Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Masanori Matsuyama


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The result was   delete. Cirt (talk) 00:24, 29 January 2010 (UTC)

Masanori Matsuyama

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Delete, as there is no indicator as to why this "prolific astronomer" is notable. JBsupreme (talk) 09:44, 22 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete I have searched and found no substantial coverage in reliable sources. The search is made more complicated by the existence of other people of the same name, but with a little effort it is not too difficult to separate out the ones about this Masanori Matsuyama, and they do not establish notability by a long way. The only source given in the article is a list of names of astronomers who have discovered asteroids, together with the number of asteroids they have discovered. This cannot by any stretch of the imagination be considered substantial coverage. The article did claim that Matsuyama "is a prolific discoverer of asteroids". The source indicates that he is a co-discoverer of 19 asteroids. Since there are many dozens of discoverers on the list who have discovered hundreds of asteroids, and quite a few who have discovered thousands, the word "prolific" seems dubious, so I have removed it. Not notable at all. JamesBWatson (talk) 10:03, 22 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete as above (also looked a bit). --GRuban (talk) 13:48, 22 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete. The name list doesn't even provide the full name, and certainly does not show notability. Kevin (talk) 02:04, 23 January 2010 (UTC)
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