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Naruki Takahashi

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With a football career essentially consisting of 21 games in Singapore, the player needs multiple pieces of significant independent coverage to pass GNG and SPORTCRIT. In the Japanese Wikipedia, there is one dead link, four primary sources and databases. Geschichte (talk) 21:53, 5 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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JACKSNNZ

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Unreferenced stub (well, just a general ref, no footnotes). Uncler how this meets WP:GNG/WP:SIGCOV. My BEFORE shows some mentions in passing here or there, but noting in-depth. _{Piotrus at Hanyang| reply here} 13:10, 5 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete if it was such a common acronym, it gets zero google news hits. Fails GNG by a long mile. LibStar (talk) 23:21, 5 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Ryuji Shimoshi

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Proposed in 2021, but rejected - A 30 game professional career is some, but he dropped into a lower league before retiring in 2007. Fails GNG. Creator is indefinitely blocked. RossEvans19 (talk) 14:42, 4 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete – Fails in WP:GNG. Svartner (talk) 15:08, 4 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Delete - no evidence of notability. If sources are found which show significant coverage please ping me. Giant Snowman 09:14, 5 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Fire-King

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This article has existed for over 20 years and does not have any citations that are not primary sources (that is, from Anchor Hocking, the company that makes Fire-King branded glass products). The lack of citations has been noted before. The claims made on this page may be true. But citations have not surfaced. For those that wish to keep, perhaps citations can be dug up. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Louiemantia (talk • contribs) 08:28, 2 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Automated comment: This AfD was not correctly transcluded to the log (step 3). I have transcluded it to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2025 June 4. —^{cyberbot I}_{Talk to my owner:Online} 02:18, 4 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Jun Suzuki (footballer, born 1987)

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With only one season spent in the second Japanese league with 14 games played, this would need several pieces of independent in-depth-coverage to meet GNG and SPORTCRIT. Japanese Wikipedia only contains primary sources. I also find it pertinent to mention that it was created by a sock farm, which has had literally several hundred articles deleted. Geschichte (talk) 15:42, 2 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete Fails GNG. RossEvans19 (talk) 17:29, 2 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Delete - no evidence of notability. If sources are found which show significant coverage please ping me. Giant Snowman 20:02, 3 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete – Fails in WP:GNG. Svartner (talk) 20:03, 3 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Sota Kasahara

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With only one season spent in the second Japanese league, this would need several pieces of independent in-depth-coverage to meet GNG and SPORTCRIT. Japanese Wikipedia is atrociously sourced. Geschichte (talk) 15:25, 2 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Entire article is unsourced thus fails to show WP:GNG, WP:SIGCOV and WP:SPORTCRIT. Fade258 (talk) 15:35, 2 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Delete – Fails in WP:GNG. Svartner (talk) 06:52, 3 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Delete - no evidence of notability. If sources are found which show significant coverage please ping me. Giant Snowman 20:02, 3 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yugo Masukake

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Possibly WP:TOOSOON. Very insigninficant football career so far, only 297 minutes in the J League system. The only source in Japanese Wikipedia that is not a primary source is a match report from the YBC Levain Cup. Geschichte (talk) 12:44, 2 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Keep — it’s currently 5am so I’m not eager to get up and edit right now, but 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, he seems to meet GNG in Japan with a couple of articles in Brazil, where he is still actively playing for the team that just finished runners up in the Paranaense. I’ve not read the links above yet but will expand this article later today and I’d be very surprised if it does not meet GNG. Zênite (talk) 04:19, 3 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Keep – Per sources above, the gmconline.com.br have in-depth coverage of the player's career. There is a good coverage from GloboEsporte too. Svartner (talk) 06:58, 3 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - Per sources above. RossEvans19 (talk) 14:10, 3 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Comment – There must be source analysis of whether or not those count towards GNG. ⋆｡˚꒰ঌ Clara A. Djalim ໒꒱˚｡⋆ 14:57, 3 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Keep per sources above which (AGFing) show notability. Giant Snowman 20:03, 3 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Ryan Hirooka

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Deleted in 2014. Amateur journeyman footballer who at the highest level played 18 minutes in the Portuguese second league. Not a serious candidate for meeting WP:SPORTCRIT, and the coverage is trivial. Geschichte (talk) 12:39, 2 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete Have to agree per nom, no where near enough for even BASIC. Govvy (talk) 14:46, 2 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Delete - no evidence of notability. If sources are found which show significant coverage please ping me. Giant Snowman 20:02, 3 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

List of J.League licensed video games

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Same as List of K League licensed video games, trivial article about a football league being licensed in video games. GamerPro64 04:55, 1 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete - no evidence of notability. If sources are found which show significant coverage please ping me. Giant Snowman 12:28, 1 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Fails NLIST with no significant coverage of the subject articles as a group. Frank Anchor 15:28, 3 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Perfect valid navigational list. Enough of the entries have their own articles, to make this a valid list article. Dream Focus 23:29, 4 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Michelle Ferre

