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The result was no consensus. Cirt (talk) 16:55, 5 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hiroki Kosai (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log • AfD statistics)

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Non-notable astronomer. Sources are a self-published article and a database of asteroids, which violated WP:SYN, most ghits look like scrapes of our article. MBisanz ^talk 18:38, 28 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Keep I think he is notable enough. Even if not based on his discovering of minor planets. articles like this indicate he is a clearly notable figure in Japanese astronomy and is repsonsible for the development of observatories in the country in the 1960s and throughout his career. And he is currently the head of the one of Japan's major observatories and is the author of 9 books/papers in English sources, probably many more in Japanese. I'd say he is notable enough in his given field in Japan, google search indicates he has been active and made discoveries in observatories all over Japan. Also he is a member of the International Astronomical Union which while this doesn't indicate what he has done it shows that in the fields of astronomy he is globally considerered notable enough to gain membership. They don't give membership away to any old amateur as far as I know.. . But it is because he ia major controbutor to astronomical studies as Harvard University relates. Article needs expansion though beyond using a database with reliable publications. Dr. Blofeld ^{White cat} 18:43, 28 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

• There are over 10,000 members of the IAU, which seems to indicate it isn't that exclusive a membership; Harvard published one of his articles, he isn't an editor of the journal or something like that, the first link looks interesting but I'm having trouble figuring out the reliability of the source. MBisanz ^talk 19:43, 28 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete lacks independent sources. Dlabtot (talk) 19:02, 28 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Um, did you look for potential sources? I've founded many reliable independent sources like the Japan Times . There are also like CSA listing of his publications on astronomical subjects with the Astronomical Society of Japan etc.... and the Japanese name search reveals more about the extent of his astronomical publications. Google scholar and books alone indicate this is not a nobody in this field. Dr. Blofeld ^{White cat} 19:29, 28 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete. Does not appear to be notable. JBsupreme (talk) 00:43, 29 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep on the basis of references shown above; we dont have to go by anything so vague as how it might "appear" to individuals here. Thecriteria are supposed to be objective. DGG ( talk ) 04:36, 29 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Seriously? In what way does this WP:BLP article demonstrate individual notability? Furthermore, where is all the non-trivial coverage of this individual by reliable third party publications? JBsupreme (talk) 19:19, 29 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete. Very few articles, highest cited only 4 times. Searching Google Scholar by the Japanese name provided by Dr Blofeld reveals only four articles. I cannot see how being a prolific discoverer of asteroids makes somebody notable, and the Japan Times article provided by Dr B. just consults him about light pollution. Abductive (reasoning) 23:03, 30 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep A well-known astronomer whose contributions to science resulted in the naming of the minor plant Kosai in his honor [1]. Warrah (talk) 01:26, 4 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

• A very in-house "award", dontcha think? And well-known? No way. Abductive (reasoning) 04:12, 4 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep Notable enough to have someone name a planet after him. Also, you need to check the Japanese news sources, since that's the country he is famous in. The Japanese Wikipedia has more about this guy. [2] Dream Focus 13:32, 4 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

• The Japanese Wikipedia article says he dropped out of college. Does that go to notability? Abductive (reasoning) 20:39, 4 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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