Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Raiyan

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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 article is, by its own terms, about a name unpopular in its native land; that, taken together with lack of explanation/cultural context (to say nothing of verifiable sources) makes this a borderline CSD A1 speedy. Delete, in any case, is the consensus here. Xoloz 04:17, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Raiyan

This page only describes (incorrectly, at that) the English transliteration of the Japanese transliteration of the name Ryan. (The correct transliteration of the transliteration is Raian.) A Google Japan search suggests to me that I have misspelled Ryan and has no hits outside of the Middle East. There are a number of hits for Raian, but if this is the standard, we'll soon have a page on the Japanese version of every English name. And the article even focuses on how uncommon the name is! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dekimasu (talk • contribs)

  • Delete as non-notable information about a personal name. Article makes no assertion of notability, or why "Ryan" is any different than every other personal name. -- Slowmover 16:44, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep, perhaps I'm biased but I find articles about names interesting - and I don't see how having an article for every person's name (and its etymology, etc) is a threat to wikipedia. Themindset 17:11, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
The name is Ryan. This is describing the English transliteration of the Japanese transliteration - something that has no etymological value. If you transliterate the Japanese, it should be back to Ryan. Dekimasu 17:26, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
To clarify: this is like putting something into Babel Fish back and forth... try it. Dekimasu 17:49, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
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.