Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Angel Cat Sugar

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The result was Nomination withdrawn Narutolovehinata5 ^tccsdnew 02:04, 6 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Angel Cat Sugar

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There's no denying that Yuko Shimizu is notable. Unfortunately, this character she created does not appear to be so. A search in English and Japanese failed to find enough significant, reliable or independent coverage. Narutolovehinata5 ^tccsdnew 05:30, 4 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - the character's Japanese Wikipedia entry is currently blanked as copyright infringement. If this article is considered a copyright infringement as well, then it can be deleted as G12. Narutolovehinata5 ^tccsdnew 05:33, 4 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: I've revamped much of the page, so I think it'd be just different enough to where it wouldn't pass G12 now. My big concern is that speedying it might be a disservice. This isn't nearly as big as the HK empire, but there have been books, various sundries, and at least one video game out there with this character in it. I'm finding a lot of German sources and some Italian ones. I don't see where she's hit as big over here, but I'm leaning towards keeping this based on what I'm seeing so far. I'd like to improve the article more before officially making a definitive keep or delete statement, though. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡) 13:58, 4 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Can you provide a link to at least some of the sources you found? If there are indeed significant coverage then I will be happy to withdraw this nomination. Narutolovehinata5 ^tccsdnew 03:00, 5 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I've put most of them in the article. There are a few that I'm somewhat unsure about, so I'll just link them here: [1], [2], [3]. The third is a review of the game, but the other two are slightly more in-depth but I'm unsure of the reliability of the sources. There's just enough to where I'm leaning towards a keep, though. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡) 05:01, 5 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Checking what's already on the article, they do appear to be reliable. As such, I'm withdrawing this. Narutolovehinata5 ^tccsdnew 02:04, 6 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Keep obviously nowhere near the cultural icon that Hello Kitty is, and probably never will be. But it's still a global brand with a book series and presence in many countries. Merchandising characters are tough to guage notability on because there's not a single thing like a blockbuster movie or a hit song to point to. But Angel Cat Sugar stuff of some kind is available in just about every country in the world, and for a character intended to perpetuate a merchandising brand, it's clearly doing what it's supposed to. Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 14:57, 4 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Japan-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 17:34, 4 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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