Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Satō Tadanobu


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The result was   speedy keep. Slimy nomination by dynamic IP. Drmies (talk) 02:28, 27 April 2013 (UTC)

Satō Tadanobu

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Due to the current revision, the subject of the article fails to meet both WP:GNG and WP:BIO. Therefore, I have nominated the article for deletion. 123.224.83.74 (talk) 16:38, 25 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Japan-related deletion discussions. Oda Mari (talk) 18:01, 25 April 2013 (UTC)


 * Comment I am completing this nomination of behalf of the above IP user, using the rationale provided on the article's talk page. I have no opinion. jcgoble3 (talk) 17:02, 25 April 2013 (UTC)


 * Comment The Japanese page is substantially longer than the English page, and the individual is notable. The current form is insufficient, but should probably be maintained until someone expands it.-- Ubikwit  連絡見学/迷惑 17:23, 25 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Keep - I'm a strong believer, when it comes to something this historic, that if any written sources exist (beyond namedrops), then the subject is notable. In this case, I found: . And this is just English language sources, I don't have the knowledge of Japanese to find them: but if English ones exist, Japanese ones will as well. Luke no 94  (tell Luke off here) 17:25, 25 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Keep - I spotted the same sources as Lukeno94 earlier when I declined the IP's PROD nomination, and was similarly impressed. There is definitely something here to write an article about. Rklear (talk) 17:32, 25 April 2013 (UTC)
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 * Keep Took me seventeen seconds (I timed it) to locate this, this and this, covering his impersonation of Yoshitsune at Yoshino; in fact, it took me longer to write the previous clause than it did to locate sources. It took me only a few minutes longer to find out that he's almost equally well known for his self-defense exploits with a Go board - indeed, the famous painting Sato Tadanobu Defending Himself with a Goban is close to notable in its own right. There's a kabuki play about him (Yoshino Shizuka Goban Tadanobu) and he's a major character in another (Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura) (which was also made into a film; Tadanobu The Fox). In short, he's pretty damn notable, and I haven't even checked the ja-wiki article for additional sources yet. Given the persecution that the article's creator has received at the hands of a certain known sockpuppeteer, and the clear evidence that WP:BEFORE was not followed, I'm having a hard time believing this to be a good faith nomination. I haven't the time to sort the article out tonight, but I'll do some expansion work on it tomorrow. Yunshui 雲 &zwj; 水  21:29, 25 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Keep - this individual appears to be quite notable as evidenced by the sources identified above and by the existence of a commons category relating to this individual. Green Giant (talk) 04:13, 26 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Comment I've now expanded the article somewhat from the nominated version. Yunshui 雲 &zwj; 水  08:52, 26 April 2013 (UTC)
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