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Contents 1 Japan 1.1 Mimori 1.2 FORUM8 1.3 Categories 1.4 Images 1.5 Templates 1.6 Proposed deletions

[edit] Japan

[edit] Mimori

Mimori (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs) (delete) – (View AfD)

Non-notable minor writer. No third-party references to verify notability claims have been added in the 2+ years since the article was created, and the Japanese version of the article is similarly bare of any reference sources. DAJF (talk) 23:57, 7 July 2009 (UTC)

• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Anime and manga-related deletion discussions. -- TexasAndroid (talk) 00:05, 8 July 2009 (UTC)
• Delete as I can find nothing which indicates notability. ···日本穣^? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe 16:57, 8 July 2009 (UTC)
• Delete While it is quite normal for the Japanese Wikipedia to lack sources, this illustrator seems to be entirely non-notably. I could only find very trivial mentions when looking for sources. --Apoc2400 (talk) 10:42, 10 July 2009 (UTC)
• Delete Trying to understand the Japanese Wikipedia article with Google Translate (which doesn't work very well for Japanese), it seemed like she worked on parts of two notable franchises, but that her individual contributions to those franchises weren't notable. I couldn't find any other sources indicating notability. Calathan (talk) 17:00, 11 July 2009 (UTC)

[edit] FORUM8

FORUM8 (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs) (delete) – (View AfD)

Most content has no relevant source. One reference in other language. Most references to company site.  Cargoking  talk  18:43, 24 June 2009 (UTC)

• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Software-related deletion discussions. -- TexasAndroid (talk) 03:27, 25 June 2009 (UTC)
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Business-related deletion discussions. -- TexasAndroid (talk) 03:27, 25 June 2009 (UTC)
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Japan-related deletion discussions. —Fg2 (talk) 11:11, 26 June 2009 (UTC)
• Keep I find coverage in reliable sources [1] [2] [3] [4] (フォーラムエイト=FORUM8) That the coverage is in Japanese is not a problem. --Apoc2400 (talk) 11:21, 30 June 2009 (UTC)

References in Japanese don't really help.  Cargoking  talk  11:47, 30 June 2009 (UTC)

Per WP:V, foreign language references are acceptable. English is preferred, but if only foreign is available, that is fine. —Quasirandom (talk) 14:07, 30 June 2009 (UTC)

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• He said they didn't help, not that they weren't allowed. I too have issues with things I can't read being used as sources. Is it really WP:V if I can't verify it? Niteshift36 (talk) 07:56, 3 July 2009 (UTC)
  • Arguing that a source that you in particular can't read because it's in a language you can't read isn't verifiable is like arguing that a source you in particular can't read because it's in a magazine from the 1960's that hasn't been digitized yet isn't. And no, that's not a strawman argument, because I've seen editors argue just that, multiple times -- if it's not something they can read with a single click then it's not a real reference, according to them. Which blatently flies in the face of what WP:V actually says. —Quasirandom (talk) 14:19, 9 July 2009 (UTC)

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:06, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

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Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, \ Backslash Forwardslash / {talk} 05:32, 8 July 2009 (UTC)

• Speedy Delete as this article is pure spam. Aside from the issue of self-promotion, an extensive search for English language sources shows that Forum8 is the subject of self-published sources, but coverage manufactured by the company itself does not confer notability. The is no verifiable evidence to suggest that this company or its products meet the requirements of WP:CORP. --Gavin Collins (talk|contribs) 13:34, 8 July 2009 (UTC)
• As someone who translates articles from foreign-language Wikipedias to English, I want to say that it's established custom and practice on Wikipedia that foreign-language sources are fine, provided they're reliable. Frankly, I don't want to see my hard-written material deleted just because the five or six editors at an AfD don't speak the language and can't figure out Google translate, so I want that to be clearly understood.

  Having said that, in this case Gavin.collins has the right of it, and I think the Japanese-language sources in this case do not establish notability. Delete.—S Marshall ^Talk/_Cont 13:51, 8 July 2009 (UTC)

  • Not just custom and practice -- it's policy. —Quasirandom (talk) 18:13, 8 July 2009 (UTC)
• Google Translate is not always accurate.  Cargoking  talk  14:33, 8 July 2009 (UTC)

• That's true, it isn't. Always best to get someone who speaks the language to check.—S Marshall ^Talk/_Cont 14:53, 8 July 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Categories

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[edit] Templates

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[edit] Proposed deletions

Comment on the talk pages of the articles, not here. If you agree with the proposed deletion, you don't have to do anything. If you think the article merits keeping, then remove the {{prod}} template and make an effort to improve the article so that it clearly meets the notability and verifiability criteria.