Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Alan Shirahama

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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) –Davey2010^Talk 01:13, 27 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Alan Shirahama

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No indication of individual notability, besides being part of a seven-piece boyband in Japan. No solo releases or acting roles of note. See WP:MUSIC and WP:NACTOR Karst (talk) 22:10, 20 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Merge it with the band's article. Not So Dumb Blond (talk) 02:10, 21 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect to Generations from Exile Tribe. Not seeing sufficient evidence of independent notability. --DAJF (talk) 02:35, 21 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. Human3015^TALK 04:05, 21 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Japan-related deletion discussions. Human3015^TALK 04:05, 21 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - Shirahama has received significant coverage in pretty much all the major entertainment press outlets in Japan. Here are just some pieces that have his name in the title of the article: [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7], [8], [9], [10], [11], [12], [13], [14], [15], [16], [17], etc. Part of his fame is due to his scandal with Minami Minegishi, part of it is due to his being the younger brother of the model Loveli, but now most of it is due to him being the leader of a band with a number one single. The press treats him as the leader and he receives much coverage about him as a single person. It is debatable whether he passes WP:MUSIC or WP:NACTOR, but he easily passes WP:GNG. Michitaro (talk) 13:57, 21 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the links, they are quite useful. Especially if the article should be redirected and inserted into the main page. There is currently no mention of any scandal? This would indeed add notability. Something needs to be added otherwise it will simply go to a redirect of an AfD again. Karst (talk) 06:43, 22 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

There are some English sources on Shirahama's role in the scandal, since it was reported worldwide (see the Minegishi article): [18], [19], etc., though not all of them are as reliable as the major news sources I cited from the Japanese press. If the conclusion of this AfD is Keep, I will try to add some of this to the article (I always try to do that after saving an article on AfD, though help from others is always welcome!). Michitaro (talk) 16:06, 22 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Michitaro has already done the hard work, so all I can add is that his description of those sources is accurate. AtHomeIn神戸 (talk) 00:20, 22 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Weak keep as being a member of the two groups with sourcing to support it may make this keepable. SwisterTwister talk 05:47, 23 October 2015 (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.