Death
According to Mitsuhiro Arita, Keiji Kinebuchi is deceased. We don't currently note this on the page. If anyone is able to find more information about it, that would be helpful. --SnorlaxMonster 12:03, 2 December 2021 (UTC)
- This tweet might be helpful. Eeveelutionred (talk) 08:14, 5 December 2021 (UTC)
Death, follow-up
I am noticing the above conversation after the recent edit I made to this article, and only now realizing the fact the source I've plugged in for the 2004 date – the same one here, as it happens – doesn't actually give that. I'm not terrifically sure how to handle this. As there isn't a source for the February 14, 1956 birth date either, it might actually need to be the case that both are omitted, and then the fact Kinebuchi is known to have passed away is shifted to the bottom of the article – not under 'Trivia', just as a closing sentence of the profile. Arita will answer tweets now and again so I've sent him a tweet to follow up regarding this very article and hopefully get a response – if not I'll adjust the article to account for the fact neither date is confirmed. --INTERNETFRIEND (talk) 04:20, 11 October 2022 (UTC)
- The profile that the article image is from (vol. 2 of Pokémon Card Fan Club magazine) includes the February 14, 1956 birthdate. There's a picture of the full page in this tweet. It looks the source for the date from the tweet above is this now-deleted blog post from February 1, 2007 that states it had already been five years between his passing and the author of the blog post finding out, which would put it around 2002 and lines up with his last credited cards being from Aquapolis. Death records aren't public in Japan, so I'm unsure what sort of source would be appropriate. --Abcboy (talk) 04:16, 19 October 2022 (UTC)
- I don't think my personal thoughts will carry much weight as it'd be a question of site policy on this, or else determining one, but I'd suggest "date of death unknown" is a bit too unclear – this is the sort of thing I'd expect to read on a Wiki article of someone who was kidnapped and never found. "c.2002", with a link to that blog entry as a source and a caveat making it clear the date isn't confirmed, seems suitable. I know using a JP blog to confirm something of such gravitas might feel like it's falling short of due diligence, but it's well-intended and extending the benefit of the doubt that anyone blogging about this would be doing it in good faith. If there are no objections, I'll do it myself. --INTERNETFRIEND (talk) 04:15, 25 March 2023 (UTC)