Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Nohohon Zoku

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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 -- Y not? 00:15, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Nohohon Zoku

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Non-notable product. Only non shop-site/catalog reference I could find was a press release. Failed prod. Toddst1 (talk) 18:20, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

  • Comment But gawsh, it's Japanese popular culture and it's round and "cute" and lots of bloggers witter on about it! (There's also this [little more than a recycled press release, actually] and perhaps more besides.) -- Hoary (talk) 02:11, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Comment: If the 5 million units is accurate and can be verified, you would think there's been some sort of press coverage, if not necessarily in English. —Quasirandom (talk) 22:53, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Comment I watched this on TV weeks ago. And I found [1]. Oda Mari (talk) 06:31, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep, notable enough for the French and Japanese Wikis both to have articles on it. Chris (クリス) (talk) 08:55, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
    • I don't buy this argument at all. To me, it says nothing about notability. (If either of these articles were impressive, it would be a different matter. But neither is. Look at their sources.) -- Hoary (talk) 10:01, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Yamamoto Ichiro 会話 04:58, 20 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Strong Delete - obvious tripe, Wikipedia is not a giftware catalog. --Wtshymanski (talk) 21:51, 20 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Weak keep - Here's a link to a 2005 article from Nikkei [2] as well as two others from 2002, which cannot be accessed without subscribing [3] [4]. The 2005 article mentions that 3 million were sold, so, the 5 million claim is not unreasonable. Neier (talk) 23:24, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep based on additions since start of afd. Llamasharmafarmerdrama (talk) 21:23, 27 January 2008 (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.