Talk:Kumi Miyasato

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I recreated the article. I believe that a recording artist / voice actor that played a central role in an anime series, released 3 full studio albums, and had a decent amount of coverage by the Japanese press is a relevent subject for Wikipedia.Tuxedo Mark (talk) 14:41, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

The recreation now asserts WP:N notability, but is still in some small danger because it does not provide any WP:RS reliable sources to verify the assertions. I just marked the article unreferenced, so it is not so likely to get speedy deleted, but it is still eligible until sources are provided. A good source might a magazine or newspaper review of one of her works. As far as I know, Japanese press coverage is sufficient, but it must be explicitly cited. One or two should be enough to prevent deletion, but if you can find three or four that would be ideal for an article of this length. JackSchmidt (talk) 14:57, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

Well, Kumi was active before the Internet, so most of her media coverage was in print and on radio and TV. I do have extensive lists of public appearances and "prominently featured" discussion in print, a small list of radio appearances, and a few videos of Q&A sessions and singing, but how would I go about citing this? I have no translations of the video or access to any of the print media.Tuxedo Mark (talk) 01:43, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

I wasn't able to find anything, but searching for Japanese sources is not my strong suit. If the list of public appearances appeared in print in an independent publication, then citing that should enough to indicate she was famous. You might be able to find something at Victor records (RCA records now), or from its owner Sony BMG, but reading the relevant wikipedia pages makes me doubtful. I may try a few reference librarians later this week. It should be trivial to get newspaper coverage from the 80s, but one just needs someone experienced with the japanese papers. Which papers would have music reviews? JackSchmidt (talk) 21:45, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

I'm not sure about newspapers. The lists of public appearances, print coverage, and radio appearances appeared on a website that's no longer up, but I had saved the lists and added them to my own site: http://supergirl.741.com/kumi/index.html Will this help? Tuxedo Mark (talk) 23:57, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

Japanese Wikipedia article

Also, I'd like to point out that the Japanese Wikipedia has an article on Kumi Miyasato. I'm not sure what their requirements are, but I think it proves that she's actually known in Japan.

Maybe that article can help to locate some references for us to cite here? Tuxedo Mark (talk) 03:11, 18 February 2008 (UTC)