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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) Alpha3031 (t • c) 13:25, 19 September 2023 (UTC)
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Tagged for notability since 2010. Having created one or two possibly notable works does not satisfy WP:NAUTHOR. Also fails WP:GNG. - UtherSRG (talk) 11:28, 12 September 2023 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: People, Authors, Science fiction and fantasy, and Japan. UtherSRG (talk) 11:28, 12 September 2023 (UTC)
- Keep. First off, the Japanese Wikipedia entry for this author has a lot more detail about this author's life and career along with some citations. Tensei Kono won the Mystery Writers of Japan Award and was a finalist twice for the Naoki Prize, which strongly proves notability per Wikipedia:Notability (people) additional criteria #1 ("The person has received a well-known and significant award or honor"). Sadly, it appears this author has not had much work translated into English but he does have stories in Speculative Japan: Outstanding Tales of Japanese Science Fiction and Fantasy, The Best Japanese Science Fiction Stories and The World Treasury of Science Fiction. I also found some citations about this author in places like Moderne japanische Literatur in deutscher Übersetzung and a 1983 issue of Extrapolation (where he is called an important science fiction writer). Add in all this with the other awards the author won or was a finalist for and this author meets Wikipedia's notability guidelines.--SouthernNights (talk) 13:42, 12 September 2023 (UTC)
- Keep. Nominated for the Naoki Prize twice twice, so meeting ANYBIO point 1, and had three of his works adapted into films, meeting point 3 of NAUTHOR.
CohenTheBohemian (talk) 02:51, 13 September 2023 (UTC)
- I've now added more information and citations to the article, using the Japanese Wiki article as a guide.--SouthernNights (talk) 13:39, 13 September 2023 (UTC)
- Keep. Seems to meet WP:AUTHOR from award wins/nominations. There's also at least one film of his works (Black Sun (1964 film)). [1]. Espresso Addict (talk) 14:20, 13 September 2023 (UTC)
- Keep per WP:HEY ([2]) and no WP:BEFORE attempt (looking at other wikipedia entries, especially the one in the subject's native language, should be the bare minimum before starting an AfD). Cavarrone 07:25, 15 September 2023 (UTC)
- Keep. Thank you SouthernNights for expanding this. The nom should have done a better BEFORE by looking at the JP article, although the end result here seems to be a win-win (article improved, passes GNG clearly now). --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 06:45, 16 September 2023 (UTC)
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