Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Half demon


 * 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 of the debate was redirect, cheap and easy. Mailer Diablo 07:54, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

Half demon
This article should be deleted because any somewhat reliable information it may have is already in Hanyo. However, since the references to this term in the other article are all to fiction, specifically anime and manga, and the word in Japanese doesn't appear to be in any of the standard Japanese dictionaries, this could very well be fancruft rather than actual mythology. MSJapan 05:32, 2 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete and redirect to Hanyo. As for hanyo itself not appearing in any standard dictionaries, Japanese dictionaries are very reluctant to include popular culture references. Also, publishers are strongly antagonistic to including any terms that could be interpreted as racism, for example Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is "Harry Potter and the Mysterious Prince" in Japan. -- Revth 06:06, 2 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete and redirect per Revth. --cholmes75 (chit chat) 15:04, 2 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete and redirect to Hanyo. Revth's comments are spot-on. Had this article addressed the concept of half-demons in a broad fictional context, for example as a trope in fantasy and horror literature or role-playing games, it might have been worth keeping, but as it stands, it is just duplicating information in the hanyo article - CNichols 15:05, 2 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Hanyo... and this could have just been boldly done. Article could always be repopulated later (and moved to Half-demon) if someone wants to address the concept in the broader context of literature as outlined by CNichols... I know I've read at least a few books, comics, etc that have utilized this concept, and it appears in hindu mythology to some extent as well (Mahishasura for example... though including that would require a discussion of the translation of "asura" as demon... etc).  Not to nitpick... but delete and redirect are mutually exclusive actions.  You can't redirect from a namespace you've deleted.--Isotope23 17:13, 2 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Redirect per nom. Xyra  e  l  T 19:41, 2 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Hanyo. Spacepotato 08:07, 5 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete and No Redirect, the title is too inspecific for a redirect. -- Koffieyahoo 07:53, 8 June 2006 (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.