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The result was Snow close and speedy delete via WP:A10. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡) 10:14, 26 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Author appears to be writing an instruction guide on learning Japanese phrases. Some of the useful content is duplicated already in Japanese phonology and the rest, which the author referred to as a "lesson" [1], should be deleted. Ivanvector (talk) 18:52, 23 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Japan-related deletion discussions. 19:01, 23 January 2014 (UTC)

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Language-related deletion discussions. 19:01, 23 January 2014 (UTC) Ivanvector (talk) 19:01, 23 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per Wikipedia is not a guidebook. OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 20:17, 23 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete. Wikipedia is not a phrase book either. — RHaworth (talk · contribs) 00:28, 24 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• I created this article not merely because this article is missing. I'm an advanced level student studying Japanese. Not only students,teachers too find it hard to give us the exact word to say at the exact time in Japanese. So for several days I referred to many teaching guides telling what to say, listened to audio's and found what a phrase really means. User:Ivanvector I understand what you say. That this article takes the shape of a teaching guide. But this is on the way and i have a lot to improve to support its body. User:Nishadhi who is a Sri Lankan had read my article at its birth (in my sandbox) She approved that this is an impressive topic. For example English_grammar#Personal_pronouns article shows examples to explain their personal pronouns. This article Japanese phrases will lead to phrases which are widely used. The reasons and occasions to use with samples will be added. But it will look a bit like a teaching guide due to its advising. What i want is to show what is correct and not to use google translator which sometimes students use and get accused by the teacher for the wrong translations. For simple phrases like this! If not like a teacher how can i prove these phrases and how and where to use? If this article still deserves to be deleted please do so if it goes beyond wiki policies. But i prefer the teachers comments who find this useful although it look like a guide. User:RHaworth I'm extremely sorry to embed you to this situation. I realize what your approval means. But the notification was a green tick saying that this article which was in the sandbox "was reviewed by RHaworth" :) The article is still developing too. I'm just 18 going on 19. I really need advises. I do my best to make wiki a complete fountain of knowledge in the areas I'm educated. So please i think this article needs development not deletion. User:Ohnoitsjamie thank you for your supporting :) (same comment is posted on article talk page)--ANDREW EUGENE ^Discuss 04:15, 24 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

• Reply: The example you gave, English grammar#Personal pronouns already has an equivalent in Japanese, in the form of Japanese grammar, and in fact the Japanese language is quite thoroughly covered on Wikipedia already. See Category:Japanese language. Since you're taking a course in Japanese, you might find it interesting to browse the articles that exist already and see if there's anything you could improve, but remember that all information here must be backed up by a reliable source and cannot rely on original research. Ivanvector (talk) 15:21, 24 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

• • Delete While the creator has good intentions, it's not suitable for wikipedia. A language like Japanese probably contains millions of phrases, is it possible to list them all in a table? Timmyshin (talk) 18:11, 24 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete I also think that Wikipedia cannot have all japanese phases and anyway Wikpedia is not a guidebook like stated above.Lemonmelonsuperstar (talk) 08:17, 25 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete - it may be useful, but it's more of a term paper than an article. Bearian (talk) 19:48, 25 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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