Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Akihiko Saito
I don't think Bueller is quite correct here. As  clearly states: "Editors evaluating notability should consider not only any sources currently named in an article, but also the possibility of notability-indicating sources that are not currently named in the article. Notability requires only the existence of suitable independent, reliable sources, not their immediate citation. Wikipedia articles are not a final draft, and an article's subject can be notable if such sources exist, even if they have not been named yet." Therefore the statement that "notability must be established in the article itself" is not Wikipedia policy. True, the burden is on those asserting notability to show that independent RS really do exist, but there is no requirement that the article itself must reflect those RS at the time of the AfD. Notability must be judged on the existing article and its potential for expansion, not on its current state. It can of course help any article up for AfD if someone puts the time into inserting those RS during the AfD process
— User:Michitaro, 15:08, 17 June 2013 (UTC)
Stance: comment
Cited policy: WP:NRVE (Wikipedia:Notability)