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Signpost article

The WikiProject Japan Signpost article scheduled for this week was postponed in light of the earthquake, tsunami, and ongoing nuclear crisis. We would like to publish the interview within the next couple weeks with updated information that takes into account the events in Japan. Please take an opportunity to return to the interview page to answer some additional questions located at the bottom of the page. This is also an opportunity to revise any previous answers if you feel the need. We hope to bring your story to a wider audience. Thanks again for your participation. -Mabeenot (talk) 03:35, 15 March 2011 (UTC)

User:*Kat*/sandbox listed at Redirects for discussion

An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect User:*Kat*/sandbox. Since you had some involvement with the User:*Kat*/sandbox redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion (if you have not already done so). *Kat* (meow?) 06:24, 18 March 2011 (UTC)

Senkaku Islands dispute

Hello, Nihonjoe. You have new messages at Talk:Senkaku_Islands#Protected_b.2Fc_Dispute.
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 Done ···日本穣? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WikiProject Japan! 16:05, 25 March 2011 (UTC)

Minor issue at Kekkaishi

I've discovered that the English dub of the anime has been persistently misspelling the name of the opening theme (and two of the ending theme) singer. user:Dragonmaster88 seems to believe that Viz is infallible, when I have provided plenty of evidence to state otherwise. I'm not providing a direct link to the section because he thinks I am wrong because I must be using fansubs for my information. Her ja.wiki page is at ja:宇浦冴香.—Ryūlóng (竜龙) 23:31, 27 March 2011 (UTC)

I agree, it's fairly minor. I think a lot of the issues you experienced could have been avoided if you hadn't been as abrasive when correcting the name and i your comments on his talk page. Even if he's being rude, that's no excuse to do the same. ···日本穣? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WikiProject Japan! 23:44, 27 March 2011 (UTC)
I was not abrasive until after he undid everything for the second time despite my calm and clear initial message on the individual's talk page. I also put in a hidden note, but he just removed it and dismissed it as Viz is right and everything else must be wrong.—Ryūlóng (竜龙) 23:47, 27 March 2011 (UTC)
Now what.—Ryūlóng (竜龙) 02:29, 28 March 2011 (UTC)
Okay, it appears he went and asked someone else what to do about me rather than talk directly to me.—Ryūlóng (竜龙) 02:35, 28 March 2011 (UTC)
I don't see where you ever discussed it on the talk page of the article. I agree he is being a little dense in this situation, and doesn't seem to be listening to reason. Still, it's best to just not be abrasive at all if you can avoid it (and I think it could have been avoided in this case). I recommend posting over at WT:ANIME to bring more eyes in on the situation (more than just mine). ···日本穣? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WikiProject Japan! 02:48, 28 March 2011 (UTC)

Shiba inu stuff

Hi I reverted my edit, as it was not appropriate for Wiki. On that line, could you take a look at OdaMari's comments, continual reversions of edits and contributions and misrepresentation of herself as an official of Wiki. I was unaware there was an area where I could request review. Thanks Tucker454 (talk) 04:08, 1 April 2011 (UTC)

I haven't seen anything where she has said she is an official of Wikipedia. ···日本穣? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WikiProject Japan! 04:12, 1 April 2011 (UTC)
She commented on my talk page (and many others) in a manner that anyone would have considered her to represent herself as an official (if not THE official) of Wiki. Had you looked you would have seen. But I see that you also don't address her constant, continual revisions of articles in what I have found is a rather combative and nonconstructive (destructive) fashion whatsoever. ? This is not hidden behind edits at all. Please take a look. Tucker454 (talk) 07:56, 17 April 2011 (UTC)
I think you're reading too much into her comments. I've read many, many of her comments, and while she does sometimes have a bit of a combative feel to her comments, experience shows that she is only trying to improve the encyclopedia. Rather than complaining to me it may be more effective to try to come to some sort of compromise. Pushing a photo you took and insisting that it be included in the article when it's been pointed out by multiple people that's it's a poor photograph isn't going to win you anything here. Perhaps if you took a better photo, people might be more willing to accommodate you, but the photo as it is won't really work very well. ···日本穣? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WikiProject Japan! 19:00, 17 April 2011 (UTC)
I'm butting in a bit here, but I think the photo issue has been resolved (pending Oda Mari's and Tucker454's final comments and improvements, if they have any). — anndelion  00:27, 18 April 2011 (UTC)

Odd issue

I just finished translating these titles. However, I'm not sure what to do with the one title (entry 26) which is directly related to a Japanese-only (I believe 2ch only) meme that has been dutifully covered here. I used the English translation of what was actually said, but I don't think that's accurate enough to the meaning of the episode title.—Ryūlóng (竜龙) 00:58, 2 April 2011 (UTC)

MOS-JA

According to David here, MOS-JA isn't an official manual of style. Is he correct?—Ryūlóng (竜龙) 02:44, 7 April 2011 (UTC)

Changing username

Hello, I've already renamed my account from "Just_Angelus" to "ANGELUS" in the Italian Wikipedia, but in English Wikipedia my username is still "Just_Angelus". Could you please rename my account? That would be awesome. My request is here. Thank you! Just Angelus (talk) 22:46, 9 April 2011 (UTC)

Thank You!

