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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) Logan _Talk ^{Contributions} 06:21, 17 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Sangokujin[edit]

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Violates WP:Wikipedia is not a dictionary. This is an obscure word in Japanese. Articles about non-Japanese people living in Japan are certainly worthy, in which this minor word could be mentioned. Jaque Hammer (talk) 15:52, 10 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Japan-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 02:21, 11 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Language-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 02:21, 11 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep, WiktionaryWikipedia is not a dictionary, but this is not a dictionary definition. This is an article about a group of people, not about the word. It could be significantly improved but that is not a reason to delete. Thryduulf (talk) 18:33, 11 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
• Snow Keep the use of this particular word has received extensive coverage in press and scholarly literature. As you can see by comparing the wiktionary entry with the wikipedia entry the amount and kind of information in the article is very different from that in a dictionary. Francis Bond (talk) 01:25, 12 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Calling for a WP:SNOW closure when you're only the second commenter is a trifle premature! Thryduulf (talk) 02:28, 12 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
• Weak keep. It's now mostly about (use of) the word, but has obvious potential to grow to cover the group to whom the word is applied. —Tamfang (talk) 02:54, 12 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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