Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kyusaku Hori

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The result was merge to Nikkatsu, without prejudice against re-splitting at a later date if sufficient reliable coverage can be found. Skomorokh 17:21, 6 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Kyusaku Hori[edit]

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It is not clear whether he is notable. While he was president of a notable company, that does not guarantee that he was himself notable. The only "reference" is a link to a photograph, together with a caption which confirms he was president of Nikatsu [sic] Films, but nothing else. A Google search for "Kyusaku Hori" produces a few hundred hits, but I have looked at a few dozen of them, and failed to find any substantial coverage. Mostly we have a brief mention of Kyusaku Hori in an article about something else which briefly touches on him. He may be notable, but at present I can find no evidence that he comes near to satisfying WP:PEOPLE. JamesBWatson (talk) 09:39, 22 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect if no other sources can be found. I think thats a fair outcome for this particular article. JBsupreme (talk) 18:39, 22 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Presumably redirect to Nikkatsu? I would settle for that. JamesBWatson (talk) 16:17, 23 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Merge and redirect to Nikkatsu. I see no reason to delete the text that is there. Chutznik (talk) 02:47, 29 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, kur ykh 07:27, 30 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Prior to the relist, everyone so far agrees to a redirect / merge of sorts. Unless someone contests this, I don't see any reason not to expedite the closure of this debate rather than go another week. Consensus has been reached so far. JBsupreme (talk) 07:51, 30 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Merge and redirect to Nikkatsu; I agree with the reasoning of JamesBWatson. And I agree with JBsupreme that it looks like consensus has been reached.--Baron Larf 08:31, 30 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Merge and redirect It is sad that someone has not done some in-depth study on the man. per JBsupreme & Baron --Bejnar (talk) 19:41, 30 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Japan-related deletion discussions. -- Pcap ping 04:57, 31 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions. -- Pcap ping 05:00, 31 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Weak keep. There are a few independent references to him in a number of books about the Japanese film industry. I'm guessing that the difficulty in finding verification lies in the fact that he was active pre-internet (so you won't find many news articles and the like) and that anything about him will be in Japanese. I agree that it's a pity it hasn't been possible to find more about him. Wikipeterproject (talk) 19:44, 4 February 2010 (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.