Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Magibon

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was no consensus cuz it's cool to go for Japanese stuff and what she does seems so like, zen. Gwen Gale (talk) 21:19, 1 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Magibon

Only claim of notability is the popularity among YouTube viewers (the Japanese ones, to be more precise). I'm not really sure if this is enough to assert notability per WP:BIO and WP:ENTERTAINER, considering that the basic assertion of notability is the non-trivial media exposure. Article has been prodded by somebody, but another user declined it, stating that there was a "notability borderline". Victor Lopes (talk) 04:18, 25 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - normally I'd agree but the appearance on Japanese television is just enough to warrant an article. Exxolon (talk) 06:20, 25 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Internet-related deletion discussions. -- Fabrictramp | talk to me 20:50, 25 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete A single appearance on TV doesn't make someone encyclopedic! The article's references are mainly blogs, which are not considered reliable sources. Nick Dowling (talk) 23:58, 25 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment - It's more that they considered her a big enough phenomenon to track her down, invite her on the show and fly her half-way around the world to appear just because of who she is. Exxolon (talk) 00:07, 26 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Weak delete I'd say it's amazing how the Japanese flew her to Japan just because she said she wanted to go, and how she has gained a certain amount of notoriety in Japan (though how much seems unverifiable at this time). However, per WP:ENTERTAINER the only thing that would be there to assert notability would be the "Has a large fan base or a significant "cult" following" which she may have as the article tries to assert, but as I said it doesn't seem like that can be verified with reliable third-party sources, and some coverage by a single TV station is not enough to assert notability on it's own.--十八 01:26, 26 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Weak keep I think that all of this attention, including flying her out, and popularity of her online media/website/etc (millions) is evidence of a cult following. She's probably more well known to Japanese people than Americans, which is why so many people haven't heard of her, here. Can anyone look into more articles in Japanese and summarize them in English? One good source of media and links is this ED article (because of blacklisting I can't link directly: www.encyclopediadramatica.com / MRirian) --the website is satire in nature, but in this case, it provides helpful links, videos (including broadcast TV appearances and the internet TV appearances) and a list of factual information. -Nathan J. Yoder (talk) 05:09, 29 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.