Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Watari Kakei


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The result was   delete. Scott Mac (Doc) 23:30, 29 January 2010 (UTC)

Watari Kakei

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Astronomer who discovered a few asteroids (the only reference is to a name list). No scholarly article's I can find (I can't read Japanese though). From what I can see there is nothing written about him of any significance. Simply insufficient verifyable information from reliable sources to have an article. Peripitus (Talk) 21:49, 22 January 2010 (UTC)
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 * Delete. The name list doesn't even provide the full name, and certainly does not show notability. Kevin (talk) 02:03, 23 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete since appropriate sources don't support a blp.Bali ultimate (talk) 23:48, 24 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep. I'm going to say that the simple fact of being recognized as the discover of an asteroid is enough to establish notability. - Eastmain (talk • contribs) 10:42, 25 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Um....where does that make reliable sources talk about him. Which ones do ? I can find nothing at all. Peripitus (Talk) 11:23, 25 January 2010 (UTC)
 * http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/iau/lists/MPDiscsAlpha.html Harvard astronomers are likely to be pretty careful about fact-checking. Getting on that list requires some evaluation of a claim; it's not a wiki. - Eastmain (talk • contribs)  11:37, 25 January 2010 (UTC)
 * I would suggest that the link cited would support a list entry here, but not an article. It doesn't even give us a source for his full name. Kevin (talk) 11:43, 25 January 2010 (UTC)
 * As above, the entry lists his name twice, without even noting his first name. That is a phone book entry, not a reliable source discussing a subject - Peripitus (Talk) 11:45, 25 January 2010 (UTC)


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 * Delete. Insufficient notability or reliable sourcing to justify a biography on this person. --DAJF (talk) 12:09, 25 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete due to insufficient notability / sourcing for this WP:BLP article. JBsupreme (talk) 11:33, 27 January 2010 (UTC)


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 * I am sympathetic to the argument that one can be deemed notable for discovering asteroids. However, there is no evidence he is particularly known for such. The reason, say, playing in a fully professional league makes one pass WP:ATHLETE is that having done so almost always guarantees that there's press coverage. I think a better analogy here is WP:ACADEMIC, which requires showing that among the mass of all peers -- i.e., amateur astronomers -- he is known for his achievements as an asteroid hunter, as evidenced by for ex speaking at conferences or press coverage. This guy's not showing that, so, I'm going to say delete. —Quasirandom (talk) 14:23, 28 January 2010 (UTC)
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