Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kabuki dance


 * 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. -Scottywong | converse _ 14:15, 14 May 2012 (UTC)

Kabuki dance

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nn neologism used a few times in a limited setting, no currency in common English usage as claimed Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 00:00, 29 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep, more's the pity. Culture takes it on the nose for snideness. That said, where one might expect terrible difficulties weeding out false hits, there are in fact a comparable number of hits for the phrase and the Japanese dance style itself, in Google News. About half of the 381 hits are for the phrase. Examples:
 * Said by: Bill Clinton, http://www.oakridger.com/editorials/x750985241/Dancing-with-the-deficit, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bakersfield Californian - Mar 25, 2008.
 * Said about: Michael Gorbachev, LA Times , and Obama, Clinton & NAFTA all at once, which is kind of greedy, I think, and I think reflects on the phrase itself. Nonetheless, as I say, notable and much used.
 * Anarchangel (talk) 01:16, 29 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Language-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 04:12, 29 April 2012 (UTC)


 * Keep As User:Anarchangel points out, the term has been used for decades to describe inaction or going through the motions on Capitol Hill. I apologize if such an inaccurate re-purposing of a Japanese artform insults the self described Japanophile who has proposed the deletion, but that is the reality. -- Kendrick7talk 00:24, 30 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politics-related deletion discussions.  -- Kendrick7talk 00:24, 30 April 2012 (UTC)


 * Delete. That the phrase is used is not in doubt — so it certainly should be in wiktionary, for instance. That it is an independent encyclopedic concept, itself the direct subject of third-party treatment, is far less clear. --Andreas Philopater (talk) 20:23, 30 April 2012 (UTC)
 * I admit the article needs work in that direction. I was able to dig up such a ref quite quickly: -- Kendrick7talk 04:56, 1 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) 01:28, 5 May 2012 (UTC)


 * N.B. I've found the time to incorporate the aforementioned source to produce a more encyclopedic lead. -- Kendrick7talk 03:02, 5 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep per WP:HEY. It's a notable concept, and the sources and text now assert that. Bearian (talk) 23:57, 7 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete move to wikitionary BO ; talk 17:57, 9 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete or transwiki. Does not go beyond a dictionary entry; per WP:DICT we are not a "slang or usage guide".  Sandstein   05:22, 13 May 2012 (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.