Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Anabukinchan (3nd nomination)


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The result was   delete. Nja 247 08:40, 5 July 2009 (UTC)

Anabukinchan
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Advertising character for a company that isn't even notable enough for an article. An old meme because of a sexual theme in the ad. There are no secondary sources given to prove notability. Reywas92 Talk 01:11, 28 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Japan-related deletion discussions.  -- TexasAndroid (talk) 01:44, 28 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Advertising-related deletion discussions.  -- TexasAndroid (talk) 01:44, 28 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete - Being part of one popular ad doesn't make you notable, and that's the only thing there is to say about this character.  C h a m a l  talk 02:18, 28 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete. Notability isn't established and I'm not seeing it. Niteshift36 (talk) 08:58, 28 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete - She was a popular Internet meme when she came up, but I haven't heard anything from her in quite a while. So she can be laid to rest now AFAIC. -- pne (talk) 12:36, 28 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep, actually. First, Anabuki Construction is definitely a notable company. The Japanese Wikipedia has an extensive article and there is plenty of coverage in reliable sources. Just nobody had created an article here until I did just now. Anabukinchan has been the recurring advertisement characters since 1999. I see coverage in Japanese about her here and here. My Japanese is not good enough to be sure what kind of websites those are, but they appear to be more than just blogs. The second is for mobile phones and thus very simple. I expect there is more coverage is Japanese advertisement industry magazines that I couldn't find through simple Googling. The notability as an internet meme is entirely secondary, though I did fine coverage in Salon here. I wouldn't mind a merge to Anabuki Construction, even though this would stand out strangely in the current stub. --Apoc2400 (talk) 10:44, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
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