Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Obi (publishing)

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The result was keep. Geschichte (talk) 07:21, 4 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Obi (publishing)

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No Reliable Sources provided. Nightvour (talk) 08:39, 12 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Japan-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 08:53, 12 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Literature-related deletion discussions. Jumpytoo Talk 21:38, 12 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Barkeep49 (talk) 01:09, 21 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Keep The corresponding Japanese Wikipedia article has at least two reliable sources, satisfying the general notability guideline: Sankei Shimbun, ITmedia. Even based on its own merits, this is a unique aspect of Japanese publishing and if you so much as look at a picture of a Japanese bookstore, they're everywhere (example). This is one of those cases where the sources will more often be in Japanese. For example here an entire article just about a special release obi. Opencooper (talk) 19:47, 27 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 03:42, 28 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Per Opencooper, it's a non-trivial part of Japanese book publishing. Jumpytoo Talk 02:30, 29 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. I agree with the above arguments. They are everywhere and they are certainly a notable feature of Jаpanese publishing. --Moscow Connection (talk) 22:56, 3 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per Opencooper's Japanese sources. — Toughpigs (talk) 23:05, 3 November 2020 (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.