Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Takeji Nara

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The result was keep, nomination withdrawn. Arkyan  ^(talk) 16:04, 15 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Takeji Nara

This contextless and unsourced stub looked just about the same when created about a year ago. Since then, nobody has found any sources that confirm the existence of this person (or that indicate in which time he lived), and nobody has fixed the confused spelling. Fails WP:V, WP:NOR, WP:N. Sandstein 05:23, 15 May 2007 (UTC) Nomination retracted as the man and his status are now verified. Sandstein 08:26, 15 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Takeji Nara did exist; he was chief aide-de-camp to the Emperor for 11 years per this site[1] and others, and was also the commander of the China Garrison Army during part of the First World War. I suspect these positions (especially the first) would make their holders notable, but knowing nothing about the Japanese military prior to World War II I'm unable to give an informed opinion as to whether this is the case. I hate to harp on Wikiprojects, but is there a Japanese military wikiproject this could be brought up at? --Charlene 05:38, 15 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Japanese military history task force contacted. -- saberwyn 05:54, 15 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
keep per Charlene-notable, just hard to find English language sourcing. Chris 06:33, 15 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Then you'll have to find sources, either in English or in Japanese, or the article must be deleted. Per WP:V: "The burden of evidence lies with the editor who adds or restores material. ... If an article topic has no reliable, third-party sources, Wikipedia should not have an article on it." Sandstein 07:26, 15 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. One source is listed above. [2] is another. He had a series of diaries published (Amazon link on the talk page of the article), so, he is notable enough. Neier 07:38, 15 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Japan-related deletions. cab 08:01, 15 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. I've added full citations for his diaries, which were reprinted in 1990 and again in 2000; a variety of scholarly sources even in English have used these diaries in various discussions about the war (per Google Books search [3][4]) cab 08:01, 15 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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