Thank You for successfuly changing my username! Reguards -- MelbourneStar☆ (talk to me) 02:41, 10 April 2011 (UTC)

WikiProjects, MfD and WP:COUNCIL

Hi Nihonjoe.

RE: you comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:WikiProject Altaic Peoples.

I share you concern. While I personally have no issue with WikiProjects sitting around tagged {{inactive}}, in recent times WP:MfD has become the oversight body for dealing with inactive WikiProjects. Some are intent on having stillborn, or ill-conceived WikiProjects deleted. I am seeking to be able to provide advice to editors who return to find their WikiProject deleted. Explicitly pointing them to Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Proposals seems like a good idea, if they want to try again.

If you have some advice on what's best to do in response to these WikiProject MfDs, I would like to hear it.

Regarding your specific point about WP:COUNCIL trying to take over the whole process, would you review my edit here? --SmokeyJoe (talk) 04:27, 12 April 2011 (UTC)

I think any WikiProject which is inactive should simply be tagged as such (especially with the sloppy way JJ98 and others are doing it, where they leave countless sub- and related pages dangling with no connection anymore). By leaving them tagged as inactive, it allows others to stumble up on them and perhaps reactivate them rather than having the create them all over again should interest increase in that particular area. As many, many editors have stated here, "space is cheap". I think what really needs clarifying is

"It is usually preferable to either mark the Project as {{inactive}}, or redirect it to a relevant Project, or change it to a task force (of a parent Project), unless the Project is void or entirely undesirable."

at WP:MFD to something more like

"Inactive projects not be deleted, but instead should be marked as {{inactive}}, redirected to a relevant Project, or changed to a task force of a parent Project unless the Project was incompletely created or entirely undesirable."

As for your WP:COUNCIL edit, I think it;s good to note that it is not mandatory, but that it may be useful in attracting people to the fledgling project. ···日本穣? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WikiProject Japan! 05:11, 12 April 2011 (UTC)

Sorry about the edit conflict

;-P --MZMcBride (talk) 16:01, 12 April 2011 (UTC)

Not a problem. I just noted it because I took about 10 seconds to open, type and save, and there was an edit conflict. :) ···日本穣? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WikiProject Japan! 16:05, 12 April 2011 (UTC)

Mujaki

Mujaki unilaterally changed Hepburn romanization, again, this time introducing rules that are in no way indicative of any practice (long a and long e that arises from ee are ā and ē) and a bunch of other things in this edit. I tried to incorporate the changes until I discovered the ā and ē in words of Chinese & Japanese origin for the revised system, and now I've reverted back to the last version of the article prior to Mujaki's edits (while attempting to incorporate the one useful aspect).—Ryūlóng (竜龙) 19:22, 12 April 2011 (UTC)

What is your translation/definition of 穣 ?

What is your translation/definition of 穣 ? 99.181.143.101 (talk) 05:32, 16 April 2011 (UTC)

Prosperity. ···日本穣? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WikiProject Japan! 22:59, 16 April 2011 (UTC)

Kabuki

How should the name of a modern kabuki actor be treated? The second Bando Minosuke is going to be guesting in Kamen Rider OOO for the next two weeks, and I just want to be sure I have it written properly.—Ryūlóng (竜龙) 00:07, 17 April 2011 (UTC)

