Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Japanese civilization

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 merge to Nihonjinron. Merge has been appropriately completed. (non-admin closure) Reywas92^Talk 19:09, 18 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Japanese civilization

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Mostly unsourced and reads as an WP:OR essay. Even after reading the whole article, I'm not quite sure what it's supposed to be about – as a combination of descriptions of Western scholarship, Japanese culture, and history of Japan – or how it's a distinctly notable topic beyond our existing articles such as Japanese people and Culture of Japan. Reywas92^Talk 05:05, 11 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Japan-related deletion discussions. Reywas92^Talk 05:05, 11 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. The Clash of Civilizations thesis is something that does actually discuss a unique "Japanese Civilization", so it's likely that this thing is going to have WP:SIGCOV in that context. I'm not someone who has studied why Huntington classified Japan as unique, but it's not something that I'd write notability off for off-hand. — Mhawk10 (talk) 05:17, 11 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I'd propose merging this article with Nihonjinron as it is essentially about the same topic, except this is linked to the Clash of Civilizations thesis. This article has much more in common with Nihonjinron than with Japanese people or Culture of Japan SiliconProphet (talk) 05:39, 11 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
- I see you've done some merging and yes I agree this is quite reasonable, thanks. Reywas92^Talk 22:25, 12 December 2021 (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.