Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kancho (4th nomination)


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The result was   keep. (non-admin closure) Timotheus Canens (talk) 01:49, 7 January 2010 (UTC)

Kancho
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A morass of poorly-sourced cultural commentary. Almost reads like a hoax; there are certainly no reliable sources to be found for the article content. Previous AFDs have brought to light some web sources, but they all seem to make reference to Wikipedia implicitly or explicitly. I don't speak Japanese, but the sources at the Japanese wiki appear to be of similar (i.e. poor) quality as those here. Given that this content has proved impossible to source in accordance with WP:V and WP:RS, delete —  æk Talk 07:39, 31 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep silly and childish, but a well-known and culturally significant prank throughout most of Asia. Absolutely NOT a hoax. Andrew Lenahan -  St ar bli nd  19:24, 31 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Japan-related deletion discussions.  -- —  æk Talk  07:05, 1 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Strong keep. Obviously.  The article is rather poor at the moment, but this is an extremely well-known gag and there's no question of notability here.  Article exists in nine different languages on Wikipedia.  Certainly not a hoax. Bueller 007 (talk) 20:07, 1 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep It's real . --Apoc2400 (talk) 20:00, 5 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep a significant thing with lots of coverage. Gigs (talk) 14:38, 6 January 2010 (UTC)
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