Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Nheira

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 delete‎. Drmies (talk) 13:27, 9 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Fails WP:GNG,WP:BIO,WP:ARTIST,WP:MUSICBIO LvivLark (talk) 22:41, 16 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Artists, Anime and manga, and Germany. Shellwood (talk) 22:44, 16 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Bands and musicians and Japan. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 02:59, 17 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment - Much of Nheira's career predates the dominance of online media, so many of the significant sources are in print rather than on the internet. This makes it more challenging to demonstrate notability through easily linkable online articles alone.
  The article already cites interviews and features from established print magazines such as *Animania*, which is Germany's largest and longest-running manga and anime magazine. For example, Animania Vol. 10/2006 (pp. 46–47) included a multi-page interview and photoshoot with Nheira, discussing his work and career in depth. These are independent, editorially controlled sources that provide significant coverage, even though they are not digitally available.
  In addition, there were publications and appearances in Japanese magazines such as Kera, a well-known fashion and scene lifestyle magazine covering visual kei and alternative subculture, also manga. These were relevant at the time but, like many print magazines from that era, do not have digital archives or online articles to link to today.
  There are also official book publications released internationally by recognized publishers, showing that his work was professionally distributed and supported by independent editorial teams.
  Furthermore, Nheira appeared on Japanese television programs during the late 2000s and early 2010s. Unfortunately, many of these broadcasts and print articles are not archived online, but they were published and documented at the time.
  I will continue to search for more accessible online secondary sources, but please note that the absence of digital links does not mean the absence of reliable coverage, especially for artists whose early career was in the pre-streaming and pre-digital archive era. NovoCurator (talk) 11:51, 20 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep – The subject is primarily notable as a manga artist.
  Most reliable sources about them focus on their manga works, with the music activities being only a secondary aspect of their career. Deleting the article as a "musician" would be a misunderstanding of the subject's primary notability. I've provided sources in the article that demonstrate coverage in independent, reliable publications about their manga work. This fits the criteria for WP:GNG and WP:CREATIVE, making the article appropriate for Wikipedia. NovoCurator (talk) 10:04, 17 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete based on the sources in the article at the moment - I went through them and I don't see anything that would count towards GNG (independent, reliable, nontrivial - the best is an interview which isn't independent). I wasn't able to find any other sources, but his use of multiple short names makes him very difficult to search for, so someone else might have more luck. Adam Sampson (talk) 22:18, 18 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Svartner (talk) 04:45, 24 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete As much as I agree with the basic idea that non-web sources are every bit as good as web sources, and also know exactly how difficult finding pre-web Japanese sources can be, I’m afraid that I don’t see notability in the non-web sources the editor used in the article. They all seem to be either interviews, which are no good because primary sources, or else works created by/in collaboration with Nheira, which aren’t independent. The young jump citation takes us to the homepage, not an awards announcement, so that’s no good, and I’m not finding any decent sources in Japanese either. As much as I hate to see pages that people have worked hard on deleted, until better sources are able to be found… [User:Absurdum4242|Absurdum4242]] (talk) 06:54, 28 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Doczilla _{Ohhhhhh, no!} 10:21, 2 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete. I am not finding any of the sources used to be reliable. Some citations are to ISBNs for books that only show they exist. No reviews. The claim that he collaborated or assisted Himekawa Akira is not shown. The most heavily used source https://ameblo.jp/nheira/ is Nheira's blog. Claims of modeling and other appearances are links that fail verification or point to print programs. WP:TOOSOON. Main contributor User:NovoCurator is a redirect to the wikipedia article on Nheira, showing an obvious conflict of interest. striking this comment because, ironically, the main contributor for the nominee above Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Artist Henry has the same erroneous redirect, suggesting lack of competence.-WomenArtistUpdates (talk) 23:09, 4 October 2025 (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.