the sources Fail Wikipedia general Notability guidelines. The first source is an interview with an unreliable blog, the second source cannot be verified though from the URL, it is also an unreliable blog. The third source is the subject's website. The fifth source is a puff piece and the last source is also the subject's website Ibjaja055 (talk) 20:59, 4 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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This is pretty close to containing no assertion of notability at all so far. Dekimasuよ! 02:57, 5 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Go ahead, delete it. ONLY YOU nominated all my articles, why did you omit the ones I wrote on journalism in Nigeria? please add it and delete that too. you are enemy of progress. I have nothing to gain or earn writing articles for Wikipedia. It's out of share love for reading and writing. Your malicious intents to discourage me and prospective writers is noted. you can go ahead in your evil enterprise. delete the article, there is no trophy to be won in writing articles on Wikipedia. I have nothing to gain, so please your evil conscience, delete IT. Akowe1975 (talk) 11:55, 5 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: More crypto nonsense, nothing for notability that I can find in any sources. The one source Vanguard used in the article isn't enough. Oaktree b (talk) 18:35, 6 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: No reliable secondary sourcing to prove notability under WP:ANYBIO. One of the only sources that might be argued as "credible", from The Guardian (Nigeria), sounds a lot like ChatGPT: "In a world where business extends beyond profit, Kingsley Kobayashi’s journey exemplifies a commitment to societal well-being and a vision for a brighter, more inclusive future". I believe Brown envelope journalism might be at play here, a practice heavily entrenched in Newspapers published in Nigeria.Mamani1990 (talk) 21:01, 7 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete for lack of significant coverage. In 2025, everyone knows the problems that Wikipedia has had with its sources. There are lots of Nigerian politicians, entertainers, and entrepreneurs who are notable, but they get into reliable sources without any payola or selling crypto. If your defense of this article is practically a quote out of WP:GRIEF, then you are not winning. Bearian (talk) 04:22, 8 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

So Kataoka

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Unsourced BLP article of an athlete on Rockdale Ilinden FC that has incomplete sections. A google search yields no indication of notability. For the record, there may be a COI issue here as Tp767, who created the Thomas Petrovski article, has several edits here. KnowledgeIsPower9281 (talk) 16:14, 4 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

For the record, while I am not yet nominating them for deletion, other possibly non-notable athletes on Rockdale Ilinden FC have poorly sourced articles or articles that are otherwise in bad shape that use excessive primary sources, including but not limited to Mathieu Cordier, Blake Ricciuto (decent shape but lots of unsourced info), Ricardo Rizzo, Bai Antoniou, and Alec Urosevski (decent shape but lots of primary sources). KnowledgeIsPower9281 (talk) 16:32, 4 January 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 10:41, 5 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete – Fails in WP:GNG. Svartner (talk) 17:41, 5 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Keitaro Koga

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Retired in 2014 after 7 appearances in J3, unfortunately fails GNG RossEvans19 (talk) 12:54, 4 January 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 19:37, 4 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Creator is globally locked. Geschichte (talk) 22:33, 4 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete – Fails in WP:GNG. Svartner (talk) 17:41, 5 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: No evidence of notability for GNG. CNC (talk) 21:03, 7 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hiroya Iwakabe

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Poorly sourced BLP with no claim to notability. I found Gekisaka and Ameba, but these count for little more than database sources. No evidence of having the significant coverage for WP:GNG and doesn't seem to have kicked a ball since 2017. Japanese Wikipedia has nothing to offer. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 12:39, 4 January 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 13:50, 4 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. I'm glad more people are looking into the heap of Japanese football substubs. Geschichte (talk) 22:35, 4 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete – Fails in WP:GNG. Svartner (talk) 17:42, 5 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete This seems to obviously fail notability. Absurdum4242 (talk) 15:49, 7 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: No reliable sources, fails GNG. CNC (talk) 21:02, 7 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Tomoki Kamioka

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Fails GNG - has not played since 2016 RossEvans19 (talk) 12:24, 4 January 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 13:50, 4 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Not worth a 7 day discussion. Geschichte (talk) 22:36, 4 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete – Fails in WP:GNG. Svartner (talk) 17:42, 5 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: Nothing notable about this player per GNG. CNC (talk) 21:01, 7 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

