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The result was delete. Daniel 07:30, 18 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

List of aircraft captured by Japan during World War II[edit]

List of aircraft captured by Japan during World War II (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log)

This is a list with no clear importance and no sources. The notability of a specific model of aircraft being captured is not explained. Were they repurposed, or copied, or what exactly? The method is not explained either. Were they on airfields captures by Japanese ground forces? Were they shot down? Were they off course and lost? Without a reason this seems to be a loosely-connected topic and a collection of internal links. Dhartung | Talk 21:00, 12 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete with zero prejudice against an article being created which actually deals with the ramifications of this list. Without actually discussing whether any technologies were 'lifted' from these aircraft, if any, how they were captured etc. (per nom) the list is unanchored and floating around with no purpose. Since there's no source either, actually garnering this info reliably and slotting it somewhere else is no less work than just writing it from scratch. Someone another 23:53, 12 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Japan-related deletions. —Fg2 01:48, 13 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• keep if can be cleanued up, i.e. sourced or quantified. Chris 03:38, 13 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Military-related deletions. —FayssalF - ^{Wiki me up®} 10:20, 13 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete I fail to see any encyclopedic metric of this article (or, actually, just a list). Why, for example, did Japan capture those aircrafts? That kind of question might be an interesting topic, but this article is not a place for that. -- Taku 08:51, 16 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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.