Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ainu people 2

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The result was speedily kept Raul654 19:38, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Ainu people

Almost a complete plagarism. Plus the existence of this obscure subset of the Russo-Koreans might not merit their own article. Policratus 18:47, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

• Delete with prejudice. Per above, folks. Policratus 18:49, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
• Speedy keep; real and notable. Tizio, Caio, Sempronio 19:03, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
  • Wait a minute: plagiarism from where? The article says "This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain." Is there plagiarism from somewhere else? Tizio, Caio, Sempronio 19:06, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
• Speedy keep per Tizio. Notable ethnic group. This article has had numerous revisions over the almost five years it has been on Wikipedia; I find it hard to believe that it could be almost completely plagiarized. --Metropolitan90 19:18, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
• Speedy keep, no evidence of plagiarism. --Kuzaar^-T-C- 19:22, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

Comment. It is plagarised from the Encyclopoeadia Britannica. Policratus 19:24, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

It is not plagiarism. The text from Britannica is properly attributed, and the Brittanica is in the public domain. --Kuzaar^-T-C- 19:26, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

• Obvious Keep as the Ainu are a real ethnic group, on the island of Hokkaido and need an article as much as any other group, if not more. Also, plagiarism is the wrong objection to make here. It's not applicable to Wikipedia, since Wikipedia isn't especially original or innovative in its text. What you're really trying to talk about is copyright violation, and as the 1911 Encyclopoeadia Brittanica is in the public domain, it is not a violation of copyright to use it. So, you'll have to be more specific in your complaint. Are you alleging that this text is from a more recent version of the Brittanica? Mister.Manticore 19:29, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
• Speedy Keep - this is a dead obvious keep as per previous comments. -- Whpq 19:31, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
• Speedy Keep per comments above. Definate notable topic of ethnic group. Ratherhaveaheart 19:46, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
• Speedy Keep per above Rlevse 20:10, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

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.