BitFlyer

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Bloomberg and other kind of good sources have only passing mentions of the subject. The available coverage is insufficient to meet WP:CORPDEPTH. Finmagnets and other sources are press releases mainly. 89KimberlyRoad (talk) 12:11, 4 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Japan crypto exchange bitFlyer to be sold to Asian investment fund from Nikkei. IgelRM (talk) 13:59, 5 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: Back in 2020-2021 I edited this page because an editor with a COI requested it, and I think that an uninvolved editor should check out such edits rather than forcing them COI editor to either break our rules or not contribute. In this case, the suggested changes were an improvement, so I made the change. Better does not mean good, and much more needs to be done to make this a good article. What I am not seeing is any evidence of notability; just press releases and other attempts to promote the business. --Guy Macon (talk) 17:54, 6 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Keep I would repeat my frequent request that nominators of Japanese-language articles show evidence of a WP:BEFORE search that includes sources in Japanese and competence to evaluate them, but in this case, it seems no WP:BEFORE or review of the Japanese Wikipedia article was done at all? In addition to the blurb in Nikkei Asia provided by User:IgelRM above, there is an article in CNBC, one about issuing Japan's first crypto credit card, coverage from The Nikkei [1] [2] [3], and lots of coverage in tech and crypto media. All of this is linked from the Japanese Wikipedia article and show clear evidence that BitFlyer is notable. DCsansei (talk) 15:09, 7 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Again concur with @DCsansei that there are plenty of Japanese sources, and that it would be great if nominations of Japanese articles showed evidence of WP:BEFORE using a simple Japanese google search. Even then though, I’m confused how the sources already given in this article by the WSJ etc could be considered passing mentions when they directly refer to the company and its activities. I find this nomination unusually confusing.

Absurdum4242 (talk) 15:44, 7 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Just a comment: Bloomberg is no longer as reliable as it used to be. Bearian (talk) 04:56, 8 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
That’s only true of straight company profiles as opposed to reported pieces though no? Or am I reading the perennial sources list wrong? this article also has multiple sources from Business Insider, WSJ, Financial Times too though. Even 2-3 of those would satisfy notability, let alone 7-8 plus all Japanese sources. Absurdum4242 (talk) 06:48, 8 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hayato Nishinoue

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Falls short of WP:SPORTCRIT and WP:GNG. Only played 2 minutes in Japan's third league, which is very far from notable. Article has been expanded but I don't believe the coverage meets WP:SIGCOV, which I will outline here. Source assessment:

The longest, but I believe it is not secondary. It has wording like ""During my university days, I worked part-time"
Primary source
Primary source
Primary source
Very short, not significant
Literally one sentence, not significant
Don't think this is very significant either, describes the game on an amateur level
Not about him, WP:PASSING
Database
Database
Database Geschichte (talk) 15:52, 3 January 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 19:10, 3 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Re your own source assessment. The first source is a LONG profile on him, and is definitely a secondary source, the “I” in the automatic translation is reported speech from inside quotes given to the journalist as part of the article (which is not an interview either, those are specific quotations, not part of a longer question and answer session/transcript). The seventh source is likewise a two page profile specifically on him (not sure if you noticed that was page 2 of two, separated by hyperlinks at the bottom of the page), whether you think the intellectual standard of the analysis in the article is up to snuff, the article itself is inarguably a SIGCOV worthy source, being an independent secondary source focused solely on the subject of the article. This[4] source looks likely to be significant too, being billed as a serialised special feature on those three players specifically… though I can’t get through the paywall to be 100% sure. Absurdum4242 (talk) 15:36, 7 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Take Me, I'm Yours

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Not notable- ref 1 and is just plot/sypnosis, and ref 3 is about an actor and how is joining the show, and not about the show. And I wasn't able to find sources for notability with google. DoctorWhoFan91 (talk) 08:33, 3 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I have no opinion about the current article, but please restore the redirect to Take Me I'm Yours rather than deleting. --Zundark (talk) 10:34, 3 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - Easy to find coverage just by searching in Japanese, such as [5] [6] [7] Iostn (talk) 10:53, 3 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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The Japanese article ja:私をもらって frames it a little better as originally a Korean web novel and webtoon "날 가져요", so it's worth looking around for Korean source material. Here's some coverage which is less than deep but more than trivial: Yonhap News Agency, on it being made into a Japanese TV show, [8]; Korea Herald, similar along with some other webtoons also mentioned, [9]; Chosun Ilbo, on it and other web novels and sexually suggestive content, [10]. Adumbrativus (talk) 10:13, 4 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Keep: Japanese and Korean coverage identified above seems to show this could be considered notable enough; thanks. And as another contributor says, a redirect seems warranted, so opposed to deletion. -Mushy Yank. 12:35, 4 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Keep per @Iostn‘s sources, and others readily available in Japanese. Absurdum4242 (talk) 15:15, 7 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was delete‎. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 20:54, 9 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Kota Minami

