Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Shōji Kojima

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The result was keep. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 07:05, 31 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Shōji Kojima[edit]

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Could not find major significant coverage on the person. Little citations, unsure on if Kojima passes the GNG. InvadingInvader (talk) 01:51, 11 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: People, Dance, and Japan. InvadingInvader (talk) 01:51, 11 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I believe it should be kept. He is a significant inclusion for topics covering Flamenco in Japan, and he seems to be quite well-known with flamenco enthusiasts and there are many articles and videos on YouTube about him, so I think he's notable enough for Wikipedia. Arkansore (talk) 15:18, 11 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 02:45, 18 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Weak Keep. It looks like the sources in the article are enough to meet WP:ENT. There several hits in Spanish language publications, most of which look like reviews. Searching for "shoji kojima" is a bit more productive than "Shōji Kojima." There's also a paywalled review in the English language Japan Times from 2018 that I can't read. It looks like he's an awardee of a number of cultural medals as well, like the Cultural Medal of Honor and perhaps (according to the Japanese version of the article) the Order of the Rising Sun. I doubt that any of these awards make the recipient preemptively notable, but it suggests that he has reached the lifetime achievement stage of his career, which does show some sustained notoriety. Xymmax ^{So let it be written} _{So let it be done} 03:59, 18 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ✗plicit 03:57, 25 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. I've added a few sources. There is a problem of locating sources simultaenously accessible and in languages people on this page read. However, several sources refer to Kojima as "celebrated", a key figure in Japanese flamenco and flamenco worldwide etc etc. There is a whole book about him as well as chapters on his work. He has a lot of awards, and even gets special mention by the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology as a significant figure in the arts. So I think he's clearly notable - we don't need to worry about that. We just have to improve on our own job at locating more sources. One thing we need to do is clear up the main biography a bit more, as it had been taken verbatim from his English language profile. I've made a start on that. The problem is that some secondary source profiles appear to have used it fairly directly as well.OsFish (talk) 08:23, 25 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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