Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kyoya Yamada

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The result was keep‎. Mojo Hand (talk) 04:23, 16 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Kyoya Yamada (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log | edits since nomination)

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Kyoya Yamada has recently retired (https://www.fagiano-okayama.com/news/202412281600/), and so with four J2 appearances, unfortunately fails GNG RossEvans19 (talk) 02:34, 9 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete: Might be coverage in JP sources, but I can't find any coverage we can use, not much of anything really. Does not meet notability. The one link used now in the article isn't enough. Oaktree b (talk) 02:43, 9 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Sportspeople, Football, and Japan. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 05:27, 9 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep see Asahi Shimbun, Mainichi Shimbun and probably the bunch of coverage from Sanyo Shimbun and I suggest a translation of ja:山田恭也 (I don't know football). Warm Regards, Miminity (Talk?) (me contribs) 06:56, 9 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football-related deletions. GiantSnowman 18:33, 9 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep – Per sources presented by Miminity. Svartner (talk) 18:35, 9 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep per sources above which (AGF) appear to show notability. GiantSnowman 18:37, 9 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment I'm glad I thought to Afd this as I was unsure if this was notable. Will add these sources when I get a moment. Thank you to Miminity for the sources! User:RossEvans19 talk 20:48, 9 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  It would be preferable if you did a WP:BEFORE search that includes sources in Japanese before you nominated and if you're not competent in Japanese, leave the nominating to someone who is... DCsansei (talk) 11:55, 10 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  I thought it seemed pretty likely that he would be not notable. I wasn't trying to be difficult or anything! RossEvans19 (talk) 14:45, 10 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Keep per all of the sources provided above. DCsansei (talk) 11:54, 10 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep with Miminity's sources. Fulmard (talk) 07:21, 11 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep per sources provided above by Miminity Absurdum4242 (talk) 13:19, 11 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  • Keep: Suitable sources have been found as detailed earlier in this discussion. Shrug02 (talk) 00:30, 12 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep—Per all above. Anwegmann (talk) 03:03, 13 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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.