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The result was delete. Secret ^account 03:40, 18 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Tomakira Li

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Probable hoax article. Google hasn't heard of this person or his claimed fashion label. --DAJF (talk) 07:38, 11 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Japan-related deletion discussions. --DAJF (talk) 07:45, 11 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Assuming good faith, I'm not going to agree that this article is a hoax. But even presuming the facts presented to be true, if Li is such a recluse, not even showing his face and "letting his designs speak for him", he is unlikely to have the kind of coverage needed to build a biography on. WikiDan61^ChatMe!_ReadMe!! 11:51, 11 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. All my searching has only turned up this blog, which just started up last week, the day after the Wikipedia article was created. (Note that searches under "Thomas Li" didn't come up with anything either.) Whether this is a brand new designer just starting up, or part of a larger hoax, I cannot tell, but clearly this fails WP:GNG. Michitaro (talk) 13:29, 11 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Fashion-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 14:59, 11 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete, unsourced BLP.--Ymblanter (talk) 15:05, 11 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I can't find anything either, so have to concur with the Delete votes. Mabalu (talk) 15:31, 11 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, speedy if confirmed to be a hoax - If he were such a recluse, then it's possible that the more that he should receive at least some coverage. Surely, being a fashion designer but keeping much info about him secret would surely raise some eyebrows (much like the Japanese music duo ClariS, whose anonymity is the subject of a DYK). But either way, this is either a massive hoax (again, a fashion designer being unusually secretive would either receive commentary for that very reason, or smell of hoax), or a biography about an up-and-coming fashion designer who is simply not there yet. The fact that the only source in the article is a blog which was created a day after the article was created is only the final nail in the coffin. Lights out, and bring down the curtain. Narutolovehinata5 ^tccsdnew 11:16, 13 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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