Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Naoki Sano

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The result was Nomination withdrawn

Thanks for the sourcing, which I was unable to find as I'm not a Japanese reader, and don't have access to the offline resources used. As notability has been established, I am withdrawing this nomination and closing this debate. -- PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 08:01, 16 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Naoki Sano

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Contested PROD. No evidence of notability found in Google Searches - all mentions (as "Naoki Sano", "Sano Naoki" and "佐野直喜") are very minor ("Sano beat xyz", about 14 News hits between all 3 variations of the name) and no significant coverage exists. -- PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 09:20, 15 February 2010 (UTC) Nomination withdrawn[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Wrestling-related deletion discussions. —-- PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 09:32, 15 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - WP:ATHLETE states that the person is sufficiently notable if he or she has competed at the top level in their sport. His work for FMW, Pro Wrestling Noah, Wrestle Association R (three of the biggest federations in Japan, where the sport is very popular), and certainly NJPW (arguably one of the top three federations in the world) would more that meet the threshold for notability, even without the fact that he has held championships in all four. GaryColemanFan (talk) 23:31, 15 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Can you prove any of it? The article doesn't have a single reference. Drmies (talk) 02:42, 16 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, passes WP:ATHLETE as a professional wrestler, as previously mentioned. In addition, he passes it as a mixed martial artist, as he was a part of the Pride Fighting Championships, one of the top MMA companies. Nikki♥311 04:46, 16 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Japan-related deletion discussions. —Nikki♥311 04:49, 16 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - Per improvements. - Peregrine Fisher (talk) 05:12, 16 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - Only very minor points are unsourced now, non-contentious statements. Meets Notability and Verifiability now. MPJ -DK 06:43, 16 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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