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Meets neither WP:DAB nor WP:NONENGLISHTITLE requirements. Bastun^{Ėġáḍβáś₮ŭŃ!} 17:50, 6 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Transportation and Japan. – The Grid (talk) 18:07, 6 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Disambiguations-related deletion discussions. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 20:07, 6 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This discussion has been included in the list of China-related deletion discussions. Cunard (talk) 12:41, 8 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment: Related AfD: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/神戸駅. Cunard (talk) 12:41, 8 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep as per the explanations given by @Adumbrativusand @KylieTastic on the Related AfD:Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/神戸駅. - Adumbrativus makes an excellent point re this disambiguation being necessary specifically because it’s impossible to pick which English version to use - it is specifically disambiguating different spellings in “English” (romaji really) of the same kanji, and Kylietastic shows that many disambiguation pages of this type exist - enough for an entirely seperate category to be appropriate Absurdum4242 (talk) 16:23, 8 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • @Absurdum4242: except that first 2 entries fail MOS:DABMENTION. Shhhnotsoloud (talk) 09:21, 10 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• I lean delete. I appreciate the friendly citation to my comments on the other AFD; I think this case is more difficult. The connection between the search term and the targets is a bit thin. The disambiguation page currently says that 美州 is abbreviation for the two blue links, Mino Province and Mimasaka Province. According to the corresponding Japanese Wikipedia pages, ja:美濃国 and ja:美作国, their usual abbreviated names are 濃州 and 作州 respectively, while the alternative 美州 wouldn't distinguish them well. I don't know how accurate that information is, as I'm not familiar with these topics and not sure where to verify any of this. It's believable, at least. Overall a non-English term for a disfavored abbreviation starts to sound pretty obscure. Adumbrativus (talk) 08:26, 9 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Redirect to List of provinces of Balhae, which is the only mention in Enwiki, and corresponds to the 3rd entry on the current disambiguation page. Shhhnotsoloud (talk) 09:21, 10 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]