Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Aozora Bunko: A


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The result was   delete all. Wizardman 14:33, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

Aozora Bunko: A

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I am also nominating the following related pages:



A WP:LIST of texts contained in the Aozora Bunko. While the main topic may be notable, 23 alphabetical lists of the texts contained in it are not. To break WP:OSE, we don't have a list of texts in Project Gutenberg, and for good reason. These individual lists are mostly filled with redlinks and do not have any other pages linking to them. Reywas92 Talk 17:52, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. -  JulesN   Talk  18:19, 30 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Delete per nom, and because there are probably no possible third-party sources for this list. WP:NOTDIRECTORY isn't a criterion for deletion, but it certainly applies in this case.   Anturiaethwr  Talk  18:25, 30 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Delete. wikipedia is not a directory which is certainly a criteria for deletion. It comes under 'Content not suitable for an encyclopedia' at WP:DEL -- neon white user page talk 18:43, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Huh. I thought I'd read that deletion couldn't be based on WP:NOT somewhere, but I can't find it now, so I guess I was wrong about that.  Still recommend deletion, though.   Anturiaethwr  Talk  19:06, 30 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Delete - Wikipedia is not the place to keep such a catalog. Matthew Brown (Morven) (T:C) 18:48, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Japan-related deletion discussions.   —Dekkappai (talk) 19:10, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete Per Project Gutenberg analogy. I would think linking to the Aozora Bunko copy of the text in the article on the text would suffice, if and when an article on the literary work is started. I've gone through five bluelinks-- A through D-- looking for such an example, and every one of them is mis-linked... Dekkappai (talk) 20:01, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Transwiki, hold on - do we have a Wikimedia project for directories of this nature? Like Wiktory or something like that? ViperSnake151 21:07, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete: Agreed that this is, indeed, being a directory of Aozora Bunko texts, in a way that Wikipedia defines itself as not being. It would be a really good idea if, as much as possible, the text could be added as an external link to each article for the works. —Quasirandom (talk) 03:47, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment As a purely administrative note, shouldn't all of these articles be tagged with the AFD template? Neier (talk) 11:11, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Yes, they do all need the tag. Every single one of 'em. —Quasirandom (talk) 14:23, 1 May 2008 (UTC)


 * Delete. I'm the original creator of those articles. And I believe that the creation was a mistake. I had admitted that a long time ago, and somehow the community decided to keep them for reasons I don't understand. I add, to everything said, that the lists are horribly out of date. Good job for finding them. I have completely forgotten about them. -- Taku (talk) 20:35, 2 May 2008 (UTC)


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