Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Arthur Fortant

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The result was redirect‎ to French military mission to Japan (1867–1868).  — Chris Woodrich (talk) 01:16, 9 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Arthur Fortant

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No refs on the page for many years. It seems he was part of the French military mission to Japan (1867–1868), which seems like an interesting historical incident. However I'm not seeing much that can be described as substantial RS about this person. fr.wiki has more information but is equally bereft of sources. JMWt (talk) 18:31, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Military, Japan, and France. JMWt (talk) 18:31, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• I can't read Japanese, but GoogleTranslate can, and the Japanese version is vastly better than either the English or French ones, and almost convinces me that this is a notable person who deserves an article. For the moment I'd go for delete, but it could perhaps be saved by an editor with knowledge of the incident and, ideally, Japanese. Athel cb (talk) 18:45, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  Well, maybe. It appears from ja.wiki that there's a source:

  鈴木明著、「追跡―一枚の幕末写真」、集英社（1984年）、ISBN 978-4087724929

  Even if that is substantially about this individual, it appears to only be a single source. JMWt (talk) 19:27, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  I gather from a bit of googling that that book is about French military mission to Japan (1867–1868), or possibly the five officers who remained (of whom Fortant was one). So we'd probably deal with him on the parent article anyway. -- asilvering (talk) 02:33, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• Redirect to French military mission to Japan (1867–1868) as ATD unless decent sources are found. I can’t find much even in Japanese. Mccapra (talk) 19:29, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  Famous News article in English Media House where it's covered Cyberpower7 (talk) 19:33, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not eligible,this article not have news coverage Cyberpower7 (talk) 19:31, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You seem to have !voted for both !keep and !delete. JMWt (talk) 20:24, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• Redirect per Mccapra, and my comment above. -- asilvering (talk) 02:34, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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