Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Japanese supporters of the World War II period


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The result was   delete.  Sandstein  20:27, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

List of Japanese supporters of the World War II period

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This appears to be an entirely random (and unreferenced) list of people with some connection to the Japanese side of the Pacific War. There is no criteria for individuals to be included on the list, and its membership ranges from the Emperor of Manchuria to very low-ranking Japanese officers (including platoon commanders!) to the "owner and director of the Mexican newspaper "Hoy", [who] visited Japan, and nearby areas" and a British officer who aparantly "spoke in favour of well perspectives in the Mukden Incident". As such, it should be deleted as it is a clear example of an indiscriminate collection of information and the underlying concept behind it is so vauge that it can't be turned into a meaningful classification. Please note that this article was nominated for deletion under an earlier name in 2005, but survived. The result of that discussion seemed to be delete rather than keep, however, and our standards are generally now much higher than they were back then. Nick Dowling (talk) 08:34, 4 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Military-related deletion discussions.   —Nick Dowling (talk) 08:34, 4 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Japan-related deletion discussions.   —Nick Dowling (talk) 08:34, 4 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete Effectively gibberish, I'm amazed it survived this long. Some parts of the list might fit elsewhere, but as it exists this is totally indiscriminate, non-sensical and pretty POV to boot.--Jackyd101 (talk) 09:13, 4 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete - there seems to be no strict criteria for adding entries to this list. -- JediLofty UserTalk 09:18, 4 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. Ironically, someone was removed from this list in November with the edit summary "no confirmation". Unlike the rest of the entries... Delicious carbuncle (talk) 13:44, 4 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment - that really made me chuckle. I'm normally quick to pick up on lack of references in AfDs so quite how I missed the fact that not one of the 367 entries in that list had even a single citation I'll never know! --  JediLofty UserTalk 13:51, 4 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete Pointless list going nowhere fast. Blueboy96 15:41, 4 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete I agree with Jackyd101. i'm amazed this article is still alive after this long.  Elements of the list could be incorporated elsewhere, but the list itself is very redundant and completely unecessary. Cam (Chat) 06:47, 6 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete per above. Looks like the reason it's lasted this long is because nothing links to it. Glass  Cobra  20:49, 8 July 2008 (UTC
 * Delete - lack of defined criteria + lack of references + impossible to be comprehensive = delete. U$er (talk) 04:43, 9 July 2008 (UTC)


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