If it's a stage name, Wikipedia:MOS-JA#Pseudonyms applies. ···日本穣? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WikiProject Japan! 19:07, 17 April 2011 (UTC)
But considering his stage name is from before the Meiji restoration, should it still be written in the Surname Given Name order?
Also, your assistance in reigning in Mujaki is paramount.—Ryūlóng (竜龙) 18:38, 18 April 2011 (UTC)
Is there a Japanese page? As for Mujaki, start an RfC or mediation or something. It's obvious you two can't work together, so get others involved. ···日本穣? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WikiProject Japan! 05:44, 19 April 2011 (UTC)
Excuse my butting in, but Bando's name should be written in the Surname Given Name order. See Ichikawa Danjūrō XII. Oda Mari (talk) 06:24, 19 April 2011 (UTC)
Exactly. That's what Wikipedia:MOS-JA#Pseudonyms says. ···日本穣? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WikiProject Japan! 05:05, 20 April 2011 (UTC)
Nihonjoe, it's not that we can't work together. It's that Mujaki is making massive changes to Hepburn romanization and when questioned about it, he makes massive essays to explain his point. Not only does he not believe that the modified system (double all long vowels) exists (he tagged every single item describing the Modified Hepburn system with {{citation needed}} or some related template), but he has changed the revised description such that long a and long e arising from ee in native words get macrons because that's in whatever version of the Kenkyusha he read. I think this needs more than just Jpatokal saying "You're utterly wrong Ryulong".—Ryūlóng (竜龙) 18:35, 19 April 2011 (UTC)
I recommend gathering information which supports what you want to keep. Are there other reputable dictionary publishers which agree with Kenkyusha, or do they disagree? Don't answr that here; take it to the Hepburn romanization talk page. ···日本穣? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WikiProject Japan! 05:05, 20 April 2011 (UTC)
I don't have access to such texts to determine this.—Ryūlóng (竜龙) 18:32, 20 April 2011 (UTC)
Replied. ···日本穣? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WikiProject Japan! 15:36, 25 April 2011 (UTC)

Name Change

No I'm not asking for a name change - I just wanted to thank you for getting mine done so quickly. I really appreciate it. Thanks a lot! :)

SelfEx1led (talk) 07:04, 1 May 2011 (UTC)

No problem. ···日本穣? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WikiProject Japan! 07:06, 1 May 2011 (UTC)

Orphaned image

Hi 穣! Please take a look at my post at here. Can I ask you to unprotect the page or to add the image to the article? I think the image should be in the article. Oda Mari (talk) 09:37, 1 May 2011 (UTC)

I changed it to semi-protect. ···日本穣? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WikiProject Japan! 21:33, 1 May 2011 (UTC)

old username

Thank you for your swift response to my username change request. I have a doubt though. I still see the user page assigned to my previous username and can sign in with my old username. It has my full name on it and I don't want it to be indexed on google. I was expecting it to be deleted after I changed my username as in the case of some users. Thanks again for the help. —Preceding unsigned comment added by EcstaticNinja (talkcontribs) 12:15, 1 May 2011 (UTC)

That's because you recreated the username, as shown here. Just abandon the account; that account does not have a userpage or a user talk page, so you should be fine. This also prevents someone else from signing up for an account under your old username. ···日本穣? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WikiProject Japan! 21:35, 1 May 2011 (UTC)

Awarded Barnstar

The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
For all your contributions and hard work on the encyclopedia, I am pleased to present Nihonjoe with this Tireless Contributor Barnstar. — Mikhailov Kusserow (talk) 07:27, 5 May 2011 (UTC)
Thanks! ···日本穣? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WikiProject Japan! 15:32, 5 May 2011 (UTC)

Help

Hi 穣! Please block this user. The user repeatedly changed Hepburn to Nihon-shiki and added non ja sounds like TH to the table. Thank you always. Oda Mari (talk) 17:39, 5 May 2011 (UTC)

Let me know if they continue as you have given them a final warning and they haven't edited since. ···日本穣? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WikiProject Japan! 05:51, 6 May 2011 (UTC)

Vandalism on Fujiko Fujio page

I ask for your help with warnings being issued with regards to the Fujiko Fujio page. Since 2009 it has been repeatedly vandalized with entries to Cantopop and URL substitutions. There is very little meaningful editing in the 2009-2011 timeframe. I noticed you had a hand in editing it prior and that is the basis for my request to you. I have submitted a rewrite based on the JP Wikipedia page, which I am not concerned with defending more than I am interested in seeing warnings and bans issued for malicious vandalism. Jun Kayama (talk) 23:55, 9 May 2011 (UTC)

Looks good to me. ···日本穣? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WikiProject Japan! 06:26, 10 May 2011 (UTC)

Hi

That RFA got less then 70% support votes, and IMO should have been closed as failed. Regards.--Mbz1 (talk) 06:26, 10 May 2011 (UTC)

