Talk:Stolen Artifacts from Asia found in Japan

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 * 1) It is not clear whether it was stolen, or it was sold. For ex. About Korea, there are many records of trading paintings/books with Japanese antique shops. Could you show me the reference to write as the page title.
 * 2) Even if the page-title has some truth, then what's the reason to create a special page only for japan? Are you also going to create for 'Artifacts from World found in British Museum'? If so, I'll see your work. -Poo-T 16 Nov 2004

New article proposal
The current article amounts to an accusation that Japan has art treasures, et al., which it took from Korea, et al., during the pre-war colonial period. I'd suggesst a new article, called something like:
 * Japanese cultural artifacts controversy

And change the accusation into a description of the various campaigns that activists have launched to force the returns of these museum pieces.

Deleting the article is foolish. Just re-write it. Uncle Ed 14:25, September 5, 2005 (UTC)

AfD result
I enclose my closing remarks in full:


 * The result of the debate was Keep. Though ostensibly there is a huge delete consensus, many of the delete voters seem to believe that content could be merged--since there is more than one article author this is not possible.  Another reason for deletion given is the name--this can be solved by moving the article.  One delete voter wanted deletion "per nom" although in fact the nominator was asking for merge suggestions.


 * There is therefore no consensus on a course of actions that can be performed under the GFDL. I therefore invoke the cornerstone of our deletion policy: When in doubt, don't delete.


 * This is a problem that cannot be solved by AfD. I ask those who think the content is useful to find a suitable article and merge, and those who think the title is wrong to move it to a new title and delete the redirect.


 * Closing is difficult, and it's easy to get it wrong. I would not oppose an early relisting of this article if anyone feels strongly that I have got it wrong. --Tony Sidaway Talk  11:10, 10 September 2005 (UTC)

Open items
Did Japan sign the UNESCO convention for return of artifacts? All the article says is that they thought about it. RJFJR 03:29, 1 March 2006 (UTC)