Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of InuYasha terms (2nd nomination)


 * 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   delete. Cirt (talk) 04:37, 30 November 2008 (UTC)

List of InuYasha terms
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This list consits of terms that are either common to many anime/manga series - and Japanese culture in general - or are (or should be) already better covered in individual character articles, the character list, etc. The previous deletion discussion closed as keep largely because this list was the only place to find the definition for some of the series-specific terms, but that should be a largely moot point in light of all the recent merging and deletion of articles related to the InuYasha cleanup. — Dino guy  1000  18:46, 25 November 2008 (UTC)


 * Delete, with the merging, deleting, and the fixing of remaining article to properly use the English terms throughout with brief explanations on first use, this list is completely unnecessary. Also, per the nom, it is more of a "how to"/cheatsheet of Japanese culture and extremely common terms (Lecherous), most of which are already in wiktionary, than anything of actual use. -- Collectonian  (talk · contribs) 19:00, 25 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete. I'm surprised this survived deletion the first time around. This is obvious, non-notable fancruft. In fact, a significant number of these terms are actually just translations; I'm pretty sure baka, Itadakimasu, and oni aren't specific terms from Inuyasha. --Amwestover (talk|contrib) 21:43, 25 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete not only is this mind boggingly useless to the non-fan, it's not even very useful for a fan. This is just a random assortment of crap that happened o be in InuYasha. JuJube (talk) 21:51, 25 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete This is what WP:INDISCRIMINATE is all about. Themfromspace (talk) 06:21, 26 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep. I see nothing to indicate why the previous AFD only 6 months ago, which was close to a snowball keep, should be overturned. The nom, similarly, has not explained why the previous decision should be ignored. 23skidoo (talk) 17:02, 26 November 2008 (UTC)
 * The last AfD was no where clear to being a "snowball" keep, and it was highly inappropriately closed by a non-admin when it was obviously not a clear cut case of keep. By his own summary, he evaluated the deletes and keeps and he decided he preferred the keep arguments. Such a close is something an admin should do, not a non-admin, as is clearly noted in the information regarding non-admin closures. I'm surprised it didn't go to DRV. -- Collectonian  (talk · contribs) 18:43, 26 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment. Simple reason: a non-admin closed the AfD. The 2nd AfD should've been started even sooner. And the previous decision doesn't need to be address in the current AfD; consensus can change and there's no proof that those same editors hold the same opinion now. --Amwestover (talk|contrib) 22:21, 26 November 2008 (UTC)


 * Delete per WP:NOT, WP:NOT, and WP:DICTIONARY. Most of the vocabulary term's really isn't particular or special to the universe of InuYasha and much of it can apply to any anime or manga. That means that the list is indiscriminate. The list also has a bias towards the Japanese/fansub/scanlations terms instead of the terms used by Viz Media, which holds the English languages distribution rights for both the anime and manga. This means that the list doesn't maintain a neutral point of view. The previous AfD's result has no bearing on the current AfD, especially when it was closed by a non-admin using disputable logic. And WP:NOTAGAIN is not a valid argument to summarily keep an article. I generally do not see list of terms as being helpful to the reader, and such lists are often attempts to make the article look more informative then it really is. The only exception I would make is when the meanings of the terms are so complex, and it is impractical to explain them in a summary or character description. --Farix (Talk) 23:58, 26 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment the list was created when support of using non VIZ terms was greater than not.--88wolfmaster (talk) 02:07, 27 November 2008 (UTC)


 * Strong Delete What the heck? This is Wikipedia, not some Anime fansite. Just like the nominator said, these terms are common Japanese cultural terms. This article has no notability. I truly doubt anyone would care it some Japanese words are used in a overrated show. Lehoiberri (talk) 07:20, 27 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete: Embarrassingly bad page, that doesn't satisfy any Wikipedia inclusion policies. Not only is it not written in an appropriate style, but the majority of the 'terms' listed there are simply common Japanese words. The series specific terms are mostly covered on individual character pages in greater detail.kuwabaratheman (talk) 08:01, 28 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete. Sorry but we don't have a InuYashaictionary. In wikipedia these termas are just neologisms :) -- Magioladitis (talk) 13:03, 29 November 2008 (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.