Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Akira Bamba

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The result was delete. Sandstein 14:51, 13 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Akira Bamba

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Tagged for six years, fails WP:GNG. SportingFlyer T·C 15:10, 29 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions. SportingFlyer T·C 15:10, 29 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Motorsport-related deletion discussions. SportingFlyer T·C 15:10, 29 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Japan-related deletion discussions. SportingFlyer T·C 15:10, 29 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ✗plicit 00:15, 6 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

~~Unlikely to be notable~~ - Obviously this would need somebody who can read Japanese to check for sources, but a large number of people compete in international rally events who don't receive significant coverage from any sources. Follow up: Searching for the driver's name in Japanese on Google News does reveal some apparent sources, but I can't vouch for their reliability or whether they contain any significant coverage of the driver. Someone who is familiar with Japanese sources needs to go over this. HumanBodyPiloter5 (talk) 14:57, 8 June 2021 (UTC)HumanBodyPiloter5 (talk) 15:03, 8 June 2021 (UTC)HumanBodyPiloter5 (talk) 15:06, 8 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The Google News articles, for me at least, all link back to paultan.org, the reliability of which is unclear, but even then those sources don't pass SIGCOV for me. He also doesn't have a Japanese language page, which isn't outcome determinative for this AfD, but it certainly doesn't help with a source search. SportingFlyer T·C 09:06, 9 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Typing "番場彬" into Google News appeared to produce numerous news reports in Japanese on rally events, but I couldn't tell you if they contained significant coverage of this driver since I can't read Japanese. HumanBodyPiloter5 (talk) 11:31, 9 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Fails WP:SIGCOV.4meter4 (talk) 23:21, 12 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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