Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tōru Furuya


 * 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. (non-admin closure) NuclearWarfare  contact me My work  04:00, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

Tōru Furuya

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The article is not supported by reliable third party sources, amongst many other serious content issues. There should be a standard, even within an on-line encyclopedia, to be able to support content being written about living people. Danielsagayama (talk) 17:04, 6 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Speedy Keep. The star of one of the most iconic anime series of all time is obviously notable, and lack of sources is not a valid reason for deletion. &mdash; Red XIV (talk) 05:43, 7 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete. Lack of sources is a perfectly valid reason for deletion when dealing with WP:BLP articles.  Secondly, this article is one gigantic trainwreck piled into another gigantic trainwreck.  JBsupreme (talk) 06:12, 7 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Gigantic trainwrecks are generally notable. ··· 日本穣 ? · Talk to Nihonjoe 09:02, 7 October 2008 (UTC)
 *  Speedy Strong Keep this nom is absolutely ridiculous. As Redxiv said, this is one of the most popular Japanese voice actors of all time.  AfD is not cleanup. JuJube (talk) 06:58, 7 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Invalid speedy keep, would you like to cite some sources or are you going to continue to stammer as well? JBsupreme (talk) 07:01, 7 October 2008 (UTC)
 * I would advise you to redact that comment since it's obviously snarky on its face. In either case, a lack of knowledge on the subject on your part does not constitute non-notability.  Links are not hard to find with Google, but the fact that the subject in question has voiced multiple extremely notable anime characters speaks for itself.  The fact that the article is in garbage condition doesn't mean anything.  Unless you'd nominate Mel Blanc for deletion if his article was full of unreferenced statements, too? JuJube (talk) 07:14, 7 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Japan-related deletion discussions.   —Fg2 (talk) 08:14, 7 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Speedy Keep. The article has references, but they are not inline references. I've modified the cleanup tag on the article t reflect this. This is an absurd nomination given the obvious amount of work this actor has done. This nomination is the equivalent of nominating Tom Cruise if there were no inline refs in that article. ··· 日本穣 ? · Talk to Nihonjoe 09:01, 7 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep, add fact tags, remove uncited material after a month or thereabouts, edit in line with policies, clean the article up and see where we are then. Hiding T 10:36, 7 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Strong Keep, notable Seiyū, as a main character in a very notable series and other significant roles as well. I'm not sure I'd say this is like trying to delete Tom Cruise, but it's pretty close to trying to delete Ted Danson or Jerry Seinfeld. Andrew Lenahan -  St ar bli nd  15:07, 7 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep Multiple lead roles in notable productions = meets WP:CREATIVE WP:ENTERTAINER. References are there, even if they aren't direct footnotes, and the more important roles are trivially easy to find with the searches asked by WP:BEFORE. —Quasirandom (talk) 15:29, 7 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Edited to point to the correct notability guideline -- I keep confusing those two. —Quasirandom (talk) 17:42, 7 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Keep. The article needs much improvement, yes.  sofixit but don't delete it.   coccyx bloccyx  (toccyx)  17:37, 7 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Living people-related deletion discussions. --Erwin85Bot (talk) 00:03, 8 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep. He's the star of Mobile Suit Gundam, why would you delete the entry? Many seiyu have 'biographies' that only list their filmography, it is no reason to delete the article. And if you do, someone else will just come along and remake it, and we'll be back to this again. No matter how small or little information there is, a tiny article is better than no article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Zero no Kamen (talk • contribs)
 * Strong Keep Lack of sources is grounds for improvement, not deletion and other editors have shown sources exist. While others have focused on his role in Gundam he's played multiple highly notable roles in multiple notable series, any one of which would qualify him for an entry on Wikipedia. Edward321 (talk) 22:27, 9 October 2008 (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.