Talk:Ninja of Heisei

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Did you know... that the Ninja of Heisei, who robbed places in Japan while wearing a ninja costume, was caught at the age of 74?

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The result was: promoted by Vaticidalprophet talk 09:39, 23 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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... that the Ninja of Heisei who robbed places in his ninja costume was a 74-year-old elderly Japanese man at the time of his arrest? Source: Japanese police say they have finally caught a prolific thief who dressed as a ninja to carry out raids - and were surprised to find he was 74.
- ALT1: ... that the Ninja of Heisei was a 74-year-old man who robbed places in his ninja costume in Japan? Source: Japanese police have finally arrested a long-sought after thief who dressed as a ninja during burglaries. He is 74.
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- Comment: Please suggest modification(s) or a better hook as this is my first DYK submission and so it may not be perfect.

Created by Raydann (talk). Self-nominated at 23:18, 12 July 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Ninja of Heisei; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

Is there any information on whether he was tried and convicted? All the sources in that article are from 2017 when he was arrested. I appreciate that Time quotes him as saying "If I were younger, I wouldn’t have been caught. I’ll quit now as I’m 74 and old enough.", but that's not the same as an actual conviction. As per WP:SUSPECT (and WP:BLP1E) I'm not sure the article itself is currently suitable, regardless of DYK. Garnet-Septagon (talk) 08:58, 16 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Garnet-Septagon, thanks for reviewing the DYK. You're right, I can't seem to find any routine coverage for this WP:BLPCRIME. All the sources are from a similar time period of October 2017 and revolve around the same facts, and none of them talks about an actual conviction. Under WP:BLP1E it is correct to say this individual was only covered in reliable sources for one singular event. ❯❯❯ Raydann ^(Talk) 20:18, 20 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I have to agree here. If there's no lasting coverage then I'm not sure if this is even notable. I suggest the article be put up for AFD to test notability. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 11:24, 1 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
- @Narutolovehinata5, Garnet-Septagon, and Raydann: Refreshing the record, this was kept at AfD in a discussion closed on 22 August. How should this nomination proceed? Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 17:34, 20 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

If the article was kept at AFD then that sorts out the notability issue, but other article issues still need to be addressed, if any. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 01:35, 21 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

New enough and long enough. QPQ-exempt nominator. Hook fact checks out, and there are no textual issues. Things look okay here. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 01:42, 22 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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