Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hanadama


 * 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 Speedy Delete. The article was speedied under WP:G8 for unrelated reasons some time after this AfD was created.

The AfD is being closed many years later, because it was never properly closed back then, because it was never visible, because it was never transcluded on any of the daily logpages. Technically, it has still been open this whole time.

Nobody else could ever be admitted here, because this door was made only for you. I am now going to shut it. (non-admin closure) jp×g 09:21, 23 July 2022 (UTC)

Hanadama

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Wikipedia is an area where neutral information is placed about a subject. The article for Hanadama is biased and directs end users to a website of a seller of pearls who is trying to privately brand pearls under a hanadama label fooling consumers in thinking that the pearls come from one sole authority in Japan that grades pearls when in reality, there are dozens and dozens of private companies that place a hanadama label on a wide range of pearls reflecting a wide range of qualities. Hanadama is not an official grade. Please see below:

Hanadama is a Japanese word that refers to "flower pearls". The Mikimoto pearl company that sells pearls sometimes

uses the term to describe their pearls. In fact, it is Mikimoto's use of the term Hanadama that made it popular in the jewelry

industry as it relates to pearls. There are many privately operated appraisal companies that place labels on their appraisal

paperwork with the word Hanadama. However, these companies are not affiliated with Mikimoto. Hanadama is not an

official grading system. The Gemological Institute of America does offer a grading system for pearls. In fact, from their

website it says "Over the past 100 years, discoveries in pearl culturing have revolutionized the industry, all but completely

replacing natural pearls with cultured pearls. By the end of the 20th century, several types of cultured pearls were being

produced in an overwhelming variety of colors, shapes, and sizes. In response, GIA sought to create a standard for pearl

grading and terminology—much as it had with diamonds in the 1950s. Its pearl-grading system, launched in 1998, was

based on GIA's 7 Pearl Value Factors™: size, shape, color, luster, surface quality, nacre quality, and matching." The very

best surface grade for a Hanadama necklace is "very slightly imperfect". Therefore the "Hanadama" label assigned by The

Pearl Science Lab is one label of many labels from many, many small private company that operates in Japan that each

appraise Hanadama pearls.

Not only does this contradict what is written on the Mikimoto website (http://www.mikimoto.com/uk/about_jewellery/pearls/index.html) "...hanadama, or 'flower pearls', which denotes the highest quality pearls.", it also contradicts what you posted on your own website (http://web.archive.org/web/20060207012322/www.americanpearl.com/collectionselection.html). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.62.150.82 (talk) 19:32, 19 August 2010 (UTC)


 * Speedy delete Regardless of this poorly structured nomination, the article is a deliberate duplicate of Hanadama Pearls, there seems little point in having two AFDs in parallel. Fæ (talk) 21:27, 19 August 2010 (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.