Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Nipponbashi

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 recommendation to merge Den Den Town into this article. --MCB 04:26, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Nipponbashi

Article's region is already covered by the Chuo-ku, Osaka article and fails to assert notability of the specific location (or define it, for that matter). Brad Beattie ^(talk) 11:57, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

• Speedy Redirect to the Chuo-ku, Osaka article. ColourBurst 18:29, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Japan-related deletions. -- Aspdoe 21:37, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
• Comment This neighborhood is well known and deserving of coverage. Even so, it would strengthen the Chuo-ku article if we put the content there (until that article becomes big enough to split). That would place Nipponbashi in a broader context and get it more attention. But it's also acceptable to have a separate article on this neighborhood. Fg2 01:34, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
  • Comment. Hrm, I think you might be right there, Fg2. Redirect to Chuo-ku until it grows into its own notable article? Sounds like the best option. --Brad Beattie ^(talk) 02:02, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
• I agree entirely with Fg2. This could be an article, but it doesn't need to be at the moment. Redirect without bias against an article appearing later. Dekimasu 06:40, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
• Comment Nipponbashi is derived from the bridge name across Dotonbori. It located across two wards, Chuo-ku and Naniwa-ku. So, redirect to Chuo-ku will not be appropriate... rather Den Den Town might be a better candidate. Masao 10:02, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
  • Comment. Good catch. I'll change my vote to redirect to Dotonbori as per Masao. --Brad Beattie ^(talk) 10:13, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

Woh! Don't redirect to Dotonbori! The two are adjacent areas, but completely different.MightyAtom 06:33, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

• Merge and redirect to Den Den Town. ···日本穣^{? · Talk to Nihonjoe} 18:54, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
• Keep There is independant cultural references to the area. i.e. The famous play Nihonbashi by Izumi Kyoka which takes place in the are. The play was also made into a movie in the 50's. It's a famous neghiborhood which really deserves coverage outside of an article on the legal municipality. There is much more information available at ja:日本橋 (東京都). --Kunzite 21:13, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

• Comment Actually, the Nihonbashi play is about Nihonbashi, which is the bridge in Tokyo, not Nipponbashi, the bridge under deletion consideration here (and incidentally has the same kanji). ColourBurst 23:03, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
  • Oops. Strike it. I should have clicked the link rather than typed the name in after searching for 日本橋. --Kunzite 23:40, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

• Merge and redirect to Den Den Town. Nipponbashi is the Akihabara district of Osaka, and deserves its own entry. However, there is no need for those two seperate articles.MightyAtom 06:33, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
• Comment Was just thinking...since Nipponbashi is the official name of the district, and Den Den Town is just a local nickname, maybe it would be better to merge and redirect Den Den Town into Nipponbashi? For example, there is a Nipponbashi train station, that you take to get to Den Den Town, but no Den Den Town station. MightyAtom 06:38, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
  • I would be amenable to that. ···日本穣^{? · Talk to Nihonjoe} 07:47, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
  • Comment. Yeah, that sounds like a good idea. Would anyone be against that? We could have a Den Den Town subsection in the Nipponbashi article. :) --Brad Beattie ^(talk) 09:14, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
    • Comment WP:MOS for place names states the article title should be the most recognizable in English. But I'm not sure which is more used (I'm guessing Den Den Town is but I'm not sure.) ColourBurst 20:16, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
      • Comment: Den Den Town is more common, but if you say Den Den Town you only mean one part of Nipponbashi... so Nipponbashi makes more sense. The train station in Den Den Town isn't even Nipponbashi Station, it's Ebisucho Station. Nipponbashi Station is quite a bit farther north at Sennichimae-dori and Ebisucho Station is most of the way to the Tsutenkaku. Either way, it has to be made clear that Nipponbashi is not just Den Den Town. By the way, Nipponbashi is also the site of the national bunraku puppet theater. Dekimasu 07:03, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

I think we have just found the person who should expand the Nipponbashi article...;)MightyAtom 23:52, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

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.