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The result was delete. Drmies (talk) 02:13, 22 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
- Shigeo Tamaru (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log · Stats)
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Does not seem to pass WP:N for biographies. Even more problematic than recently created Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Chikako Watanabe by the same author. Probably created by the same COI initiative (see my comment at Chikako's AfD for details on that). Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 13:06, 15 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
- Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. Northamerica1000(talk) 14:07, 15 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
- Note: This debate has been included in the list of Japan-related deletion discussions. Northamerica1000(talk) 14:07, 15 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
- Delete along with Mono (Shigeo Tamaru album). buffbills7701 15:34, 15 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
- Delete. As with the deleted Chikako Watanabe article, it's difficult to see how this person passes the basic notability criteria. The NaNa (band) article and associated album articles also have similar notability concerns. --DAJF (talk) 01:11, 16 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
- @User:DAJF: Wouldn't the band pass due to their NaNa_(band)#Discography? --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 02:28, 16 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
- Note that I just checked the online Billboard via my library and did confirm that they charted in the Billboard Uncharted chart (but I could only find one charting, and not the yearly one--I even checked the last three issues of that year). But the problem is that that chart is generated from things like MySpace access figures, something which, as was seen with the access figures for Watanabe on Wikipedia, could be suspect. It seems the only thing the band has going for it is this one charting (if this chart counts) and the Warners label. The latter seems to satisfy WP:NMUSIC, but it doesn't seem right when nothing else seems to support that notability. Michitaro (talk) 04:01, 16 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
- Delete. As with the Watanabe article, I just don't find significant coverage in either English or Japanese. Michitaro (talk) 02:21, 16 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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