Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Battle of Numajiri

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The result was keep‎. Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 14:58, 11 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Battle of Numajiri[edit]

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I'm admittedly not an expert in the history of Japan, but I can't find anything that mentions this battle in Gbooks or a general Google search except for this article and the one about Yoshishige. If the subject is notable then the writer would have, presumably, used a better source than a random website that isn't even using modern HTTPS security. - The literary leader of the age ✉ 13:34, 4 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: History, Military, and Japan. Shellwood (talk) 15:41, 4 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. The topic passes WP:GNG and WP:EVENTCRIT; there is significant coverage and around 100,000 troops were involved. WP:BEFORE requests that searches be performed in the native language. There are actually a large number of discussions of this battle in Google Books when searching for the Japanese, e.g. this from Chūō Kōron and this from a book it published, this from Shūkan Tōyō Keizai, other coverage here and here. I stopped after those five but there are clearly more as well. Dekimasuよ! 22:33, 4 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
- Can we integrate information from those sources into that article, please, so this isn't single-sourced any more? If this can be done, then this would be a keep from me. — The Anome (talk) 19:23, 5 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  - Update: Given the existence of ja:沼尻の合戦, with its multiple sources, I've now changed my opinion to a strong keep. — The Anome (talk) 14:14, 6 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for performing a more thorough WP:BEFORE, as I'm limited by my inability to understand Japanese. I'm happy to strike my vote if you'd be willing to add these sources, with page numbers for the books, to the article. - The literary leader of the age ✉ 22:59, 5 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, and support adding the Japanese sources. - Boneyard90 (talk) 03:10, 7 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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