User talk:Hijiri88/Tanka in English edit

This article has suffered some damage from one apparent WP:SPA citing his own works as sources. (The Twitter and Blogspot handle of the poet/self-publisher M. Kei is the same as the username of the Wikipedian that added the references, and said user has apparently made almost no other edits to Wikipedia apart from promoting his own writings and those of his associates.) The comprehensive list of modern (apparently commercial) materials listed in the current version of this article borders on violating Wikipedia's rule that it is not an indiscriminate collection of information. A few notable examples of English tanka publications should be enough, no? We also need more academic sources, and encyclopedic content. Right now, half the article is a literal list and the other half is a "figurative" list, with no real commentary or academic content. I'm writing a re-edited version that cuts down on the excessive lists, and removes self-referential, clearly non-notable/unreliable material. elvenscout742 (talk) 08:20, 5 October 2012 (UTC)