Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Japanese superstitions

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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--JForget 01:05, 27 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Japanese superstitions

Japanese superstitions (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs) – (View log)

What is this? Its not an article, that's for sure. Please delete. Burntsauce 20:28, 24 October 2007 (UTC)

  • Keep - conditional on sourcing. Google Books shows plenty has been written on the topic. JapanZone might be an acceptable source. Gordonofcartoon 20:45, 24 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete, unless rewritten The title is so promising and could be a very interesting, intriguing and a beneficial article, and if it was well written by subject matter experts, I could see this as FA material. But, unfortunately, as it is, it is unsourced, unexplained, and mere listcruft. The talk page is right, it looks like it was written by a middle school student, but it has existed for almost 2 years to no avail. Maybe it could be brought to the attention of the Wikipedia:WikiProject Japan/Mythology for a major re-write. Damn. How disappointing.--12 Noon 20:56, 24 October 2007 (UTC)
    • Change to keep Article has improved significantly, thankfully!--12 Noon 16:17, 26 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep. Poor sourcing and poor quality are not reasons to delete an article. This is clearly an encyclopedic topic; it just needs help. Tag it for improvement, maybe make some improvements yourself, and bring it to the attention of people whose core interests relate to it. LaMenta3 21:20, 24 October 2007 (UTC)
    • They are perfectly valid reasons for deletion, don't be silly. I'm not advocating the permanent ban on the subject of Japanese superstitions, but this material is BEYOND SAVING and should be removed. Clean the slate. Burntsauce 21:25, 24 October 2007 (UTC)
      • I used what was in the article, plus a little less-than-creative Googling to make improvements to the article. Admittedly, I know next to nothing about this topic other than what I just picked up with my Google-fu. I'll get on the sourcing next. It took me less than an hour. LaMenta3 22:10, 24 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep and clean this up. Many of these can be sourced, but this needs some help. --Dennis The Tiger (Rawr and stuff) 21:33, 24 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep as they are sourcable. 132.205.99.122 21:34, 24 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep What's the basis for saying that this "BEYOND SAVING"? There's an article on Japanese Wikipedia called 迷信 and there are, no doubt, books about Japanese folklore and superstitions "around the world". Other editors seem interested. Surely someone can source this. 72.151.55.27 21:37, 24 October 2007 (UTC) — 72.151.55.27 (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.
  • Delete completely unsourced listcruft that has not seen one single source since its creation in early 2006.Keep as cleaned up w/ sources.  ALKIVAR™ ☢ 21:46, 24 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete I didn't expect to agree with a -cruft argument, but I have to agree with Alkivar here -- lucasbfr talk 21:49, 24 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep: Per above (definitely needs cleanup but not deletion). - Rjd0060 22:29, 24 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep but definitely clean up. The article right now is a bit loosely-associated, but there's definitely an article here (as there may well be for other cultures, but Japan is particularly known even in Asia for its superstitions). --Dhartung | Talk 22:32, 24 October 2007 (UTC)
  • keep and clean-up- per LaMenta. JJJ999 02:25, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Comment I have created a source repository that should be useful for further citing, expanding and cleaning up the article on the talk page. I'll continue to work on the article as I have time, but I wanted to put this out there for everyone to use. LaMenta3 03:40, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep per LaMenta. —Disavian (talk/contribs) 03:43, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Note: This debate has been included in the list of Japan-related deletions. —Fg2 11:03, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep it and clean it: good work has been done so far, let's give it a chance. —Quasirandom 14:41, 25 October 2007 (UTC), who also couldn't resist a haiku
  • Comment I posted on the talk pages of both Wikipedia:WikiProject Japan/Mythology & Wikipedia:WikiProject Japan a request for attention to this article so it can be salvaged.--12 Noon 15:32, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep - There's nothing wrong with the article, just clean it up. --ざくら木 16:16, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep, cleanup and cross-pollinate with Japanese mythology and List of haunted locations#Japan Chris 21:18, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep as the article has been significantly improved. ···日本穣? · Talk to Nihonjoe 14:07, 26 October 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.