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The issues from the last AFD have not been resolved, but as that discussion was treated as a PROD due to low participation I'm re-opening the discussion. I'm not seeing anything to indicate notability. 🌸⁠wasianpower⁠🌸 (talk • contribs) 16:14, 31 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello ! I tried to add some sources. But I don't if it's enouth. I hope this article could be conserved. user:Jeanne Angerie — Preceding undated comment added 16:59, 31 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Delete. Subject doesn't appears to meet WP:GNG and WP:SIGCOV. There is also a lack of significant coverage about the topic in reliable and independent references to the subject. Fade258 (talk) 16:47, 31 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: I'll repeat my comment from last AfD: "Sourcing in the Fr and Japanese articles is about as sparse as here. I don't see anything in either EN or FR sources for this individual. Lack of sourcing, delete." Oaktree b (talk) 17:16, 31 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Junichi Misawa

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Rightfully prodded by @Spiderone many years ago, is not close to notable and has no GNG-granting sources. Geschichte (talk) 07:12, 31 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete - no evidence of notability. If sources are found which show significant coverage please ping me. Giant Snowman 12:28, 1 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - Three professional appearances before retiring in 2011. Fails GNG. RossEvans19 (talk) 15:32, 1 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Consulate General of Peru, Nagoya

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Embassies are not inherently notable, consulates even less so. Sources 2-8 merely confirm who the consul was. Lacking SIGCOV about this actual consulate to meet WP:ORG. LibStar (talk) 00:47, 30 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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I just got a notification, I've no issue one way or the other, but instead of deletion I would hope that a redirect to the embassy's page would be better. A bit unrelated but I also wanted to know whether the idea of merging ambassadorial lists to their respective embassy articles is better than a standalone article for the former, not only for this particular case or country in general but for a number of them as I notice that a number are outdated and both article types could very well be improved that way and make for easier reading. I'd be happy to take care of both aspects. AlejandroFC (talk) 01:07, 30 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I went ahead and followed through with my suggestion. I would still appreciate feedback on the other idea. AlejandroFC (talk) 01:47, 4 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: This article was Redirected but I'd like to hear more opinions on this outcome.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 02:15, 6 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Tales of Commons

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This was a redirect, blown up to article size--but the supplied links are basically all company sources and manuals, and I cannot find any secondary sources either. A redirect to Tales of Mobile is the proper solution. Drmies (talk) 19:28, 19 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I see now that the editor has done the same with Tales of Breaker, with the same problems. Drmies (talk) 19:30, 19 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

As said earlier, I do not see the need for deletion when the alternative, Tales of Mobile, is empty and mostly bland, offering no informations whatsoever. I followed closely the formats of other Tales games, adding references, links and everything. A lot of game pages (especially for old i-mode games like this) could realistically fit into a main page, Xenosaga Pied Piper could be deleted and just be a passing mention on the main Xenosaga article, BCFFVII could be deleted and just have its content in the "Compilation of Final Fantasy VII" article. Both of those coexist with one another and with no problems with the dedicated page adding on to what is missing on the other ones. As for links, I do not see the problem when pages like Tales of the World: Summoner's Lineage which has no external link except a simple blog, no references, no nothing and yet this page is still allowed to exist despite being less well put together than Tales of Commons which properly source everything and uses different websites rather than just sticking to the same. Leptitgay (talk) 19:38, 19 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
- You'll want to explain how it meets our notability standards, not how its like or unalike other random articles. Sergecross73 msg me 19:42, 19 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  I'm gonna have to compare it for this reply. Unlike other random articles, it and the other 4 mobile articles were covered by well-known respect and Japanese tech and gaming media like ITmedia, dengeki or Gaming Tech alongside official sources from the parent company. That's already 3 reliable sources. I am sorry but I will once again compare it to Tales Summoner Lineage which has nothing supporting it having its own page.
  
  https://dengekionline.com/data/news/2005/9/27/b147d1f6198573a00f8c38c4f6b18ca8.html
  
  https://www.itmedia.co.jp/mobile/spv/0509/27/news100.html
  
  https://game.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/20051122/toc.htm
  
  I have read the notability rules and this should be enough. I am of course open to other possibilities to improve the articles Leptitgay (talk) 20:40, 19 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  Fine sources, but basic announcements without critical reception is still generally below the criteria. The redirect still appears most suitable, none of the other games in this Tales of series seem to have articles either. Of course, you may WP:AFD Tales of the World: Summoner's Lineage. IgelRM (talk) 15:31, 29 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
- You need to discuss how this article meets our standards, and it seems to me, from your words, that the more likely way to achieve success is to improve the main article. Stop talking about other articles. Drmies (talk) 19:44, 19 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. I added some references from the corresponding Japanese article. Bandai Namco has changed its web domain. I couldn't find Tales of Commons on the https://www.bandainamcoent.com/ Eastmain (talk • contribs) 20:26, 19 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Restore redirect Right now, highly lacking in WP:SIGCOV. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 07:27, 20 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect. It was more suitable as a redirect given its lower sigcov. MimirIsSmart (talk) 02:28, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 04:14, 27 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Cabayi (talk) 09:45, 4 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect - sourcing is very short and weak, not enough to support a stand-alone article (as evidenced by the fact that probably over half of the article remains unsourced with little improvements in the last week or two.) The whole reason the the Tales of Mobile article exists is to serve as a landing point for all of these minor titles. None of these spinouts from it should have been created, as they all share the same sourcing issues and half-baked implementation. Note to closer: IgelRM's redirect !vote was placed higher up in the discussion, but was added after one of the relist, so there is a consensus developing post-relists. Sergecross73 msg me 13:10, 4 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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