Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rintaro Yajima

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The result was delete. As even the maybe keep has sourcing concerns. Star Mississippi 16:00, 12 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Rintaro Yajima

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Naught but match reports and database entries for all variants in which this name could be spelled. Fails GNG. Dr. Duh 🩺 (talk) 07:04, 4 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Football and Japan. Dr. Duh 🩺 (talk) 07:04, 4 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 06:00, 5 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Delete we lack the sources giving substantial coverage that are required to pass GNG.John Pack Lambert (talk) 18:02, 5 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football-related deletions. Giant Snowman 19:43, 5 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - no evidence of notability. If sources are found please ping me. Giant Snowman 19:47, 5 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
maybe a keep per Japanese wiki article, however the sources there seem dodgy, the content suggests there is a degree of notability around. Considering this is a Japanese footballer, then the sourcing will come from both German and Japanese searches and not English so much. On that note I doubt a true WP:BEFORE has been done? @Doctor Duh: Do you know Japanese or German? Govvy (talk) 08:50, 7 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Govvy, I'm fluent in German and can assure you that all potentially usable German-language sources only mention him in passing as part of routine coverage of matches he appeared in and the like. For Japanese sources I admittedly depend on online translators, but have likewise found nothing particularly compelling. Dr. Duh 🩺 (talk) 09:00, 7 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Doctor Duh: Okay fair enough, I am use to footballers that play in the English leagues being well covered and expected the same level of coverage in Germany. I had looked at your user-space because often people tend to give an indication of what language they represent with a user box, however you didn't have one, so you will have to forgive me thinking you only knew English. Govvy (talk) 09:06, 7 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Govvy, no problem. I actually had those until recently, maybe I ought to put them back. Dr. Duh 🩺 (talk) 09:10, 7 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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