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This page should not be speedily deleted because... no reason suggested for its deletion. It's a valid article. What gives? -- do ncr am 19:05, 14 September 2016 (UTC)
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The new sources and text now need to be restored to the Banzai Cliff and/or Suicide Cliff articles, and possibly new photos can be added. The text additions were (which I have removed to here for the moment):
... (also known as Banzai Cliff) [1]
and
...as Japanese propaganda announced that 'American devils [were] raping and devouring Japanese women and children.' [2] The precise number of suicides there is not known, but has been estimated at around 8,000 deaths. [3] A contemporary correspondant, praising their actions as 'the finest act of the Shōwa period period', described them as the 'the pride of Japanese women.' [4] The alternative name of the pace, Banzai Cliff, stems from the fact that, when the people jumped, they shouted '"Banzai" (wishing the Emperor 10,000 years of life).' [5]
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There was one photo at the airfield article which I have just put into the Suicide Cliff article [since reverted]. I'll review the photos in the NRHP & NHL documents next. They would be in the public domain if they were taken by Federal employees. In general photos and text of NRHP documents are copyrighted, unfortunately. -- do ncr am 21:27, 14 September 2016 (UTC)
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This page should not be speedily deleted because... no reason suggested for its deletion. It's a valid article. What gives? -- do ncr am 19:05, 14 September 2016 (UTC)
Documents include:
The new sources and text now need to be restored to the Banzai Cliff and/or Suicide Cliff articles, and possibly new photos can be added. The text additions were (which I have removed to here for the moment):
... (also known as Banzai Cliff) [1]
and
...as Japanese propaganda announced that 'American devils [were] raping and devouring Japanese women and children.' [2] The precise number of suicides there is not known, but has been estimated at around 8,000 deaths. [3] A contemporary correspondant, praising their actions as 'the finest act of the Shōwa period period', described them as the 'the pride of Japanese women.' [4] The alternative name of the pace, Banzai Cliff, stems from the fact that, when the people jumped, they shouted '"Banzai" (wishing the Emperor 10,000 years of life).' [5]
References
There was one photo at the airfield article which I have just put into the Suicide Cliff article [since reverted]. I'll review the photos in the NRHP & NHL documents next. They would be in the public domain if they were taken by Federal employees. In general photos and text of NRHP documents are copyrighted, unfortunately. -- do ncr am 21:27, 14 September 2016 (UTC)