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The result was delete. If the content can be moved to another project, let me know and I can temporarily restore it so it can be moved over. Liz Read! Talk! 00:36, 1 January 2023 (UTC)
List of kanji by concept
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Wikipedia is not a dictionary. There are tens of thousands of kanji, so a complete list of kanji by concept would need to list all of them. Mucube ( talk • contribs) 00:39, 25 December 2022 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Language, Lists, and Japan. Mucube ( talk • contribs) 00:39, 25 December 2022 (UTC)
- Delete as a dictionary. – LaundryPizza03 ( d c̄) 00:55, 25 December 2022 (UTC)
- Comment Haven't seen a dictionary organized in this manner. As a student of Japanese, I find this useful. It is true that no list is complete, but why would we not simply provide the usual disclaimer? As a student of Japanese, I find this useful as it organizes those many many kanji into an thematic explanation that makes them easier to remember Elinruby ( talk) 02:05, 25 December 2022 (UTC)
- Delete or cross-wikify: this is out-of-scope content. I don't deny that it's useful, but it's not appropriate for a Wikipedia list. We have Lists of English words by certain themes, but (at least in the policy-compliant lists) only themes that are specific enough to have clear selection criteria and reliable sources commenting on the words as a category. In contrast, there are no sources here and the concept is too broad. Wiktionary may make some use of it, or I could see a Wikibook using an index like this, but it's not appropriate on Wikipedia. — Bilorv ( talk) 21:16, 25 December 2022 (UTC)
- Delete Unnecessary list. NavjotSR ( talk) 16:19, 27 December 2022 (UTC)
- Comment: See also Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of kanji by stroke count. - Manifestation ( talk) 19:15, 30 December 2022 (UTC)
- Delete, with some regret. This list does seem useful, but this is outside the scope of Wikipedia. Fortunately, when googling list of kanji by concept, we can find a number of similar resources, as well as two forks of this very article. Cheers, Manifestation ( talk) 19:20, 30 December 2022 (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.
- 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 delete. If the content can be moved to another project, let me know and I can temporarily restore it so it can be moved over. Liz Read! Talk! 00:36, 1 January 2023 (UTC)
List of kanji by concept
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- List of kanji by concept ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – ( View log | edits since nomination)
- (Find sources: Google ( books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL)
Wikipedia is not a dictionary. There are tens of thousands of kanji, so a complete list of kanji by concept would need to list all of them. Mucube ( talk • contribs) 00:39, 25 December 2022 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Language, Lists, and Japan. Mucube ( talk • contribs) 00:39, 25 December 2022 (UTC)
- Delete as a dictionary. – LaundryPizza03 ( d c̄) 00:55, 25 December 2022 (UTC)
- Comment Haven't seen a dictionary organized in this manner. As a student of Japanese, I find this useful. It is true that no list is complete, but why would we not simply provide the usual disclaimer? As a student of Japanese, I find this useful as it organizes those many many kanji into an thematic explanation that makes them easier to remember Elinruby ( talk) 02:05, 25 December 2022 (UTC)
- Delete or cross-wikify: this is out-of-scope content. I don't deny that it's useful, but it's not appropriate for a Wikipedia list. We have Lists of English words by certain themes, but (at least in the policy-compliant lists) only themes that are specific enough to have clear selection criteria and reliable sources commenting on the words as a category. In contrast, there are no sources here and the concept is too broad. Wiktionary may make some use of it, or I could see a Wikibook using an index like this, but it's not appropriate on Wikipedia. — Bilorv ( talk) 21:16, 25 December 2022 (UTC)
- Delete Unnecessary list. NavjotSR ( talk) 16:19, 27 December 2022 (UTC)
- Comment: See also Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of kanji by stroke count. - Manifestation ( talk) 19:15, 30 December 2022 (UTC)
- Delete, with some regret. This list does seem useful, but this is outside the scope of Wikipedia. Fortunately, when googling list of kanji by concept, we can find a number of similar resources, as well as two forks of this very article. Cheers, Manifestation ( talk) 19:20, 30 December 2022 (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.