Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Toshio Yamanaka


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The result was delete. Fails guidelines regarding politicians. Thanks everyone for your participation and assuming good faith! Missvain (talk) 16:27, 23 January 2020 (UTC)

Toshio Yamanaka

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fails WP:BIO. Ambassadors are not inherently notable. LibStar (talk) 14:43, 16 January 2020 (UTC)
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 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 15:15, 16 January 2020 (UTC)
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 * Delete. Wikipedia certainly keeps articles about diplomats who can be shown to clear WP:GNG on the sources — but we do not extend all diplomats an automatic "inherent" notability freebie that would exempt them from having to clear GNG on the sources. But of the three footnotes here, all three are primary sources that are not support for notability, and there's no evidence of notability-supporting media coverage about him being shown at all, so he doesn't clear GNG. Bearcat (talk) 15:53, 16 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete per WP:NPOL. While consensus can change, the strong trend for the past seven years has been to delete such articles, unless there is strong evidence of significant coverage in secondary sources. By all accounts, this appears to be an ordinary diplomat, albeit one who served several posts. Bearian (talk) 18:38, 22 January 2020 (UTC)


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