The result was merge to Seppuku. J04n(talk page) 11:29, 27 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
This article, until I fixed it a few days ago, was filled with OR and unverified/inaccurate statements. Now, it consists of nothing more than a dictionary definition. The word "jigai" just means "suicide" in Japanese: it's slightly more archaic/euphemistic than the word "jisatsu", and I'm sure it has an interesting etymology, but this page really doesn't belong here. elvenscout742 (talk) 04:24, 12 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Note The article, and several other articles, previously claimed "jigai" was the female equivalent of seppuku. This is not, as far as I can establish, the case, although a number of English publications seem to have erroneously taken it as fact.[1] elvenscout742 (talk) 04:24, 12 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Changing !vote, see below Unfortunately, whether jigai correctly refers the suicide of samurai-class women or not, many sources have, as elvenscout points out, reported that it does. What is true and what is verifiable may be two different things. In this case, since a number of sources have stated that jigai is the female version of seppuku, that's what we should be reporting. If there are sources that specifically claim otherwise, they can by all means be added to the article to maintain balance. No comment on the possible Sasori sockpuppetry; I haven't fully investigated the claims yet. Yunshui 雲水 12:00, 15 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
KEEP. I would like to point out that the user who is called elvenscout742 has serious issues with WP:OWN, see here. Wikipedia as far as I know my rules here is that it is not about TRUTH per se. It is about identifying reliable sources WP:RS and rewriting what they say from a WP:NPOV. I say all this as a completely neutral observer (my caveat, been here since 2004 but never had an account because I am not interested in the game) I only came here following a trail of amusing Admin events with elvenscout742 (as I do like a petty squabble). Just going through past events seems to suggest they are a WP:LAWYER who is less interested in the tenets of verifiable sources but just ensuring their viewpoints' win-out. I thought "I don't like" is meant to stop this sort of thing because as long as the source which the statement is based on is a reliable, third-party sources then its use is fair irrespective of "truth" or someone's opinion. 86.177.63.126 (talk) 22:42, 17 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]