Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mariko Shinoda
User who brought this AfD has turned a number of articles on individual AKB48 members into redirects. This is one that was clearly unjustified. First, as  states, "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." Just because this is a mediocre article does not mean it warrants deletion. Searches for her in Japanese, however, will find numerous reliable sources in major media about her individually (http://sankei.jp.msn.com/entertainments/news/130608/ent13060820400019-n1.htm Nikkei, http://www.sanspo.com/geino/news/20130608/akb13060820420013-n1.html Sanspo, http://www.asahi.com/culture/articles/TKY201306070073.html Asahi, http://hochi.yomiuri.co.jp/entertainment/news/20130608-OHT1T00183.htm Hochi, http://mainichi.jp/mantan/news/20130610dyo00m200005000c.html Mainichi, etc.). Second, it is true there is a legitimate argument that of the 100s of members of AKB and its sister groups, the vast majority do not deserve their own articles. Notability is not inherited. But it is basic to not only the AKB marketing strategy but also of many other talent agencies like Johnny's to create individual notability for the major members by having them appear in different musical groups, appear individually on TV, have individual contracts to do TV CMs, etc. So it is not the case that all AKB members are only notable because of AKB. Each must be judged individually. Shinoda is a clear keep because she has already pursued significant activities alone. In fact, she was ranked the number one female tarento of 2012 in Japan in terms of the number of television commercials she appears in (see http://sankei.jp.msn.com/entertainments/news/121212/ent12121207570003-n1.htm here). I have added this and some other references to the article, though it could still use some improvement
— User:Michitaro, 20:49, 13 June 2013 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:NRVE (Wikipedia:Notability)