Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ogasawara Shōsai (2nd nomination)
The rationale behind this AfD is hard to understand. We don't delete articles just because they have been spawning copies. We also don't delete them because they currently have no references (see : "Notability requires only the existence of suitable independent, reliable sources, not their immediate presence or citation in an article"). The characterization of the previous AfD is also incorrect: as I and others agreed, there are reliable sources out there for the individual (even though not a lot on the net), and then there's the additional fact that this person has become a recurring character in many novels and historical accounts of the era, achieving fame in the popular imagination. No where did I argue it should be saved just because it has a Japanese Wikipedia article (and that was definitely not the main reason the article was saved). My previous argument stands (though, as anyone who reads it can see, I did consider the article from multiple angles and did not argue that it was an obvious keep). If referencing is an issue, I have now added the Kumamoto Prefecture reference, though more can be done
— User:Michitaro, 09:54, 27 September 2017 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:NRVE (Wikipedia:Notability)