Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Eriko Satō (footballer)

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The result was delete. However, those who expressed an opinion to delete did so out of regret and minor frustration they were unable to improve the article. If any of the participants would like this moved to draft space, let me know. Ritchie333 ^(talk) ^(cont) 09:09, 25 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Eriko Satō (footballer)

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I can't find any evidence of her passing WP:NFOOTBALL or WP:GNG, nor any evidence confirming the birth and death dates listed in the article. The one reference in the article doesn't mention her. Joeykai (talk) 04:58, 17 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete - also struggling to find anything other than Wiki Mirrors - no evidence she even exists, let alone is notable. Giant Snowman 07:02, 17 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Played for national team. She exist, reference mentioning her. 62.140.137.140 (talk) 07:40, 17 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: Certainly evidence she existed; listed in the ja:WP article for this school [1] for example. She was a victim of the 2011 tsunami... but even so I can't immediately find any Japanese sources above the blog level which mention her. No newspapers, for example, so given the one-sentence nature of the stub, I think best to delete it. Imaginatorium (talk) 07:45, 17 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Many results searching in Japanese. Profile: https://blog-001.west.edge.storage-yahoo.jp/res/blog-8e-ff/shimizumasaki196868/folder/1547857/32/51977632/img_0 62.140.137.140 (talk) 07:47, 17 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - This is kind of sad. She was a footballer who was captain of an established woman's team (Kumamoto Renaissance FC) before women's football took off in Japan. She died in the 3.11 disaster at the young age of 31. There is no doubt she existed and played for the team (here is the team announcement of her death). What I can't find is any record that she played for the national team. The Japanese wikipedia article does not mention it (ja:佐藤恵利子), nor does the team announcement. The reference in the English article to her being on the national team in 2008 refers to the wrong Eriko Sato (佐藤衣里子 not 佐藤恵利子--see [2] and [3]). All else on the net is just from blogs. While I feel sorry about this, I am afraid she does not pass WP:GNG. Michitaro (talk) 08:10, 17 July 2017 (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.