Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Yoshimoto Uchida

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The result was delete. -- Patar knight - ^chat/_{contributions} 20:48, 17 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Yoshimoto Uchida

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I do not believe this individual meets WP:NBIO in that I can find no published, reliable, independent secondary sources covering him. I cannot check Japanese language sources, but the article does not make a claim for notability either. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 13:24, 10 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Japan-related deletion discussions. Eastmain (talk • contribs) 13:26, 10 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions. Eastmain (talk • contribs) 13:26, 10 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Delete The Shinbundo source in the article is an interview. Subject was profiled in Sankei News's regional coverage [1]. Most of the other mentions in RS are not in-depth and fall into two groups: a wire service story about a demonstration of swordsmithing held in Russia that was picked up by a bunch of sources (e.g. Okinawa Times [2] Shikoku News [3] Oricon [4]), and regional coverage of the restoration of a particularly interesting sword (e.g. Shizuoka Shimbun [5]). Borderline for WP:GNG, but all the wire stories are basically the same story, and most of the coverage is not in-depth coverage of this subject. In addition, there does not seem to be a corresponding jawiki page, and the photo copyright situation appears unlikely to withstand scrutiny. Bakazaka (talk) 16:33, 10 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Probably should be histmerged with Draft:Yoshimoto Uchida. Dekimasuよ! 18:23, 10 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Military-related deletion discussions. Tyw7 (🗣️ Talk) — If (reply) then (ping me) 20:46, 10 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Delete No claim of notability. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 20:52, 10 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. No apparent encyclopedic notability and I could not find enough coverage from which to build an article. No reason for a histmerge as no significant edits were made after the draft was copied to mainspace. › Mortee _talk 21:48, 11 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Possibly speedy WP:A7 (though that low bar may be borderline met). Definitely does not pass GNG.Icewhiz (talk) 14:52, 12 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

delete I have a longstanding love for the artistry of old swords form Japan (they did it more beautifully than Europe, they just did.) Although I would love to have kept an article on a man who restores them because he admires them as I do, (there's a special exhibit that includes some lovely ones on loan to the Met in NYC this summer by a private collector who probably could support an article, but I digress,) I am just not finding sources in a Latin alphabet that support notability.E.M.Gregory (talk) 16:42, 13 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Delete – Per all comments and nom. Redditaddict6 9 16:13, 17 August 2018 (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.