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The result was delete‎. ✗plicit 00:12, 28 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yutaka Kurita (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log | edits since nomination)

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I couldn't establish that he meets WP:BIO or WP:GNG. This has been in CAT:NN for 14 years, so hopefully we can now resolve it. Boleyn (talk) 18:12, 13 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Martial arts and Japan. Owen× ☎ 19:27, 13 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete. I am not sure there is any assertion of notability in the article, and only the birthdate is cited. I could not find anything better in a search. Dekimasuよ! 05:05, 14 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Weak keep I did some searches and added some content, an image and references. According to the International Aikido Federation he was a notable person, see here. It looks to be notable person, but can't find many secondary sources. It would be good to do a search in Japanese, but I can't speak Japanese. 82.174.61.58 (talk) 12:46, 18 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 20:55, 20 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete: Fails GNG and NBIO. Sources in article and BEFORE found nothing with WP:SIGCOV from WP:IS WP:RS addressing the subject directly and indepth.

Source eval:

Comments	Source
Could not find source, no pp #	1. The Way of Aiki, by Jose Carlos Escobar, MA., Trafford Publishing
Obit, all the normal problems with Obits	2. ^ Jump up to:a b c d "RIP Yutaka Kurita Shihan". International Aikido Federation. 11 March 2022.
Blog post	3. ^ "The great masters: Yutaka Kurita Sensei (Part 1)". boec.com. 3 October 2021.
Part 2 of blog post above	4. ^ Jump up to:a b c "The great masters: Yutaka Kurita Sensei (Part 2)". boec.com. 4 October 2021.

The one source above I couldn't find a copy of has no page number, doubtful the entire book is about the subject and a single source won't meet WP:N. Ping me if sources are posted with WP:SIGCOV.  // Timothy :: talk  20:57, 27 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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