Nope, it had just over 71% support, if you're going by numbers. Thanks for your O. ···日本穣? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WikiProject Japan! 06:33, 10 May 2011 (UTC)
166 supports + 63 opposes + 10 neutrals = 239 totals, which makes it 69.456% of supports Regards.--Mbz1 (talk) 11:29, 10 May 2011 (UTC)
Neutrals are exactly that: neutral. They are not counted in the total when arriving at the percentages. This has been the case for many years. ···日本穣? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WikiProject Japan! 15:53, 10 May 2011 (UTC)
Don't know if you're still here, but you forgot to flip the switch. Courcelles 06:39, 10 May 2011 (UTC)
Ah, I hadn't realized he'd given up the bit prior to running. It's now been flipped again. Thanks! ···日本穣? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WikiProject Japan! 06:42, 10 May 2011 (UTC)
Thanks. Courcelles 07:05, 10 May 2011 (UTC)
Thank you. I'll do my best to behave as the community has requested.--SarekOfVulcan (talk) 11:15, 10 May 2011 (UTC)
You're welcome, and thank you. ···日本穣? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WikiProject Japan! 15:53, 10 May 2011 (UTC)

Please refrain from making personal attacks

Like this one. You know as well as I do that different standards were applied than would be to a normal RfA. Malleus Fatuorum 16:56, 10 May 2011 (UTC)

That wasn't a personal attack and you know it. It was a comment on your conduct, not on you personally. ···日本穣? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WikiProject Japan! 04:58, 11 May 2011 (UTC)

Request move

穣, please move Shin, Gunma to Shinmachi, Gunma. See Talk:Shin, Gunma. Thank you. Oda Mari (talk) 06:00, 11 May 2011 (UTC)

ありがとう! Oda Mari (talk) 05:50, 13 May 2011 (UTC)

Questioning the good faith of the Mfd nominator

See here. --Kleinzach 00:59, 12 May 2011 (UTC)

He's been told over and over to not nominate projects which have had some activity, even if it's a while ago. The guidelines clearly state he should just be marking them as inactive or redirecting them if they have no/little value. Wasting time with an MfD is exactly that, a waste of time. ···日本穣? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WikiProject Japan! 03:56, 13 May 2011 (UTC)

Again

This time I request for deletion of this redirect page. Please see User talk:GVnayR#Tokyo Gakuen High School. Thank you. Oda Mari (talk) 07:34, 13 May 2011 (UTC)

Belatedly 今回もありがとう! Oda Mari (talk) 15:11, 15 May 2011 (UTC)
いいえいいえ。···日本穣? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WikiProject Japan! 22:17, 15 May 2011 (UTC)

Talkback

Hello, Nihonjoe. You have new messages at Demize's talk page.
Message added 19:16, 18 May 2011 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

Hello Nihonjoe,

According to this, you might be able to resolve the last open issue the nominator of this FLRC has brought up (unreliable source for airdates). In any case, have a nice day! Goodraise 20:29, 18 May 2011 (UTC)

[1] Nihonjoe, that will be appreciated. For now it seems that the nomination might be closed as 'no consensus' (retaining the star), but having a better source will be great. The same problem might affect some of the other anime FLs (see also Wikipedia:ANIME/NEWS) - would it be possible to source them if and when required for FLRC? G.A.Stalk 05:30, 19 May 2011 (UTC)
Yes, but not until June. ···日本穣? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WikiProject Japan! 05:32, 19 May 2011 (UTC)

Hacking

It looks like someone has hacked into the Commons pic of the year site. Commons is related to wikipedia so i thought i'd tell an admin. Pass a Method talk 06:05, 19 May 2011 (UTC)

Not seeing the "hacking". However, you can report vandalism on Commons:Administrators' noticeboard. I'm not an admin over there. ···日本穣? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WikiProject Japan! 06:42, 19 May 2011 (UTC)
Oh, its fixed now. Earlier there was a huge gay pornographic picture when you enter the gallery section. Pass a Method talk 10:58, 19 May 2011 (UTC)
Aha, well, post vandalism reports on Commons on that page I mentioned above and they'll be handled. ···日本穣? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WikiProject Japan! 17:30, 19 May 2011 (UTC)

Engrish

Please see this. I thought the OP was an en native speaker but it seems not. Please correct and rewrite my rough Engrish translation used on the article. What do think the appropriate literal translation of the title would be ? お世話になります。Oda Mari (talk) 14:12, 21 May 2011 (UTC)

Hepburn

Jpatokal and Mujaki have gone through with a massive reformatting of Hepburn romanization that makes the "revised" system non-existant and synonymous with "modified", which makes long a ā in native words.—Ryūlóng (竜龙) 18:32, 21 May 2011 (UTC)

Senkaku Islands dispute

Please consider what I have written at User talk:Ged UK#Senkaku Islands dispute.

It is probable that your decision to lock Senkaku Islands here and Senkaku Islands dispute here mirrors the reasoning which informed the judgment of Ged UK when he locked one of these articles here.

