Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Takuo Kojima


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The result was   keep. Tone 22:52, 1 January 2011 (UTC)

Takuo Kojima

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I discovered this article as part of Reference a BLP Drive. This source makes some substantial claims of Notability Discovering 23 minor planets. That being said Its the only reference that I can find that gives any direct coverage. Thus seems to Fail WP:BIO and does not qualify for WP:PROF. The Resident Anthropologist (talk) 20:26, 19 December 2010 (UTC)
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 * The source says that by 1996 he had discovered 23 minor planets. 3644 Kojitaku is named after him. About 100 articles here link to him. Nergaal (talk) 01:49, 20 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanx, Revised The Resident Anthropologist (talk) 01:52, 20 December 2010 (UTC)
 * No. #71236 also seems to have been discovered by him in 2000, which implies that he made more discoveries besides the 23. Nergaal (talk) 01:55, 20 December 2010 (UTC)
 * The issue is adequate that covers him at the issue here WP:V. The Resident Anthropologist (talk) 01:57, 20 December 2010 (UTC)
 * This assigns him 44 discoveries and one co-. That being said, quite a few have significantly more than him. Nergaal (talk) 02:00, 20 December 2010 (UTC)
 * This and this put him in the top 150 in terms of # discovered. Nergaal (talk) 02:03, 20 December 2010 (UTC)

 Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:09, 26 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep The sources seem to sufficient to establish notability. Edward321 (talk) 02:51, 25 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Delete. There are no reliable sources in the article, and I don't think the ones listed above in this AfD are enough to base an article on. —David Eppstein (talk) 22:38, 27 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep our practice is that discovery of a minor planet is sufficiently notable; Having discovered 33 of them, clearly notable .    DGG ( talk ) 01:42, 29 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Its WP:V thats the issue is it enough coverage to write a Biography? The Resident Anthropologist (talk) 02:33, 29 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep (revised rationale, as I'd misread the original nom).  Yes, I believe the IAU link plus the book cited by nom WP:V the claim of prolific asteroid discovery, the precise number likely changes with time, and we can certainly allude to that with "at least" or a more general claim than a specific number.  Google Books also claims a hit in this book  which I expect could be used, with a hard copy, to eventually get additional verification. --  j &#9883; e decker  talk  11:45, 1 January 2011 (UTC)
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