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The result was delete. v/r - TP 03:44, 19 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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The term does not come up in searches in English or Japanese, except as a rare case of meaning "fan of design". It does not seem to be a term or a phenomenon on its own (the two references not to companies only explain "otaku" not "design otaku"). Thus it lacks notability, and touches on WP:NAD or WP:NEO. The article could also be seen as a backdoor way of advertising the mentioned companies, thus violating WP:ADVERT (it seems like the creator of this article may be related to one of the companies: see here). Even if it can be found to be notable, it would be better off merged with otaku. Michitaro (talk) 12:57, 10 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete. I did a search and at most this could charitably be called a neologism. Most of the hits were for 2-3 companies who had named themselves this and the others were for incidental hits where it was for any pairing of otaku and design. I agree that it could be seen as a backdoor for the companies, especially since two of the links are for the companies that share this name in some context. I don't see where this should be merged or redirected to otaku because I don't see any particular need for it. The page for otaku already mentions that the term can be used for any number of hobbies and interests and I don't think we need a list of all of the possible ways the term could be used. Besides, we don't have redirects for "techie otaku", "clothing otaku", or any number of (insert word here) otaku pairings. I didn't see where this particular term was really used all that often on google, to be honest. Tokyogirl79 (talk) 15:21, 10 December 2011 (UTC)tokyogirl79[reply]

• Delete/Rewrite. I could find any references to this as a phrase in general. However, it is possible that the company by the same name is notable. So this should get deleted, or be rewritten focusing on the company. Millermk90 (talk) 01:48, 11 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Japan-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 17:40, 11 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete. Original research and possible advertising. --DAJF (talk) 04:49, 15 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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