Your succinct analysis bears repeating: "It's a POV-magnet, and edit wars happen frequently."

Despite the ways in which you and Ged UK are each correct, is is possible that you both misconstrue the problem at hand?

IMO, this is a temporary bandaid. It is a mismatch which rewards an edit warring strategy rather than suppressing it. Compare Lvhis's explanation: I don't mind if that page got locked, but do mind it was locked without that tag.

Can you envision an alternative approach which we have not yet perceived? --Tenmei (talk) 19:35, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

Hi Nihonjoe, I've unprotected the above article per a request at WP:RFPP. Feel free to reverse my action if need be. Cheers, Dabomb87 (talk) 15:59, 30 May 2011 (UTC)

Not a problem. ···日本穣? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WikiProject Japan! 16:39, 31 May 2011 (UTC)

John Rutherford (Director)

Hello,

I am not very savvoy to how things work here, but I have tried to add my bio to my own Wikipedia page under John Rutherford (Director) and it says that you deleted my page, because of "illegal" copyright infringement? I am John Rutherford and own my name trademark as such. Also, I wrote my own bio that I was posting about myself. Please advise me on how I am supposed to get this cleared and my name and info. up and live on Wikipedia.

Thanks, JR — Preceding unsigned comment added by Johnsfer (talkcontribs) 20:55, 7 June 2011 (UTC)

Yes, I did delete it 18 months ago or so because it was a clear copyright violation per the information found at Wikipedia:Copyright violations. You can not simply copy text from your facebook page to Wikipedia. Also, because you are writing an article about yourself, you are running into issues with the following two policies here: Wikipedia:Conflict of interest and WP:NOTADVERTISING. Please read that information. ···日本穣? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WikiProject Japan! 07:27, 8 June 2011 (UTC)

1980s in Japan Spoken Article

Hi, I just noticed that you are listed as working on the 1980s in Japan Spoken Article. Just wondering if you are still working on that recording. If not, I will be removing the tag from the article's talk page in 7 days. Thanks! Cognate247 (talk) 22:38, 7 June 2011 (UTC)

Yes, though I had forgotten about it. I am still working on it. ···日本穣? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WikiProject Japan! 07:13, 8 June 2011 (UTC)

Utah Wiknic

Hi Nihonjoe. Just WP:BE BOLD and pick a park! I'm just a New Yorker trying to help from outside, so whatever you pick will be better than me :P You'll be a small group, so I don't think you have to worry about a permit or anything.--Pharos (talk) 15:27, 13 June 2011 (UTC)

Do you have a better suggestion as to how to differentiate between the album version "Ah" and the single version "あぁ"?—Ryūlóng (竜龙) 05:27, 16 June 2011 (UTC)

No, what you have already works fine. ···日本穣? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WikiProject Japan! 16:40, 16 June 2011 (UTC)
Should the あぁ version still be called "Ah" in English, though?—Ryūlóng (竜龙) 22:56, 20 June 2011 (UTC)
That's how Ah My Goddess! (あぁっ女神さまっ) was romanized. I guess we'll just have to wait and see how they do it on the single (Japanese singles often have both English and Japanese titles on them). ···日本穣? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WikiProject Japan! 04:43, 21 June 2011 (UTC)

Kounotori or White Stork.

The H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV), nicknamed Kounotori (こうのとり?, Oriental Stork or White Stork), is an unmanned resupply spacecraft used to resupply the Kibō Japanese Experiment Module (JEM) and the rest of the International Space Station (ISS).


Ohio Nihonjoe ! Thanks for your help with ISS. I would like to ask your opinion on the white stork spacecraft, which I sometimes refer to on the ISS page. I'm a native English speaker, and the name Kounotori doesn't mean anything to me, except the name of the HTV. I understand that in Japanese, it conveys to the reader special meanings, like the bringer of good things (babies?). I wonder if I am correct therefor, to use the term white stork spacecraft, as the most appropriate translation, or the most appropriate way to refer to the spacecraft, apart from HTV. In english white stork has a very subtle meaning, as it also brings babies according to literature. Penyulap talk 02:43, 27 June 2011 (UTC)

Where are we talking about? (which article) ···日本穣? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WikiProject Japan! 16:51, 27 June 2011 (UTC)
Hello Nihonjoe, the article in question is the International Space Station. (sorry for the late reply, I would still very much appreciate your opinion on this) Penyulap talk 11:35, 10 July 2011 (UTC)

Categories for discussion nomination of Category:Future Boy Conan

Category:Future Boy Conan, which you created, has been nominated for discussion. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the Categories for discussion page. Thank you. Malkinann (talk) 04:21, 28 June 2011 (UTC)