Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Wapanese

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 redirect to Japanophile. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 13:40, 18 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Wapanese[edit]

The article violates Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not as it is merely a dictionary entry. The proposed deletion template was removed by an editor who at the time thought that the article held content that was better than that of the existing Wiktionary entry and therefore should be transwikied. Because after several weeks the article is still here and because I disagreed with the transwikification in the first place, I am now nominating it for deletion. Goodraise 20:46, 3 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect both Wapanese and Weeaboo to Japanophile as they are legitimate search terms. Drawn Some (talk) 21:15, 3 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Transwiki to wiktionary, then redirect per Drawn Some. 70.29.208.129 (talk) 07:00, 4 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Japan-related deletion discussions. —Fg2 (talk) 10:52, 4 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Comment I don't agree with a redirect - the word Japanophile has a broader meaning than the one that is mostly adopted nowadays on the internet (i.e., being equal to Wapanese), and redirecting "Wapanese" to "Japanophile" would be a bit like redirecting "hooligan" to "Britain" - sure, some British are hooligans, and there are people who think all British are hooligans, but that doesn't change the fact that not all British are hooligans, not by far. Same thing with Japanophile and Wapanese - I consider myself a Japanophile, but am aeons away from being a Wapanese or a weeaboo. TomorrowTime (talk) 20:45, 9 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Stifle (talk) 12:59, 11 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The terms may not be synonymous but Wapanese is a subset of Japanophile and can rightly be included in that article. Drawn Some (talk)

Personally, I think we need to disambiguate with a choice for the user between (1) a soft redirect to Wiktionary, (2) a link to japanophile and (3) a link to list of ethnic slurs.—S Marshall ^Talk/_Cont 15:13, 11 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The terms wapanese and weeaboo aren't ethnic slurs, they refer only to non-Japanese people by definition. Plus disambiguation pages are for ambiguous article titles, that's not the case here. Drawn Some (talk) 15:48, 11 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. WP:NEO Niteshift36 (talk) 16:13, 11 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to Japanophile. Why the controversy? The redirect target should have the wiktionary links anyway. --Dennis The Tiger (Rawr and stuff) 17:55, 11 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. This is simply a slang made by people who hate Anime and Video game fans that prefer Japanese Voice acting over English. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.58.60.61 (talk) 00:57, 12 June 2009 (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.