Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Japanese mobile phone culture


 * 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 no consensus--Ymblanter (talk) 06:58, 21 April 2015 (UTC)

Japanese mobile phone culture

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Insignificance and emptiness Shultc (talk) 17:35, 6 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete Not encyclopaedic topic. Boleyn (talk) 19:22, 6 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep It was hard to decide. It is clearly a notable topic which secondary sources have covered in depth. WP:I don't like it, the article that is because it is a collection of vague statements.  But probably that can't be helped.Kitfoxxe (talk) 21:17, 6 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Japan-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 22:39, 6 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Technology-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 22:40, 6 April 2015 (UTC)


 * Comment Potentially notable, but this state is largely unsourced and might consist of original research or synthesis. PS structurally the article resembles more of ZHWP's zh:日本手機文化.  野狼院ひさし  u/t/c 01:01, 7 April 2015 (UTC) PS 01:04, 7 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep but Clean Up The topic has been covered in secondary reliable sources. Unfortunately the article has too much unsourced info. That needs to be cleaned up and sourced. The information that is not sourced must be deleted. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Paperpencils (talk • contribs) 08:01, 7 April 2015 (UTC)

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

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 03:31, 14 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Comment – More source searches. North America1000 04:11, 14 April 2015 (UTC)


 * Keep and copy edit. Meets WP:GNG. Source examples include:, , , , , . North America1000 04:16, 14 April 2015 (UTC)


 * Delete There is almost nothing allocate to Japan in the article. I am from Latvia, and almost everything from this page can be said about cell phones in Latvia. Need more singularity, or page can be renamed into something like "Mobile phone culture in Japan, Baltic and many other countries" --Shultc (talk) 01:11, 15 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Comment – : The sources I provided all concern Japan specifically. This discussion is about the notability of this particular topic, rather than other countries. More sources would be needed to qualify an article with the expanded title you suggest above. North America1000 02:46, 21 April 2015 (UTC)
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