Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/BM Nekutāru


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The result was   delete. King of &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 00:19, 22 April 2009 (UTC)

BM Nekutāru

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Unnotable manga series. Fails WP:BK and WP:N. No significant coverage in reliable, third-party sources. Unlicensed anywhere, not even listed in Anime News Network. -- AnmaFinotera  (talk · contribs) 22:29, 14 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Anime and manga-related deletion discussions. -- --  AnmaFinotera  (talk · contribs) 22:29, 14 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Comment How popular is the magazine it is published in? A large audience is what I consider notable, by direct sales, or sales of the magazine it is featured in.  Googling the Japanese name in quotation marks had over 5000 results.    D r e a m Focus  23:33, 14 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment I would think that a manga that ran for 12 volumes would be reviewed by publications or websites that normally review manga. Are there any reliable Japanese publications or websites that regularly review manga?  If anyone here can read Japanese and does know of reliable sources that review Japanese manga, I think it would be worth checking them.  In the first couple pages of Google results I found this  which looks like a review, but I can't read Japanese and doubt it is a reliable source. Calathan (talk) 04:09, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
 * I'd imagine NewType does, and similar magazines, but few people who read it also edit the en Wiki and Japanese magazines/news sites are notorious among we anime/manga editors for not keeping anything archived. (and correct, that is not a reliable source). The JA wiki is also much less particular about such things, so articles there almost never have reception information at all, just plot and, if lucky, the basics of its release. -- AnmaFinotera  (talk · contribs) 04:26, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
 * http://www.newtype-usa.com/ New Type is owned by Adv Films, isn't it? Do they only review things they release?   D r e a m Focus  09:51, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
 * He meant the Japanese NewType magazine. ADV licensed the NewType name and some content from the Japanese magazine to publish the U.S. version.  When NewType USA was still being published, it covered content regardless of who published it, not just ADV's titles. Calathan (talk) 12:54, 15 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Keep Weekly_Shōnen_Champion is a weekly magazine that has been running continuously for 40 years now. Being in it for 12 volumes, makes you notable enough to have your own article on wikipedia.   D r e a m Focus  10:13, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
 * The manga didn't run for 12 "volumes" of the magazine (a "volume" of a magazine sometimes refers to one year of issues), it ran for 105 chapters (i.e. about 2 years for a weekly magazine with 1 chapter per week), and then was later collected into 12 tankōbon volumes. Calathan (talk) 12:54, 15 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Delete the magazine may be notable; everything in it is not ipso facto so. In this case, there are no reliable independent sources that discuss this. Therefore, no encyclopedia article.Bali ultimate (talk) 12:44, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
 * If something ran that long in the magazine, then its notable. It was a significant amount of content which kept people buying the magazine after all.   D r e a m Focus  12:31, 19 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Delete, per WP:NOTPLOT. -- Goodraise (talk) 21:58, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete: no reliable sources, WP:NOTPLOT. JamesBurns (talk) 02:32, 16 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Note – This user has been blocked for sock puppetry and vote-stacking at AfDs. List of Confirmed sock puppets of User:JamesBurns Untick (talk) 14:53, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete I tried to find reliable sources indicating notability (or even mentioning it at all), but I couldn't (though of course I can't read Japanese and had no idea where to look). Calathan (talk) 02:53, 16 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete No ANN reference. No licensor in US/UK, France, Germany, Spain & Italy. There isn't enough RS third party coverage to assert the Notability and to Verify the exactitude of the content. I read this one and it doesn't mean it is notable. --KrebMarkt 07:41, 18 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete per above deletes. — BQZip01 —  talk 17:12, 19 April 2009 (UTC)


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