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Neutral - I created this article 12 years ago as a way of removing anime, manga, and film discussions from the
katana article, where I didn't think they belonged. I really don't care if this article is deleted or not, as long as deletion doesn't cause anime/manga content to be gradually re-added to the
katana article. --
JHP (
talk)
00:16, 26 August 2018 (UTC)reply
The way I see it is that Wikipedians like to write about stuff they care about. Some Wikipedians care about katanas in fiction—perhaps more than care about real katanas. If they don't have this article as an outlet for their interests, they may start writing about anime, manga, and film katanas in the
katana article again, which should be about real katanas. So this rather junky "Japanese swords in fiction" article exists solely as a way of protecting the more important
katana article from the junk. Perhaps Wikipedia has better procedures for keeping junk out of articles in 2018 than it did in 2006. (Not sure.) Just please be aware of the potential unintended consequences if voting to delete this article. Thanks. --
JHP (
talk)
00:39, 26 August 2018 (UTC)reply
Comment Per general cultural knowledge, I think it's quite obviously a notable topic - i.e. there should be sources out there that would establish notability, if anyone cares to go find them. That would be better than wiping out the article.
K.
Bog06:05, 26 August 2018 (UTC)reply
Comment: A couple books that may be useful in improving this article:
Keep: I certainly don't think it's a stretch to call this a notable topic, I would also agree that the article needs better citation and is an unreferenced
WP:OR essay. To delete it would be to delete an article covering a notable topic with potential to be a just as good as anything else on Wikipedia. Basically, it needs work.
Grapefruit17 (
talk)
14:48, 8 September 2018 (UTC)reply
Keep. This is actually a reasonably well organized article, appropriately dealing in an encyclopedic manner with material that would otherwise be dispersed among inappropriate trivia sections. DGG (
talk )
05:04, 16 September 2018 (UTC)reply
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
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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.
Neutral - I created this article 12 years ago as a way of removing anime, manga, and film discussions from the
katana article, where I didn't think they belonged. I really don't care if this article is deleted or not, as long as deletion doesn't cause anime/manga content to be gradually re-added to the
katana article. --
JHP (
talk)
00:16, 26 August 2018 (UTC)reply
The way I see it is that Wikipedians like to write about stuff they care about. Some Wikipedians care about katanas in fiction—perhaps more than care about real katanas. If they don't have this article as an outlet for their interests, they may start writing about anime, manga, and film katanas in the
katana article again, which should be about real katanas. So this rather junky "Japanese swords in fiction" article exists solely as a way of protecting the more important
katana article from the junk. Perhaps Wikipedia has better procedures for keeping junk out of articles in 2018 than it did in 2006. (Not sure.) Just please be aware of the potential unintended consequences if voting to delete this article. Thanks. --
JHP (
talk)
00:39, 26 August 2018 (UTC)reply
Comment Per general cultural knowledge, I think it's quite obviously a notable topic - i.e. there should be sources out there that would establish notability, if anyone cares to go find them. That would be better than wiping out the article.
K.
Bog06:05, 26 August 2018 (UTC)reply
Comment: A couple books that may be useful in improving this article:
Keep: I certainly don't think it's a stretch to call this a notable topic, I would also agree that the article needs better citation and is an unreferenced
WP:OR essay. To delete it would be to delete an article covering a notable topic with potential to be a just as good as anything else on Wikipedia. Basically, it needs work.
Grapefruit17 (
talk)
14:48, 8 September 2018 (UTC)reply
Keep. This is actually a reasonably well organized article, appropriately dealing in an encyclopedic manner with material that would otherwise be dispersed among inappropriate trivia sections. DGG (
talk )
05:04, 16 September 2018 (UTC)reply
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