Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hikari Hayashibara


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.  

The result of the debate was Keep and recommend merge to lolicon. The only argument advanced for deletion is "non-notability." This is the author of published lolicon. Since we have an article on that subject, the Deletion policy suggests merge. --Tony Sidaway 23:10, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

Hikari Hayashibara
Prodded as ''article was created to fix a redlink from an image which is now broken. Not particularly notable.; deprodded on grounds appears notable as published if unsavory manga artist meeting notability standards.''  However, asserted notability seems questionable given 95 distinct Google hits  (admittedly in English, not Japanese). Could be merged to Lolicon as an example of said practice. Eusebeus 23:06, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. Roy  boy cr ash  fan  [[Image:Flag of Texas.svg|30px]] 00:04, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment: Hiraki is a "lolicon" artist, defined as: "In Japan, Lolicon means "pedophilia" or "pedophile"." I am concerned that this article exists at the moment without this being made clear, and wonder what Wiki policy is on the matter, as it could be seen to be promoting such material, not just recording the facts about it. Tyrenius 00:46, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment: The social implications of "lolicon" versus "pedophilia" are somewhat different. While the terms are literally synonymous, "lolicon" in this usage means loli-manga - erotic comic books with young-appearing characters. Loli-manga is not seen on the same level as child abuse in Japan. It's legal, and it's generally accepted (and widely studied) in Japanese society that many adult men are attracted to (but not predatory of) pubescent girls. No relevant ghits for 林原光, but about 700 for 林原ひかり. Lolicon used to have a cover of one her books pictured; a merge would be appropriate. &mdash; AKADriver &#x260E;  02:47, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. non notable artist Deyyaz [ Talk 01:06, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete, nn artist. --Ter e nce Ong 02:08, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. Not notable. DarthVad e r 02:14, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
 *  Merge Redirect & delete kinda per AKADriver  Dei zio  02:51, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete, nothing to merge here. Ashibaka tock 02:59, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Merge, per AKADriver. RMG 04:31, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Weak delete Probably meets notability guidelines, but I don't think we are ever going to get more than this one line stub out of anything verifiable. I don't really see the point of merging to Lolicon, but I'm not going to particularly care. Kotepho 05:09, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Lolicon 132.205.45.110 19:42, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Strong Keep, clearly notable as published comics creator. Wikipedia is not censored, etc. Until the image was deleted over legal concerns, she was cited in relevant WP articles as the representative artist in the field, legal and popular in Japan. Monicasdude 19:26, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep I can see that someone is likely to want to find out something about her at some point, and they should be able to on Wiki. Tyrenius 19:35, 29 April 2006 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.