The result was redirect to Furry fandom. Whether to merge anything from the history is an editorial issue. Sandstein 01:30, 7 January 2013 (UTC) reply
This article has been an issue for over 5 years. It has never been properly referenced, versions on on foreign language pages (aside from ja.wiki) are based on an ancient version of this page, and in Japan this term is equated with the word "furry". I turned the page into a redirect to furry fandom in July, but an anon came along a month later saying " this article is different".
There is nothing in this article that is salvagable. When I turned it into a redirect ages ago, the only thing I had to do on furry fandom was change a section directing people to the page into a sentence that basically read "kemono is Japanese for furry". However I do not even think we need to make that mention.
To sum things up, "kemono" is a neologism that has only presence in an English speaking community to refer to what are simply their Japanese counterparts. There are no publications that even remotely touch upon this aspect of the Internet subculture (and certainly not one that differentiates between Western and Eastern art and artists). This page has existed as original research and a bunch of links to things that people want to term this with for ages and it's time Wikipedia be rid of it. — Ryulong ( 琉竜) 17:01, 30 December 2012 (UTC) reply
Delete/Redirect to furry fandom-- TKK bark ! 19:32, 31 December 2012 (UTC) reply
The result was redirect to Furry fandom. Whether to merge anything from the history is an editorial issue. Sandstein 01:30, 7 January 2013 (UTC) reply
This article has been an issue for over 5 years. It has never been properly referenced, versions on on foreign language pages (aside from ja.wiki) are based on an ancient version of this page, and in Japan this term is equated with the word "furry". I turned the page into a redirect to furry fandom in July, but an anon came along a month later saying " this article is different".
There is nothing in this article that is salvagable. When I turned it into a redirect ages ago, the only thing I had to do on furry fandom was change a section directing people to the page into a sentence that basically read "kemono is Japanese for furry". However I do not even think we need to make that mention.
To sum things up, "kemono" is a neologism that has only presence in an English speaking community to refer to what are simply their Japanese counterparts. There are no publications that even remotely touch upon this aspect of the Internet subculture (and certainly not one that differentiates between Western and Eastern art and artists). This page has existed as original research and a bunch of links to things that people want to term this with for ages and it's time Wikipedia be rid of it. — Ryulong ( 琉竜) 17:01, 30 December 2012 (UTC) reply
Delete/Redirect to furry fandom-- TKK bark ! 19:32, 31 December 2012 (UTC) reply