Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Toichiro Araki

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 keep. John254 00:38, 27 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Toichiro Araki[edit]

Delete fails WP:BIO. Only sign of notability given, i.e. "who gained notoriety[citation needed] in 1928 when he won a race around the world" is not verifiable. Also there is another sentence to prove notability - "He has written many books, most notably Prince of the Air: Around the World in 33 Days". But the book shows only one ghit in google search - wikipedia.[1] There is no evidence that the book is notable. Otolemur crassicaudatus (talk) 14:34, 22 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Just searching for the author turned up a couple of legit hits for the book: uno, dos, tres, etc. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • ^{(Broken clamshells•Otter chirps)} 14:56, 22 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

[::But none of them are reliable source. Otolemur crassicaudatus (talk) 15:03, 22 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I believe he was addressing your claim of there being only one ghit on the book, rather than the entire deletion rationale. —Quasirandom (talk) 15:05, 22 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - Since I was told on my talk page that this was nominated, I'm assuming I created it?..yea..I think I must've. Anyways, it was on the list of Requested pages or something, so I created it. Obviously, I was only able to produce a tiny stub. Since I'm the creator, I won't vote, but I'm leaning on deleting it because he's not really notable.--theblueflamingo^Squawk 07:05, 23 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Japan-related deletion discussions. —Quasirandom (talk) 15:05, 22 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions. —86.149.53.196 (talk) 09:29, 23 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Keep besides the notability claims already in the article, he is the subject of at least one biography (citation at the bottom of googlebooks) Neier (talk) 11:21, 23 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Neier's citation, coupled with the books and numerous references (including in the cite) that he did do the race, would seem to verify that he is notable. Keep as a valid stub and, per editorial policy, wait for someone to expand. Possibly, if you're impatient, notify the relevant Wikiproject that it needs attention. —Quasirandom (talk) 14:25, 23 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - this article needs a lot of work, but it appears as if the subject is notable as is referenced above.BWH76 (talk) 19:45, 26 February 2008 (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.