Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Akihiko Hoshide

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 speedily kept. Non-admin closure due to expansion of article and parity of results with the Karen L. Nyberg AFD closed by same nominator for identical reasons. Serpent's Choice 07:35, 24 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Akihiko Hoshide[edit]

Akihiko Hoshide is an astronaut. And that appears to be the sum total of himan knowledge about him. Guy (Help!) 07:35, 23 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Expanding an article on an obviously notable person, rather than tagging it for deletion, might be a more constructive way to help Wikipedia grow. Nick mallory 08:49, 23 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Strong keep As per Nick Mallory above, if "Astronaut" doesn't automatically confer notability the problem is with the guideline, not the article - iridescenti (talk to me!) 09:02, 23 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Strong keep This is an extremely frivolous nomination. Indeed I first thought it was a prank. Akihiko Hoshide is one among the handful of astronauts from his nation. He has just been assigned to his first space mission, STS-124, scheduled for next year. This mission will deliver to the ISS his country's space laboratory, Kibō. Hektor 09:06, 23 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. As various above. At this stage of human history astronauts remain notable per se. Won't always be so, but it is now. BTLizard 11:22, 23 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Strong keep. I am an American fluent in Japanese and living in Japan. A Google search for this guy in the proper kanji (星出彰彦) produces over 30,000 hits, including many serious discussions of his role in JAXA. Obviously notable. Drake Dun 14:21, 23 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep I don't dare to close this myself, but I don't think it needs to run the full five days. He's clearly notable. YechielMan 14:37, 23 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, notable in that he is now assigned to a specific mission. NawlinWiki 22:01, 23 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per Nick Mallory, and close with WP:SNOW. Neier 04:18, 24 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Japan-related deletions. -- Neier 04:18, 24 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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.