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Fails WP:SPORTCRIT and WP:GNG, 10 games in J2 League and lack of secondary, significant and independent sources. The Japanese Wikipedia has one article about being a school coach, which isn't enough for SPORTCRIT in my opinion. Creator is blocked indefinitely. Geschichte (talk) 20:53, 2 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete – Fails in WP:GNG. Svartner (talk) 15:36, 3 January 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 17:19, 3 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete‎. Despite possible confusion with Ryo Nakamura (footballer, born 1989), the consensus here is still to Delete this article. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 19:53, 9 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Reo Nakamura (footballer, born 1990)

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Per AfD on the same individual. CNC (talk) 19:50, 2 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete per the other AfD. Nothing much found other than trivial mentions in match reports and database sources. Since both AfDs are regarding the same person, if one is deemed non-notable, then so must the other. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 20:26, 2 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - no evidence of notability. If sources are found which show significant coverage please ping me. Giant Snowman 21:14, 2 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete – Fails in WP:GNG. Svartner (talk) 21:42, 2 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Fails WP:ATHLETE, same as other AfD. Snowycats (talk) 04:16, 3 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete as nominator of the Ryo page. Geschichte (talk) 22:20, 6 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Keep per sources shown on the other linked AfD, with the two articles needing to be merged on whichever is the correct date, 1990, or 1989 (Japanese versions seem to suggest this one is correct)

Absurdum4242 (talk) 14:53, 7 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Sei Kawahara

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Non-notable figure skater. Bgsu98 (Talk) 03:50, 1 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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*Keep Search in Japanese throws up articles referencing him. Several are interviews, but these were independent mentions, including one long profile piece[11] and a less thorough piece here where he is mentioned as part of a team[12] Enough coverage to prove notability, with likely other Japanese sources if I search further. Absurdum4242 (talk) 15:13, 7 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
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Ryo Nakamura (footballer, born 1989)

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Light years away from meeting WP:SPORTCRIT and WP:GNG. Geschichte (talk) 14:59, 30 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete. Fail to meet WP:GNG (WP:SPORTCRIT / WP:FOOTYN) criteria. Material not available for WP:V. QEnigma talk 15:26, 30 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Delete - no evidence of notability. If sources are found which show significant coverage please ping me. Giant Snowman 16:49, 30 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: No significant coverage what so ever. CNC (talk) 17:19, 30 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

KEEP, but merge with corrections — this article seems like a duplication of the already-existing Reo Nakamura (footballer, born 1990) and hence a merge into the existing article may be more appropriate, once the errors have been corrected. It seems like the author of the article has made a spelling error, instead of “Reo” (the correct first name) they have put “Ryo” as the name of the subject and (for some reason) changed their DoB from 1990 to 1989.

The article's own source shows the name of the subject as “Reo”, not “Ryo” (as the author has put) and the correct DoB of the subject as 1990, not 1989 (as the author has put). The reason the others (CC: @GiantSnowman, @CommunityNotesContributor, @QEnigma) could not verify/find sources was because the author wrote the incorrect information on the Wikipedia article. The career statistics section, especially, I feel could be merged into the already existing article.

~~~~ Nyxion³⁰³ 💬 Talk 19:01, 30 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Well spotted - but where is the significant coverage of this person? Giant Snowman 19:02, 30 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

For Reo Nakamura (correct name), I was able to find some through this Google search and this one — 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 just to name a few.

At the moment, it appears the player plays for Ezra F.C., in the Pepsi Lao League 1.

