Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Roy Yamaguchi


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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) DavidLeighEllis (talk) 01:43, 15 October 2015 (UTC)

Roy Yamaguchi

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This, this, this, this and this all suggest he may be notable and has gotten attention (he also has Roy's Restaurant but I'm also not sure if this is independently notable of him or vice versa) but I would like to hear comments for a full consensus. Pinging past user. SwisterTwister  talk  06:39, 8 October 2015 (UTC)
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 * Delete as lacking independent sources to establish notability. Guy (Help!) 11:16, 8 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Strong Keep Well-known chef for almost three decades as one of the founders of "Asian Fusion." With over 33 eponymous restaurants in the United States, plus international restaurants in Japan, Hong Kong and Guam, plus authoring numerous books, many television appearances including his own show in Hawaii, he is quite notable. What the article lacked was inline (or any) citations. I'm remedying that now. Geoff &#124; Who, me? 19:57, 8 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep. Yamaguchi is one of the most important figures in the development of  Hawaii Regional Cuisine—he might even be the best known of them all, because of the reach of his restaurants in other parts of the world.  428 hits on HighBeam Research, and the first one is this 2014 national news profile on CBS This Morning. --Arxiloxos (talk) 20:13, 8 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep: The sources added indicate that this person has received significant third-party coverage in the media, and adequately passes the basic notability criteria for Wikipedia articles. --DAJF (talk) 23:33, 8 October 2015 (UTC)


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