Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sanpaku


 * 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 keep.-- Wizardman 05:40, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

Sanpaku

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This is either non-notable, or original research, or a dicdef. Not sure which, but I don't think it's encyclopaedic. DWaterson 22:35, 2 March 2007 (UTC)


 * KEEP - Definitely not original research. It says pretty much the same thing on the Japanese wikipedia site.  It is an incredibly obscure term, and not something that would be known by your average Japanese speaker, but interesting and worthy of an entry.  I think if the John Lennon song was directly stated and linked if possible it would help with the notability.MightyAtom 04:31, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
 * See Lyrics to Aisumasen Fg2 04:37, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep, expand, and clean up. It's in Japanese dictionaries. The Japanese Wikipedia likens it to the shifty-eyed look attributed by Cesare Lombroso to criminal types. It's a cultural view, and can underlie depictions in art. See for example the woodblock print by Kunisada. Fg2 04:35, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete - Wikipedia is not a dictionary. Otto4711 10:29, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
 * keep The article is more than a definition-- it is informative--or at least informative enough to tell me enough to understand the significance. A dictionary would not have done as much.DGG 23:02, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
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