~~~~ Nyxion³⁰³ 💬 Talk 19:30, 30 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Unfortunately, your sources consist of match reports, database profiles and primary sources. Nothing come close to significant and independent coverage of the player. Geschichte (talk) 22:46, 30 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

In your opinion, would you say the player qualifies as being notable under WP:FOOTYN? Nyxion³⁰³ 💬 Talk 11:41, 31 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

WP:FOOTYN is an essay, not a formal Wikipedia policy or guideline, and has no relevance in AfD's. The subject must pass WP:GNG with multiple significant sources from publications independent of the subject. Alvaldi (talk) 13:47, 31 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

In any event, "The player section of this notability guidance has been superseded by WP:Notability (sports)". Giant Snowman 21:53, 7 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Geschichte: Of the seven sources, only the fifth one signals significant coverage on Nakamura as it tells about his personal life. However, one SIGCOV is not enough; the whole GNG needs multiple instead. Transfermarkt is obviously unnecessary to be added to Wikipedia articles as it is claimed unreliable. ⋆｡˚꒰ঌ Clara A. Djalim ໒꒱˚｡⋆ 14:42, 1 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - as this person and Reo Nakamura (footballer, born 1990) are the same, we may need to consider sending Reo Nakamura (footballer, born 1990) to AfD if this AfD concludes as 'delete'. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 17:56, 2 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Have done this already: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Reo Nakamura (footballer, born 1990). CNC (talk) 19:51, 2 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: Relisting to see if there are still any valid arguments to Keep or Merge with another article.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 20:36, 6 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Doesn't look likely as Reo Nakamura is currently at a 5-0 delete Geschichte (talk) 22:19, 6 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

*Keep 5-1 surely? With @Nyxion303‘s keep vote, and 5-2 now… not that this is meant to be a vote I thought 😊 Anyway, as you pointed out @Geschichte, the fifth of Nyxion’s sources was SIGCOV, and I have another couple to add. this[13] and this[14]. For me the three taken together seem like enough. Absurdum4242 (talk) 14:49, 7 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

WP:NOTAVOTE. Giant Snowman 21:53, 7 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Well, yes, that was rather my point. Absurdum4242 (talk) 06:52, 8 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Miyu Takahashi

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Super 500 tournament appears to be the only thing that has changed since Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2024 October 28 endorsed my closure at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Miyu Takahashi. While sources can be found, it does not appear that sufficient have been found for this to be in mainspace and Takahashi lost in the first round which does not meet N:SPORT either. Bringing this here for discussion and further handling if needed. NB: this was created by a new editor, and Pppery performed the requisite history merge to address the copy paste move. Star Mississippi 04:11, 27 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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My Opinion = Keep the article

Reason = For the NSPORT criteria. The final sentence sounds like this - "For contemporary persons, given a reasonable amount of time to locate appropriate sources, the general notability guideline should be met in order for an article to meet Wikipedia's standards for inclusion." Miyu Takahashi is a contemporary person and she is young and still going on tournament which her last tournament is Kumamoto Masters S500 in November 2024 (last month) where she lost to someone as contemporary and as notable as Jia Yi Fan and Zhang Shuxian.^[1]. Plus, She just recently won Vietnam Open and a runner up in Indonesia Masters (both are S100) - fulfilling NBAD criteria. Lowyat Slyder (talk) 11:43, 28 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Both of those tournaments were addressed in the prior discussion. You're making an excellent case for draft space where time for sourcing can happen, but it hasn't been found since October. Star Mississippi 13:08, 28 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - all citations I have found are stats pages and mentions, nothing significant. At best they mention that she has won some tournaments, but no details on her life and career. Shinadamina (talk) 05:23, 29 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Keep As the winner of 2024 Vietnam Open and runner-up in 2024 Indonesia Masters Super 100 I, she and Mizuki Otake have finished on the podium of a BWF World Tour tournament passing WP:NBADMINTON. Note that her partner Otake's page was nominated for deletion with the result being no consensus. I've also added some additional sources and note there is more coverage in Japanese. It would be nice if nominators of Japanese articles showed evidence of doing a WP:BEFORE search that included native language sources. DCsansei (talk) 21:45, 29 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

^ "MIYU Takahashi". BWF Badminton. Retrieved 28 December 2024.

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: Relisting for more opinions. I guess re-draftifying is also a possibility in addition to Keep and Delete.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 04:15, 3 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Per all the reasons given by @DCsansei and with an endorsement of his wish that people nominating Japanese articles showed evidence of WP:BEFORE in languages other than English. There is an absolute ton of coverage of her career in Japanese online sources, which pop straight up on google, and pretty much every website now translates at the tap of a button.

One of the first two results for me was this article https://hochi.news/articles/20191127-OHT1T50195.html?page=1 Which is good solid coverage right from the start of her career when she won the national junior singles title while still a high school student, but there are also many more. Absurdum4242 (talk) 14:14, 7 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Keep As the winner of 2024 Vietnam Open and runner-up in 2024 Indonesia Masters Super 100 I. Florentyna (talk) 15:53, 8 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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