Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of common Chinese characters


 * 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 of the debate was no consensus to delete, but merge with Chinese character. Sjakkalle (Check!)  14:04, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

List of common Chinese characters
This had the transwiki tag on it, but ... there are no definitions on it. Almost the entire thing is redlinked and should be delinked if this is kept, but I don't see the purpose of this list. It really looks like listcruft. TheProject 16:20, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment The redlinking probably shouldn't be taken into account for deletion; the creator of the article just seems not to have known that Chinese characters are on Wiktionary, not WP. Compare for example Kyōiku kanji or Xiandai Hanyu changyong zibiao in which the characters are active Wiktionary links. That, at least, is easily fixed. &mdash;Zero Gravitas 20:39, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment. I generally don't think that Chinese characters ought to become titles of articles in the English namespace.  I see the list having at least some potential, though, but to be useful it ought to provide meanings of the characters, and any links should be to English language articles.  Until there's enough for an article on its own, the information that these characters are the commonest might make a valuable addition to Chinese written language or Chinese character, so in the interim I'd suggest merge there.  Smerdis of Tlön 21:00, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete, unuseful redlinks. Transwiki to Wiktionary if preferred, with soft redirect. Stifle (talk) 22:33, 21 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete not useful.--Peta 02:58, 25 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Merge with Chinese character add source needed to "500 most common" and "72%".--Nick Y. 22:46, 25 May 2006 (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.