Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Japan–Kurdistan Region relations

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 delete. The two people arguing to keep are both very new accounts with extremely limited history. The suggestion to merge didn't find any support. -- RoySmith (talk) 14:47, 26 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Japan–Kurdistan Region relations

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Original research. Japan has relations with Iraq, not with "Kurdistan Region"; the article is mainly a list of news stories of Japanese government officials or aid efforts visiting the region. Power~enwiki (talk) 01:34, 2 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bilateral relations-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 03:20, 2 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Japan-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 03:20, 2 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Iraq-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 03:20, 2 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

• delete as per nom. Japan does not recognise Kurdistan as a State . any aid for Kurdistan is part of an overall program for Iraq. LibStar (talk) 04:11, 2 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment That is a fair proposal but I suppose it should be more considered in a careful manner. From the standpoint of Japan, as you said, there has still been no official direct relationship with Kurdistan Region and the Japanese officials paid visits there as a part of Iraq. On the other hand, Kurdistan Regional Government tends to call it "bilateral relations" (see the title of the official news released by KRG Department of Foreign Relations and the text of the official news released by KRG Cabinet), and besides, "The KRG welcomes institutional and diplomatic relations with Japan," emphasized at the end of the news by KRG Cabinet. Even though Tokyo still has a somewhat hesitation to open diplomatic relations with Kurdistan Region, Erbil is ready and looking forward to do so. That is why I created this article. I don't think it is categorized as original research. But if only "Japan does not recognise Kurdistan as a State ." is a sufficient and suitable reason for deletion in our community, I won't disturb it. Нанасу (talk) 05:22, 2 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete as it currently stands. The material in the current article doesn't constitute a separate topic to Japanese relations with the regional countries as covered in Foreign relations of Japan (the article currently focuses on Iraq, but could cover Kurds in Syria, Turkey, etc). I'm sure that Japanese foreign policy in the area could be covered in more detail than what is said in Foreign relations of Japan, but the material here isn't a good starting point (a random list of diplomatic postings, humanitarian aid, and some other unsourced facts) and there's not an obvious place to merge it to. Maybe Japanese policy specifically towards the Kurds and/or Kurdish independence is notable if you use Japanese sources, and that might be a legitimate article topic, but the current material isn't relevant to that. --Colapeninsula (talk) 10:33, 11 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

• keep I reviewed the article and checked the references The article may provide useful information to users Leodikap (talk) 15:16, 11 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

WP:ITSUSEFUL is not a reason for keeping. LibStar (talk) 20:40, 11 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

• Merge to Foreign_relations_of_Iraqi_Kurdistan#Japan, which is the best article for this since any foreign contact by Iraqi Kurdistan is more important and unique than another diplomatic relationship of Japan's. Sources in this article and online should be able to support a paragraph or two in the parent article. ---- Patar knight - ^chat/_{contributions} 06:58, 17 September 2017 (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.