Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ike Taiga

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 of the debate was Keep. pschemp | talk 20:17, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Ike Taiga

Found while cleaning out speedies. Listing as a courtesy, no vote Titoxd^{(?!? - help us)} 22:18, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

• Sorry for posting the speedy vote. I should have made it a regular. But I stand by what I think: This does not meet the criteria of WP:BIO. vote for deletion Recon0 22:31, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. User:Recon0 asked, "Has the person made a widely recognized contribution that is part of the enduring historical record in the specific field?" The answer is yes. First, as I wrote in the article, he created three works that are National treasures of Japan. Second, the article is part of the Missing Articles project, and I believe the reason is that there is an article on him in 1911 Britannica. Third, there is an article on the Japanese Wikipedia. Finally, a prestigious national museum and a historically prominent temple complex, as well as a Nobel-prize-winning author have collected his works. I'm confident that this dispels doubts about his lasting contribution to art. Fg2 22:34, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
• Speedy keep. Recon0, please do at least minimal research before tagging articles for deletion. A very quick Google search brings up an article on this artist in the Encyclopædia Britannica. I have also found a fourty-six page article, "Ike Taiga: A Biographical Study", by Melinda Takeuchi, in the Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies 1983, p. 141-186, and much more. u p p l a n d 22:50, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
• Speedy keep per Fg2 and Uppland. Neier 23:49, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
• Keep and expand/source. Has an article on Grove art Online as well as Britannica so notable artist with verifiable material available. Capitalistroadster 00:25, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
• Keep The first google search result was from the Encyclopedia Britannica. And I for one think that if it can make it into that encyclopedia, it has a place here. Calicore 02:31, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. Totally notable.  freshgavinΓΛĿЌ  04:05, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
• Keep - Why did this come up for deletion?Harrypotter 15:47, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
• Keep - Its on http://ja.wikipedia.org, and should be here and expanded.Naerhu 06:48, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

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.