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 no consensus. PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 23:36, 19 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hiroyuki Owaku (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log)

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Not notable. Similar to Masashi Tsuboyama & Suguru Murakoshi. Golden Sugarplum (talk) 07:06, 5 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions. —Golden Sugarplum (talk) 07:06, 5 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of video game-related deletion discussions. (G·N·B·S·RS·Talk) • Gene93k (talk) 17:18, 5 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

• Speedy keep – Notable enough in the field of video games. Simple google search shows his name on many sites in different languages, "What links here" also shows his name in the different pages of Wikipedia, he also has an article on Portuguese Wikipedia, what else do you need here. — Bill william compton^Talk 17:29, 11 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:58, 12 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

• Speedy deletion - Google search indeed shows his name on many sites in different languages, but few of them seem to be considered reliable sources (ImdB & fansites are unreliable sources). The fact that he has an article on another Wikipedia does not make him notable & the said Wikipedia has a single source which is unreliable (ImdB). Golden Sugarplum (talk) 05:12, 12 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Do you even need to make a vote! here, as you're the original nominator. Why didn't you use this rationale in your nomination, to make things more clearer, you're just doing cherry picking here to make your opinion stronger. It doesn't matter if article has a single source, because there are sources, like Cotidianul, search news section, and we've a better way to do this by "Google news". — Bill william compton^Talk 05:40, 12 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep – Has a source to verify its existence. Intoronto1125TalkContributions 02:04, 18 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Actually that is not enough to keep an article. The notability guidelines call for multiple reliable sources giving non-trivial coverage regarding the subject and not proof that the subject exists.--76.66.188.209 (talk) 04:15, 18 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment – There are two third party references which indicate why this person is recognized meaning its a reputable (albeit slowly) article. Intoronto1125TalkContributions 16:31, 18 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Please provide links to said sources so that we can examine if they are reliable and their content. Golden Sugarplum (talk) 18:17, 18 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete – Fails general notability criteria: no independent reliable sources with significant coverage, interviews with Owaku all centered on the game series rather than on the person. Article is a verbose version of the MobyGames credits, and impossible to expand without biographical information. Prime Blue (talk) 11:38, 19 July 2011 (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.