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The result was Keep; non-admin closure. TonyBallioni (talk) 00:22, 31 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Keep Head of a department at a university. But the real notability is being the editor of several major standard Japanese-English dictionaries, . The editor of a major reference work is notable. XXanthippe, what are the reasons for your !vote? I'd like a chance to show why they dont apply, but you need to say what they are. DGG (talk) 11:17, 27 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep as I stated when it was de-prodded, he passes WP:PROF by authoring a reference work that is widely used/cited. Neier (talk) 12:37, 27 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
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