Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Laforet (2nd nomination)

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The result was keep. – filelakeshoe (t / c) 🐱 09:44, 24 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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This has been tagged for refimprove for 10+ years, so a review is in order, following the even older AfD from 2005. As it is written now it fails WP:NORG and I am not seeing any better sources. I am hard pressed finding any in-depth coverage. There are a few mentions ([1], [2]) but I am not seeing any in-depth coverage, and a lot of it seems like a rewritten press release. Can anyone find something more substantial? I'd be happy to withdraw this nom if better sources can be shown to exist (there also may be Japanese coverage that I cannot find). _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 10:33, 10 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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• Delete.Keep. I didn't find anything google search. if anyone want to keep this article, so improve this article and add more source.

Piotrus-The content of this article is based on its Japanese equivalent on Japanese Wikipedia. - Nahal (talk) 15:00, 12 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

• • • Comment Note that the Delete !vote was changed to a Keep !vote by an anonymous IP user. No evidence it was the same editor. HighKing⁺⁺ 16:01, 18 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
      • NahalAhmed (talk · contribs) changed from "delete" to "keep" here. Cunard (talk) 07:57, 24 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment. There are several references in the corresponding Japanese article at ja:ラフォーレ原宿 and a Google News search for the Japanese name "ラフォーレ原宿" generates several more possible references. Eastmain (talk • contribs) 15:33, 10 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep per the significant coverage in multiple independent reliable sources.
  1. Godoy, Tiffany (2007). Style Deficit Disorder: Harajuku Street Fashion - Tokyo. San Francisco: Chronicle Books. pp. 77–78. ISBN 978-0-8118-5796-3. Retrieved 2019-06-24.
  2. Young, Davey (2018-03-04). "Laforet Harajuku". Condé Nast Traveler. Archived from the original on 2019-06-24. Retrieved 2019-06-24.
  3. Insight Guides Experience Tokyo. London: Insight Guides. 2017. ISBN 978-1-78671-837-2. Retrieved 2019-06-24.
  4. Stone, Terry Lee (2010). Managing the Design Process-Concept Development: An Essential Manual for the Working Designer. Beverly, Massachusetts: Rockport Pub. p. 103. ISBN 978-1-61058-066-3. Retrieved 2019-06-24.
  5. Simone, Gianni (2017). Tokyo Geek's Guide: Manga, Anime, Gaming, Cosplay, Toys, Idols & More - The Ultimate Guide to Japan's Otaku Culture. North Clarendon, Vermont: Tuttle Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4629-1970-3. Retrieved 2019-06-24.
  6. Morton, Don; Tsunoi, Naoko (1993) [1990]. Best of Tokyo: Revised and Updated. Rutland, Vermont: Tuttle Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4629-0225-5. Retrieved 2019-06-24.
  7. Webb, Martin (2006-09-12). "Style wise: Heart of Harajuku renewed". The Japan Times. Archived from the original on 2019-06-24. Retrieved 2019-06-24.
  8. Tanaka, Nobuko (2007-12-21). "The art of youth". The Japan Times. Archived from the original on 2019-06-24. Retrieved 2019-06-24.

  Sources with quotes

  Godoy, Tiffany (2007). Style Deficit Disorder: Harajuku Street Fashion - Tokyo. San Francisco: Chronicle Books. pp. 77–78. ISBN 978-0-8118-5796-3. Retrieved 2019-06-24. The book notes: The book contains at least two more paragraphs about Laforet. Young, Davey (2018-03-04). "Laforet Harajuku". Condé Nast Traveler. Archived from the original on 2019-06-24. Retrieved 2019-06-24. The article notes: Insight Guides Experience Tokyo. London: Insight Guides. 2017. ISBN 978-1-78671-837-2. Retrieved 2019-06-24. The book notes: Stone, Terry Lee (2010). Managing the Design Process-Concept Development: An Essential Manual for the Working Designer. Beverly, Massachusetts: Rockport Pub. p. 103. ISBN 978-1-61058-066-3. Retrieved 2019-06-24. The book notes: Simone, Gianni (2017). Tokyo Geek's Guide: Manga, Anime, Gaming, Cosplay, Toys, Idols & More - The Ultimate Guide to Japan's Otaku Culture. North Clarendon, Vermont: Tuttle Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4629-1970-3. Retrieved 2019-06-24. The book notes: Morton, Don; Tsunoi, Naoko (1993) [1990]. Best of Tokyo: Revised and Updated. Rutland, Vermont: Tuttle Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4629-0225-5. Retrieved 2019-06-24. The book notes: Webb, Martin (2006-09-12). "Style wise: Heart of Harajuku renewed". The Japan Times. Archived from the original on 2019-06-24. Retrieved 2019-06-24. The article notes: Tanaka, Nobuko (2007-12-21). "The art of youth". The Japan Times. Archived from the original on 2019-06-24. Retrieved 2019-06-24. The article notes:

  There is sufficient coverage in reliable sources to allow Laforet to pass Wikipedia:Notability#General notability guideline, which requires "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject".

  Cunard (talk) 07:57, 24 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

• Chronicle Books provides extensive coverage about Laforet Harajuku. It provides critical material about the subject, noting that "its first year in business was a flop" and "Beyond the layout, there were also early stumbles with image and branding. Laforet's first advertising campaign, designed by U.S.-based fashion illustrator Antonio Lopez—whose work was typically chic with European flair—didn't seem to click."

  Condé Nast Traveler says Laforet Harajuku is "[l]ong venerated as a standard-bearer for Harajuku fashion".

  Insight Guides says about Laforet Harajuku, "for those in search of kawaii ('cute') culture and Japanese fashions you won't find anywhere else, Laforet remains the ultimate pilgrimage".

  Rockport Pub. says Laforet Harajuku is "the department store and museum where cutting-edge original fashion has been dispatched for over thirty years" and calls it "a landmark of the Harajuku area of Tokyo".

  A Tuttle Publishing book says about Laforet Harajuku, "this historical place has contributed more than any other store to shift the center of Japanese youth fashion from Shinjuku to Harajuku".

  A second Tuttle Publishing book says "LaForet could be considered the cultural center of Harajuku".

  The Japan Times says "Teeming teen shopping haven LaForet Harajuku opened in 1978 and has been a pivotal part of Japan's youth culture ever since."

  Cunard (talk) 07:57, 24 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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