Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Otenba
per . Comments to date suggest an analysis of existing content without consideration of whether the article has potential to be tub|stubbed for further development. Questions of identity in Japanese culture, in particular gender identity, have received significant academic coverage in the West. The term is covered in more detail than just a |DICDEF in several sources, such as http://books.google.com.au/books?id=TW7lHYwXhS4C&pg=PA63&dq=Otenba&client=firefox-a&sig=j76zme1tlXXI5qECPI34BqVHNxA#PPA63,M1, http://books.google.com.au/books?id=-2-6dEG4W4kC&pg=PA33&dq=Otenba&client=firefox-a&sig=oOw3ufXqsn9Ptu30ZCstuGqT3kQ; also JSTOR: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2382599, http://www.jstor.org/pss/3178660 - login required. Aside from issues of Japanese identity, the concept is also |notable as an archetype in manga and also as a term that has entered Japanese from the Dutch language (orig. ''ontembaar''). I'll have a go at improving the article at some stage, but probably won't get a chance today
— User:Debate, 02:52, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:ATD||WP:S||WP:DICDEF||WP:N (Wikipedia:Deletion policy)