Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Chinese folklore

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The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result was keep. WjBscribe 05:05, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Chinese folklore

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Reluctant nomination - this page has been a one-line content free stub for two three years. I don't see how it could be expanded, other than by turning it into a long indiscriminate list, since each story would presumably have its own entry. However, there's not a single folktale actually listed that I can find, and given the time elapsed, it seems unlikely that anyone's planning on adding any. Besides, even if it were kept it would probably be better as Chinese folktales, since that's the phrase actually used in the text. - Iridescenti (talk to me!) 23:49, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

  • Keep This is an article that needs expanding, not deleting. The subject could be developed into a useful article, such as Japanese folklore or French folklore. Gorgeous Ferns 00:16, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep. However, I do see some problems:
  1. One I would have to ask what is the difference between folklore and folktale?
  2. Secondly, how can people that know about the Chinese folklores are behind the Great firewall of China?.
  3. What consitute as Chinese: for example, some folklore books include Taiwanese folklores, while some are published in Taiwan (but talks about everything before communism china) and some books even talked about mongolian story (such as the origin of horsehead violin)w hich can be problematic under current political climate.
  4. When it explains the origin of some chinese custom, which should it be go to? For example, the chinese lunar festival, about the lady in the moon: should it be as its own folklore, or should it be under chinese lunar festival? There are many folklores in china that is used to explain origins, such as the "lamp riddle", and some are "unverifable history", such as the adventure of the Emperor of Chou... or even the creation of Chou.
In anycase, there are many chinese folklores, but it can be made into a category instead. For example, the folklore that explain the origin of chinese new year; How the world is born, and how the goddess repair the sky is an example; the origin of chinese zodiac is also good ones. One example is the "Myth and Legends of China" published by Reader's Digest Asia (ISBN 962-258-069-6). This will have to rework greatly. George Leung 00:46, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Strong keep this is a highly notable subject, with many sources available for satisfying of WP:ATT, and I have no idea how a category could do the same job. Mermaid from the Baltic Sea 04:04, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Abstain I abstain from vote, but urge you to show careful respect as delete Chinese folklore may cause great offense. Wen Hsing 22:04, 31 March 2007 (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.