Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Maiko Kawakami

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result was no consensus to delete. - furrykef (Talk at me) 11:28, 4 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Maiko Kawakami[edit]

Contested speedy delete. See Talk:Maiko Kawakami. Anthony Appleyard 08:41, 27 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Her only claim to fame (as the article even says) is that a British tabloid reported that she was stupid enough to think that a sheep was a poodle. How does that make her notable? I am not an expert on Japanese movies, so I can't really tell if any of her roles have been more than minor (since it appears most of the movies she appeared in have not been released outside of Japan). However, this article does nothing to make her sound notable. TJ Spyke 08:51, 27 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Recent news coverage can only be trivial when considering the merits of the subject. We need some indication of notability beyond gullibility. Caknuck 09:29, 27 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

She has some merits. I also added an IMDB link to the article. Stammer 13:04, 27 April 2007 (UTC) I've added some references. She is a professional actress, apparently well-known in Japan, and she has starred in movies, such as Violent Cop, that have been shown in the West too. I think she may deserve a Keep. Stammer 14:29, 27 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Doesn't even seem to be true anyway, per this ChrisTheDude 11:50, 27 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete if the only reason for the article is the sheep hoax. If someone with more time and knowledge about her career could post that, however... DarkAudit 14:34, 27 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Judging from the Snopes article, the poodle lamb thing is a hoax, which further lessens her notability and should be removed from the article. That would leave a two sentence stub with one source. Based on the info in her IMDb entry, I think this is her jp: article. If it could be translated and the article fleshed out with notability established, then I'd change my !vote. Caknuck 19:22, 27 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Yep, that's definitely her. - furrykef (Talk at me) 19:50, 27 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
~~Delete~~ unless we get any notable information that has nothing to do with sheep. - furrykef (Talk at me) 19:45, 27 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Weak keep. I'm not yet convinced that she's notable (appearing in some number of films without knowing much about those films doesn't say much; plenty of non-notable people have done the same), but at least we have something more than the sheep story. - furrykef (Talk at me) 07:32, 2 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per Stammer. If she is semi-prominent in Japan, that's 125 million people that could look for her at Wikipedia. +Hexagon1 ^(t) 00:39, 28 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Unenthusiastic keep. She's appeared on TV. She's appeared in movies. In Japan, these tend to require nothing much more than stereotypical looks and voice and the ability to ham with a straight face, but there are plenty of worthy exceptions and for all I know she is one of them; anyway, her merits and intrinsic notability have little to do with her actual notability. Ja:WP has an article on her. But if the article is kept, remove the crapola deriving from the Sun, a no-brow Murdoch tabloid that will print anything it thinks will boost its (horrifyingly high) circulation. -- Hoary 10:57, 28 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - 25 mainstream movies, more than ten TV series listed at Ja: wiki, and the IMDB link shows that she ha major parts in at least some of them. Neier 12:03, 28 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep — I just added some material, translated (partially) from the Japanese Wikipedia. Maiko appears to be notable enough.--Endroit 10:44, 1 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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