Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Noritoshi Furuichi

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The result was keep. I hope that those editors who located sources could add them to the article which still needs some improvement. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 06:38, 2 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Noritoshi Furuichi

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Non notable sociologist, all sources lead to Furuichi's papers. Obermallen (talk) 05:41, 5 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Academics and educators, Authors, and Japan. Shellwood (talk) 07:26, 5 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Delete No independent sources discussing this sociologist, based on a quick WP:BEFORE search. 2601:647:5800:1A1F:CCBF:2541:EADD:F590 (talk) 18:39, 5 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: [1] His WorldCat isn't too bad. Worth taking a deeper look to see if he passes WP:NPROF or WP:GNG. Curbon7 (talk) 02:39, 7 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Keep I'm not convinced meets WP:NPROF given the low citations on Google Scholar and was a PhD student not that long ago. However seems to meet WP:NAUTHOR given at least one independent significant review of his books (https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/226953368.pdf) plus shorter mentions found on Google Books. -Kj cheetham (talk) 20:20, 11 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Sandstein 09:26, 12 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per nom. Handmeanotherbagofthemchips (talk) 15:57, 13 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Keep The nomination does not reflect community consensus on how notability works, summarized in WP:NEXIST: The absence of sources or citations in an article (as distinct from the non-existence of sources) does not indicate that a subject is not notable. I also note WP:BEFORE, which says that before nominating, please be sure to, among other things, check if there are interlanguage links, also in the sidebar, which may lead to more developed and better-sourced articles. As you might be able to figure out from the Japanese Wikipedia article, the subject is not just a sociologist, he is also a novelist whose work has been nominated on two different occasions for the Akutagawa Prize. Even ignoring his other books and his role as a cultural/political commentator (and friend of the Abe family), there are plenty of sources discussing just his fiction (Google 古市憲寿芥川賞 and filter by news, et voilà, sources). The first novel in particular was pretty controversial! Anyway, we probably agree that the article could be improved, even greatly so, but that's not what this process is for. Notable under WP:GNG and WP:AUTHOR#3. Indignant Flamingo (talk) 08:36, 18 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Hoping to see more policy-based arguments. Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 02:59, 19 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Sandstein 12:35, 26 August 2022 (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.