Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Aka Manto


 * 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   keep. Ron Ritzman (talk) 01:16, 5 June 2012 (UTC)

Aka Manto

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One of the article's references is a blog post. I haven't looked at the other one, but it is from a site called "scaryforkids.com", which probably isn't a reliable source. The article is a copyediting mess, and Google News doesn't return a thing about this urban legend. Inter change  able  16:01, 10 May 2012 (UTC)
 * There's some rather scathing commentary on the article's talk page. If you want to search for sources properly, try the Japanese name, which in the Japanese Wikipedia, at least, is ja:赤い紙、青い紙.  That article cites some sources. Uncle G (talk) 16:46, 10 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Japan-related deletion discussions. — Frankie (talk) 18:21, 11 May 2012 (UTC)


 * Keep - There is potential for development.--Hot cake syrup (talk) 02:52, 16 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Articles are not kept purely on the basis of potential. And without reliable sources, rather than blogs and children's sites, we have no building materials. Inter  change  able  22:52, 16 May 2012 (UTC)


 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 01:30, 17 May 2012 (UTC)

 
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, joe deckertalk to me 21:01, 29 May 2012 (UTC)


 * Keep - Notable in Japan, english resources are going to be almost non-existant which is why I am going to post the link to the Japanese Wiki for this. We have several sources here, numerous cultural references which covers the supposed origins and details of it which was around the 1940s. While it is a weird myth this is one which should be expanded rather then deleted. Oh.. and the copy-paste of the legend has to go. ChrisGualtieri (talk) 06:06, 30 May 2012 (UTC)


 * Keep - In part per the rationale above by User:ChrisGualtieri. The Japanese Wikipedia article ([here) has citations to book sources; translation for use in the English Wikipedia article is possible, and would to better source the article. This Google Books search also yields results: "赤マント" -inpublisher:icon. [[User:Northamerica1000|Northamerica1000]](talk) 23:10, 30 May 2012 (UTC)
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