Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tomizawa Iyo

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The result was delete. Tone 07:07, 8 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Tomizawa Iyo[edit]

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A historical person of dubious notability, and similarly dubious verifiability. The entire stub is sourced to a single link from a defunct website whose reliability I cannot ascertain. I did various searches, both under the various English spellings as well as with the provided kanji, and turned up nothing but mirrors of this article. As far as I can tell, the Japanese Wikipedia does not have a corresponding article on this individual. However, I am bringing this to AFD, rather than simply placing a PROD on it due to its notability issues, in the chance that people with more familiarity with reading Japanese might have something to say regarding the topic. Rorshacma (talk) 01:29, 1 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. Rorshacma (talk) 01:29, 1 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Japan-related deletion discussions. Rorshacma (talk) 01:29, 1 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Without doing the research that I don't really have time for this morning, I will say that "富沢伊予守" doesn't parse as "Tomizawa Iyo" but as "Tomizawa Iyo-no-kami". If this person existed and was in fact the governor of Iyo Province, I would say it's a near-certainty that he is notable. That being said, a GBooks search appeared to indicate that he was in fact just a relatively minor retainer of the Sanada clan and was more associated with Kōzuke Province. Hijiri 88 (聖やや) 01:47, 1 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Comment, for information of wikieditors, no article on Japanese WP of this person (see here). Coolabahapple (talk) 01:50, 2 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Coolabahapple: A few points:

Japanese Wikipedia hardly ever cites sources, and so is not especially useful when establishing notability, even of Japanese topics.
Lots of notable (but obscure) Japanese topics don't have articles on ja.wiki -- Man'yō Shikō, Man'yōshū Jidai-kō, Fujiwara no Atsutaka, Fujiwara no Akinaka, and Fujiwara no Akitsuna jump to mind.
The interwiki links (or lack thereof) are clearly visible on the page itself.

Hijiri 88 (聖やや) 04:34, 2 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

hi Hijiri88, as the Japanese WP has over 1mill articles i thought it might be a good idea to check if it had anything on Tomizawa, anyway, thanks for the insights into that WP:)) Coolabahapple (talk) 04:51, 2 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Fails WP:V as best I can determine. Happy to change !vote if RS sources are turned up. 24.151.50.175 (talk) 15:49, 2 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - Per nomination, Fails WP:VER. - MA Javadi (talk) 22:15, 6 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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