Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Falling of Blossoms

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, with a move to be actively considered. Davewild (talk) 22:19, 10 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Falling of Blossoms[edit]

Google search: "Falling of Blossoms" "Kazuteru Sanada" -wikipedia produces 0 hits. "Falling of Blossoms" manga -wikipedia produces 4. Article is almost impossible to understand due to being written in Engrish, provides little context and is really only a character list. Not notable, no context, minimal content. Cricketgirl (talk) 15:56, 27 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Delete as per nom, very hard to understand what this is about. RMHED (talk) 01:02, 28 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Now it makes sense. RMHED (talk) 23:23, 4 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Anime and manga-related deletions. —Quasirandom 17:46, 30 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The article's overall quality suggests that "Falling of Blossoms" is not a good translation, and so not the best search term. A seach on Japanese name "Rakka Ryuusui" -wikipedia gets 202 results, the first of which is two favorable reviews by Erica Friedman of Yuricon, which is a good secondary source for starting to establish notability -- and given that it's not licensed, ANY notice at all in English strongly suggests notability can be more firmly established with Japanese sources. All the other concerns are cleanup issues, not causes for deletion. Keep, tag it for cleanup (including putting in a request that the translation from the Japanese wikipedia article be completed), notify the relevant Wikiproject that it needs attention, and revisit in six months. —Quasirandom 00:24, 1 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: A wikifairy has deEngrished the article, to the point that it's coherent enough to make out what it's about, though it still needs work, and I've added a reference to the review I found, so there's at least a sourced assertion of notability. Currently, it stands as a decent stub. If the article survives this AfD, I'll list it for cleanup at WP:Manga. —Quasirandom 18:38, 2 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, and I'll also propose moving the article to the Japanese title, as Falling of Blossoms is not the correct translation: it means something like "mutual love." —Quasirandom 18:45, 2 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. I've cleaned up the article a bit, and it no longer sounds like weird Engrish. The plot section should be expanded upon, but the lack of one is hardly reason for deletion of the entire article. I also agree that the page should be under its Japanese title rather than an unofficial translation. MayumiTsuji 03:16, 3 December 2007 (UTC)MayumiTsuji[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.