Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Midori (author)


 * 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 was   keep. Courcelles (talk) 10:42, 27 July 2010 (UTC)

Midori (author)

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recently prodded, advert-like, skirts notability but does not establish it, unsourced tags have remained for two years Chris (クリス • フィッチ) (talk) 06:38, 20 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sexuality and gender-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 16:08, 20 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 16:08, 20 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep - incredibly famous writer; it just needs rescuing. Her genre is unpopular/controversial, so I can't do this at work. :-) Bearian (talk) 01:39, 22 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep Lies just outside my main area of editing interest, but has been on my watchlist for a long time. Kintetsu's concerns are valid, and I've had them myself-- particularly about the article reading like self-promotion. A glance at the article's history increases this concern. However, notable people are capable of self-promotion at times. In Midori's case, she seems to have done some of our work for us at THIS page ("The Buzz About Midori" section). Most of the cited articles seem to be unviewable (at least to me), but this one in the SF Chronicle: alone is almost enough to build an article. Combine that with THIS magazine article (proclaiming her "The world's most famous bondage expert and international lecturer..."), and the others linked on Midori's page, and I think we've got a definitely notable person. Article just needs work for sourcing, and to remove the obvious self-promotion. Dekkappai (talk) 03:43, 22 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep Google news search for "Midori" AND "sex" and you get ample results.  This one stands out, "Sex educator Midori" A.V. Club Milwaukee - Aug 21, 2009, "An internationally acclaimed educator artist and author Midori holds a place of high esteem among people who like to learn everything they can about sex".   D r e a m Focus  09:16, 22 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: The article under discussion here has been flagged for Rescue by the Article Rescue Squadron.   Snotty Wong   babble 23:57, 22 July 2010 (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.